The building, once an historic Charlotte manufacturing site, was reinvigorated by Live Nation as the latest in its growing chain of clubs bearing the Fillmore name. Soundcraft Vi4 digital live mixing consoles feature at front-of-house and monitor positions. These work in conjunction with a PA system using components from JBL, Crown and dbx, creating a scaled sound system that couples the Fillmore's grand musical heritage with 21st century technology.
The sound system for the Fillmore Charlotte, as with all club systems in the Live Nation chain, was designed and installed by Sound Image of Escondido, California.
The Fillmore Charlotte's tight acoustics and low ceiling are handled by a stereo PA system comprised of seven JBL VerTec VT4888DP powered three-way midsize line array enclosures per side, augmented by six JBL ASB6128 dual 18" subs powered by three Crown MA9000i amplifiers, and four JBL VRX932LAP powered side-fill speakers.
The stage monitor system employs 10 JBL SRX712M 12" stage monitors and four JBL VRX915M 15" stage monitors. A pair of JBL VP7215/64DPAN powered two-way speakers and three JBL VPSB7118DPAN powered 18" subwoofers comprise the PA's delay component. The system is controlled via a dbx Drive Rack 4800 processor, with a dbx 162SL stereo compressor and dbx 1046 quad compressor/limiter. Networking and management of the system is provided via Harman's HiQnet System Architect platform.
(Jim Evans)
