Between them, the two venues are expected to host more than 750 blues and rock gigs a year. In the building's basement, Rock Bottom is the larger of the venues: a 300-capacity club with low ceiling height and a PA rig with a delay system, and additional speaker zones to cover two bar areas. The all-JBL speaker cabinets, powered by Crown MA and MT amplifiers, are under the control of a BSS Soundweb, acting as the total system manager and routing unit, programmed with presets for different distribution applications. At front-of-house is a new 32-channel Soundcraft MH3 Series console, with dbx and Lexicon outboard equipment.
LydRommet AS planned the whole system, in co-operation with Rock Bottom's senior engineer and technical manager Kjartan Meinset. The result, say LydRommet, is capable of delivering 114dBspl average / 125dBspl maximum peak at FOH.
(Lee Baldock)
