Although Sacramento Production Services has been providing audio for the three-day festival for 16 years, 2011's SNWMF was the first time they've used Lab.gruppen amplifiers. "It's our first year using the Labs and the first time we used Lake Processing on this PA. We built it and sent it out specifically for this gig," says Sacramento Production Services' FOH engineer and system tech, Dwaine Wise.
For several years the system has been relatively consistent, says SMS' sales and production manager, Keith Wackford. This year it was comprised of 24 Martin W8LCs, 14 Martin W8LC double 18 subs and two Martin W8Cs as front-fills. "All that off of just nine PLMs," Wackford adds. "And everybody raved about how much more musical the PA was - plus our client said this was the best this PA ever sounded."
(Jim Evans)
