V&P Sound, Sound & Light Professionals and SoundEffects.Com work together on India's Hampi Utsav 2010 festival
India - The Hampi Utsav 2010 festival , a regular annual event in Karnataka at Hampi, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was held on a grand scale by uniting with the 500th anniversary celebration of the Vilayanagara emperor, Sri Krishnadevaraya's ascendancy to the throne.

More than 300 hundred artists performed over three days on a 200ft x 100ft stage at Hampi, with performances that included various music and Indian dance forms by such leading Indian artists as Hema Malini, Mysore, Manjunath, and Pandit Jasrat, along with international performers. The audience was estimated at between 100,000-150,000 people on each of the three days.

Three sound rental companies, V&P Sound Pvt., Sound & Light Professionals and SoundEffects.Com, collectively provided the sound system for this major event, with JBL Vertec line arrays chosen for use as the sound reinforcement system for the primary concert stage.

The main left and right array hangs comprised 24 JBL VerTec VT4889s and 16 VT4880A subwoofers, all powered by Crown I-Tech 5000HD, 9000HD, and 12000HD amplifiers. The system relied on JBL's V4 DSP presets, developed specifically to take advantage of Crown's LevelMAX multi-stage limiting in the I-Tech HD amps.

Additionally, 16 VerTec VT4888s were used for out-fills and centre-fills, with eight JBL SRX 728s in place as the centre-located ground based subwoofers. A dbx DriveRack 4800 handled loudspeaker output-zone processing. A Soundcraft Vi6 digital mixing console was deployed at the FOH location.

Vishnu .P, director, V&P Sound, said, "I've been impressed with the Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers, and the LevelMAX processing is great. Having sophisticated three-stage limiting, including long term thermal protection, allows for higher Peak and RMS thresholds and this ultimately translates into more SPL output."

"It is outstanding to see that the entire range of Harman Professional products played a key role in a highly optimised sound system for this historic music event. The festival created an opportunity for three leading sound companies in the region to come together in a collaborative manner, and the benefit of premium sound performance. We congratulate all three companies on what was a highly successful event," stated Sushil John, Harman regional sales director for Central Asia.

(Jim Evans)


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