NOVI SAD, Serbia – Serbian pro audio
distributor, Studio Berar, has maintained its long-standing relationship with
the EXIT Festival in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia, equipping the three leading
stages again this year with premium equipment from HARMAN’s JBL and Soundcraft
brands. The 13th edition of the EXIT Festival saw around 100,000
people attending over four days from July 12-15. In total there were 20 stages
with over 500 bands appearing, and 1,600 volunteers from 60 countries making
the whole event tick.
Studio Berar had an all-star
lineup to support, including Guns n’ Roses, Duran Duran, New Order, Eryka Badu
and Plan B on the Main Stage, with Avicii, Luciano, Richie Hawtin, Laurent
Garnier gracing the Dance Arena and The Toy Dolls, Eyesburn, Zemlja Gruva,
Elektricni Orgazam on the third, Fusion Stage. All were under Studio Berar’s
charge.
The
principal stage was fitted out with 32 elements of JBL VERTEC®
VT4889ADP-DA powered fullsize
line array elements, with 40 VERTEC VT4880 fullsize arrayable subwoofers, and 12 VT48888ADP-DA midsize
powered line array elements providing delay reinforcement. In addition,
Soundcraft Vi6 digital mixing consoles were deployed to perform both FOH and
monitor duties for the visiting engineers who were assisted by Studio Berar’s
technical personnel. The desks were again equipped with
optical MADI link for recording purposes.
In the Dance Arena, Studio Berar fielded 24
VT4889ADP-DA elements, with 10 VT4888ADP providing outfills on each flank, and
20 VT4880 subwoofers providing the LF extension. A further four JBL VRX932LA
Constant Curvature loudspeakers added infill where necessary, with Crown I-Tech
and Macro-Tech amps assigned to the passive elements of the system. Mixing
duties were performed on a Soundcraft Vi1—an addition to Studio Berar’s
inventory since last year—and Soundcraft’s classic analog MH2 console.
Finally, Studio Berar dipped further into its VERTEC inventory to equip the Fusion Stage with 24 VERTEC VT4888ADP, and eight VT4880 subwoofers per side. Another vintage
Soundcraft console, the 48-channel Series FIVE, gave sound engineers a
first-class analog experience at front-of-house while a Soundcraft Si3 was
provided for monitors.
Held again at the picturesque
Petrovaradin
Fortress location on the River Danube, Studio Berar’s marketing manager Lazar Josanov
explained that although the fundamental coverage requirement was similar to
previous years, this year the delivery took a great leap forward. “As we are constantly looking to
improve each segment of our business, we recently reinforced and upgraded our JBL VERTEC line array system with
Crown DPDA processing modules for VERTEC V5 settings, so now it’s a
fully active sound reinforcement system,” he said.
The company
tested the V5 settings on several events prior to EXIT, so that by the time it
arrived at Petrovaradin Fortress, Lazar reported, “Everybody was thrilled with the
quality and strength of the sound.”
Momcilo
and Emil Berar again project-managed the event for Studio Berar, leading a team
that included Aleksandar Pejin, the main sound engineer at the Dance Arena
stage, with Ivan Paplacko and Zoran Matic taking care of Main Stage and Fusion
Stage respectively.
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