Nanji Hangang Park in Seoul was packed for the two-day Green Plugged Seoul 2013 festival, an event designed to raise awareness about the environment. The bill featured some of the most famous indie rock and underground bands in Korea.
There were five stages at Green Plugged, each named after an element of nature in line with the event's concept - namely Wind, Sun, Earth, Moon, and Sky. Nexo's new STM modular line array was deployed as the primary PA system for Moon and Sky, the two main stages, featuring well-known Korean artists such as Diablo, Pia and Yoon Band.
In the hands of system design engineer, Yun Cheol Lee from Way Audio, supported by Nicolas Poitrenaud from Nexo and Eddie Kim from A-Works Prosound Corporation (Nexo distributor for Korea), the system was set up in a L/C/R configuration because of the width of the stages.
Bands were alternating on the two stages, side by side, giving a total width of 36m. For this reason, a central cluster of 6x STM sets was used to maintain a centre audio image and add coverage for the front centre of the audience. L/R comprised STM arrays of 12x sets (12x M46 Main plus 12x B112 Bass) each side. 30x S118 subbass cabinets were ground-stacked in front of the stage.
The whole system was powered by eight Nexo Universal Amp Racks (NUARs), including a stage monitor system using eight 45°N-12 wedges, and a substantial number of PS15s. All loudspeakers were controlled over a Dante network.
(Jim Evans)
