INSTALLATION OVERVIEW
We were contacted by Jason Fubar from the festival to provide full sound, lighting, video and technical support for the event. The indoor festival had 2 rooms playing two different styles of music. The paradise room at Blackpool pleasure beach was playing trance and the horseshoe room was playing old Skool. We installed 8 boxes of Martin Audio WPC Line array supported by 4no. SX218 subwoofers in the paradise room. This was powered and processed by Martin Audio IK42 Amplifiers, For monitoring we went with the blackline Martin Audio X12’s supported by Blackline X118 subwoofers. A sub and top placed either side of the DJ.
Downstairs in the horse shoe we went with a point source system consisting of 4no Blackline X15 Loudspeaker cabinets supported by 4no. SX218 Subwoofers. This was again powered and processed by Martin Audio IK42 amplifiers. For Monitoring we used the same system as the paradise namely: Martin Audio X12’s supported by Blackline X118 subwoofers placed either side of the DJ.
For Lighting we used a mixture of Chauvet pro and Robe lighting. The Robe 150 LED beam did a brilliant job of creating a wash effect whilst giving the flexibility of a narrow ‘beam’ effect. In addition to this we used some Chauvet professional beams & spots to create a wide variety of lighting onto stage. This gave us the flexibility in the show to use different lighting effects to create an engaging atmosphere for the audience.
The lighting upstairs in the paradise room was of similar nature with the addition of some Chauvet Strike Strobe lights and lasers. The atmosphere in this room was more intense so we felt it needed the added effect of strobe lights and lasers to fit in with the audience and type of show we wanted to create.
For the Video we used ADJ AV4 video wall. SSL installed this infront of both the DJ booths to show that particular dj’s visuals throughout their set. The screen was controlled by novastar VX4s controllers. Our technicians linked their Avolites lighting desks into a resolume PC to be able to trigger the screen in the show into different effects to add to the atmospehere when needed.
4 no. Pioneer CDJ 2000 Nexus 2 DJ decks were networked and positioned on the the DJ riser in both rooms combined with Pioneer DJM900 Nexus 2 mixers.
Back to the old pool festival was a great success and we hope to do much more with Jason and his team moving forward into 2019