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Frontlite provided a JBL VTX line
array system for
the Hove festival in Tromøya, Norway. |
NORTHRIDGE, California – Oslo-based
production company Frontlite recently supplied HARMAN’s JBL VTX line
arrays for main stage coverage at one of Norway’s predominant annual summer
music events, the Hove Festival. The event took place
on the island of Tromøya, outside
Arendal, and was promoted by Festival Republic.
Having been caught up in the buzz
surrounding the launch of JBL’s new high-directivity line array,
Frontlite’s Per Marius Larsen met product specialist Espen Andersen of JBL’s
Norwegian distributor, LydRommet, at the 2011 PLASA Show in London. By the
following spring he was back in contact, realizing this major event was coming
up in June, and taking the decision to try out the PA. “Although we
had not considered JBL previously, we know Espen and LydRommet well and have
always had a great relationship. After speaking with our client we were happy
to go forward with this.”
This
enabled Frontlite to reinforce the sound for an all-star cast, including Snoop
Dogg, Skrillex, Lostprophets, Lana Del Rey, Emeli
Sandé and Ed
Sheeran, with Espen Andersen acting as system tech for the duration of the 4-day
event.
Site
measurements were taken to assess coverage requirements, with the VTX system
optimized using a combination of EASE predictions and JBL Line Array Calculator acoustic modeling. As a result,
12 elements a side of JBL VTX V25 line array loudspeakers were flown from each
side of the stage with four VERTEC® VT4886 subcompact line array loudspeakers suspended
below the hangs to provide down fill.
Two
further clusters of four VT4886’s, operating as front fills, and eight of the
new VTX S28 arrayble subwoofers were ground-stacked on each side of the stage.
The
system was powered by 12 Crown VRacks (six a side), with I-Tech HD 12000
amps running
the system in High Power Mode. Two tops and two subs were
assigned to each rack and the four remaining channels in the spare racks drove
the VT4886 speakers.
Although
this was Frontlite’s first encounter with JBL, LydRommet has been supplying the
company with Soundcraft digital consoles over the years. The Vi platform was in
evidence here, both in the marquee and on the main stage, where a Vi2 acted as
a matrix, enabling visiting production engineers to plug in their desks and
have AES-EBU signal distribution from the matrix. Explained Espen Andersen, “Sound
engineers could choose how they wanted to assign their mix via AES-EBU, running
analog as backup in parallel.”
Frontlite
project manager, Per Marius Larsen,
remarked that the VTX had left him and visiting sound engineers with a very
favorable impression. “From our point of view the result was excellent
and we are proud to have supplied our client with this level of sound
production,” he said. “Espen was a great asset all week and made sure that the
PA sounded fantastic, so that we received nothing but praise from the visiting
artists.”
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