Nexo reinforces Royal Academy preview party
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London-based rental house Fisher Productions provides production for the show, which presents some interesting acoustic and practical challenges. Following its success with the Nexo STM Series modular line array with Laura Mvula last summer, Ben Webb of Fisher AV decided to specify STM ground-stacks again, “for the simplest reason, we have extremely tight set-up deadlines at the Royal Academy, and we can wheel in the plug-and-play STM system and be ready to go in minutes”.
The cobbled courtyard is surrounded on all sides by the Royal Academy and the Royal Geographical Society offices, so soundcheck opportunities are minimal. Inevitably, slap-back can be a factor in this confined space, made even worse this year by a monumental Anish Kapoor sculpture, erected in the centre of the courtyard, directly in front of the PA.
For Fisher Productions, Ben Webb specified compact ground-stacks comprising 3x STM M28 main modules, over a B112 bass module, over a S118 sub. Either side of the main STM stacks are three LS18 18” subs, the third of which is primarily used to support a pole-mounted array of 3x GEO M6 compact line array modules providing out-fill. This was all controlled and processed by a Nexo NUAR, carrying three NXAMP4x1 and 1x NXAMP4x4, utilising the Dante connection for NEMO control.
“The STM is more than capable of meeting the brief of the Royal Academy for its party sound, and was an acceptable rider choice for Anne Marie’s engineers,” says Ben Webb. “The system’s sonic characteristics really suited the dance music vibe of this artist.”
(Jim Evans)
