In recent years, Live at the Marquee has gained a reputation for featuring high profile acts as well as an eclectic mix of music and comedy. This year, the musical bill featured Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Pink, Paul Weller, Neil Young, Dolly Parton, Jay-Z, Massive Attack and Meatloaf throughout the two-week event, along with Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan charming the audience for three sold-out nights.
"This event is a real test for any system because there are so many engineers coming through the FOH position," says Aungier. "They all have their favorites and preferences and given the diversity of the acts they nearly all wanted something different from the system. Not one engineer at the Marquee set us a problem we couldn't deal with and the vast majority was very happy indeed with the Meyer Sound system we provided."
The main stereo sound system consisted of nine flown Meyer Sound Milo line array loudspeakers plus nine 700-HP subwoofers per side. The 700-HPs were arranged in a cardioid sub array to eliminate low-frequency leakage on and behind the stage; its effect was consistently commented upon by appreciative artists, crew and monitor engineers throughout the festival.
Twelve Mica line array loudspeakers and two 600-HP subwoofers provided side-fills, along with a number of UPA-1P loudspeakers that were used as the venue required. The entire FOH system was controlled by a Meyer Sound Galileo loudspeaker management system with one Galileo 616 unit. Foldback was delivered by 12 self-powered MJF-212A stage monitors.
(Jim Evans)
