NORTHRIDGE,
California – When Live Nation opened the newest Fillmore venue in Silver
Spring, Maryland, the company knew it had to have a sound system worthy of the
Fillmore’s storied history and to meet this requirement, the Fillmore Silver
Spring boasts a cutting-edge audio system that includes HARMAN’s JBL VerTec® line arrays, Crown Audio amplifiers and two Soundcraft
mixing consoles.
The
28,000-square-foot, 2,000-capacity Fillmore Silver Spring was built as a
collaborative effort between the State of Maryland, Montgomery County and Live
Nation. The state and the county put up the money and Live Nation leases the
facility from both on a long-term basis.
Sound
Image of Escondido, California was contracted for the audio system design. The
Fillmore’s main loudspeaker system includes two columns of eight JBL VerTec VT4888DPDA powered midsize line array elements flown left
and right of the stage, complemented by eight ASB7128 subwoofers across the
bottom front of the stage, four VRX915M stage monitors and 10 SRX712M monitors.
The
delay system consists of pairs of JBL AC28/26 loudspeakers for upper balcony
fill, VIP areas at the sides of the stage, under balcony fill and for the rear
bar are. Amplification is supplied by 14 Crown XTi 6000 amplifiers and HARMAN’s
HiQnet System Architect™ software is used for system monitoring JBL DrivePack
enclosures and Crown power amplifiers. Completed the system, a pair of
Soundcraft Vi6 96-input digital live sound consoles handle front of house and
monitor mixing duties.
“First and
foremost, the new PA system needed to sound amazing,” said Dan Schartoff, VP of
Production for Live Nation. “We needed a system that would be adaptable for all
types of events and live performances by the likes of Deadmau5, Guns N’ Roses,
Mary J. Blige, Kid Rock, Trey Anastasio, Childish Gambino…the list goes on and
on.”
Schartoff noted the
many criteria that must be met to achieve that amazing sound. “We needed clarity from the audio
system,” he said. “The system needed to pack a punch and have the ability to be
a blank canvas for visiting engineers while also being rider-friendly.”
The two Soundcraft
Vi6 consoles at the Fillmore Silver Spring also provide tremendous benefits,
Schartoff noted. “We
have Soundcraft consoles in many of our venues and they give the engineers a
chance to store their show settings on a drive. They can make changes offline
or have them ready to go when they arrive at the venue,” he said. “They sound
great and enable users to eliminate most of their outboard gear.”
“HARMAN
and JBL have been great to work with,” Schartoff concluded. “Their service and
support, and availability to provide solutions has been excellent. I was a bit
hesitant to go with VERTEC
and the Vi6 consoles at first, but they have exceeded our expectations.”
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