TSS was once again the official event production company for the Swansea University Summer Ball 2016 as it reached its eleventh anniversary, providing staging, sound, lights and power across the three-arena event, and looking after a 5000-capacity crowd in the university grounds.
This summer, TSS was eager to put out its new Nexo STM inventory for the main Enchanted Forest stage, deploying a flown system comprising left/right hangs of STM modules, two B112 bass cabinets above four M28 main modules in each array. In front of the stage on the ground were six S118 subs. Side-fills consisted of Nexo RS15 Sub with PS15-R2 speakers on top. On the stage itself were six new Nexo NX4x4 Amps.
"This was our first time flying the STM on the main stage using the new vario bumper," says Chris Hooke, owner of TSS. "The STM system has replaced our previous rig which used six Geo S12 a side with six RS18 subs."
On the second Treehouse stage, there was more STM, this time set up as two groundstacks, each with one S118, one B112 and three M28, powered by two NXAMP4x4s.
Completing an all-Nexo story, TSS used a smaller system with PS15-R2 with LS18 subs powered by NXAMP4x4s for the Ben Rees stage, named after one of the University's employees who recently passed away,.
"Across the board, the final results were outstanding," reports Chris Hooke, "with the STM delivering louder clearer stages, and not a single sound complaint from the local Environmental Health Officer. The flexibility of the STM Series, working equally happily in a flown configuration for the main stage as a groundstack configuration for a much smaller stage, confirms our investment decision - this really is the most versatile line array out there."
(Jim Evans)
