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A full
HARMAN live sound system featuring AKG
microphones, Crown VRack amplification systems, JBL VTX line arrays and Soundcraft Vi Series digital consoles was deployed at the Grand Plaza Main Stage during Winter NAMM 2013. |
In its fifth decade of entertaining crowds around the
globe, Oakland-based Tower of Power entertained an enthusiastic convention
crowd of approximately 5,000 persons at the Grand Plaza main stage while
kicking off activities as the tradeshow’s opening headline concert. Veteran
front of house mixer Mike Droke was at the controls of a Soundcraft Vi6 digital
mixing console.
"This is my first time mixing on both Soundcraft’s
Vi6 and JBL's new VTX line array system," noted Droke. "This system
has plenty of punch and tons of low end. This band has a lot of low-mid energy
with our 5-piece horn section, particularly the baritone sax, and the system
handled it with ease. I particularly noticed the extended high frequency
response and the musical detail in the VTX rig."
Headed by independent engineer Eric Stahlhammer, the
audio crew deployed nine JBL VTX V25 line array enclosures suspended
from each side of the Stageline SL320 mobile stage, with 10 VERTEC® VT4886
subcompact line array elements arranged on the lip of the stage for front fill.
Twelve VTX S28 cardioid-arrayable subwoofers were ground-stacked for extra
low-frequency reinforcement. Eighteen
JBL STX812M stage monitors were distributed across the stage for the
performers, while six STX835 loudspeakers and five STX818S subwoofers handled
side fill requirements. Eighteen Crown I-Tech 12000HD amplifiers in VRacks utilizing
BSS Omnidrive HD processing powered the loudspeakers, while the SoundcraftVi6
was complemented by a Vi1 digital console at the monitor position, manned by
independent engineer Clayton Green.
HARMAN’s AKG vocal and instrument microphones
blanketed the stage: 10 C518m clip-on mics for toms, two D12 VR’s on bass
drums, two C430’s, four C451’s, six C214’s for overheads, two C414’s, 10 D40’s,
10 D5’s, two C3000’s, four C5’s, two C4000’s, three C4500’s, two custom
gold-colored DHT 700 C5’s, one C411, and numerous gooseneck microphones were in
use, with two HELICAL long distance range-extending wireless antennas located
at the FOH position.
"Taken together, the AKG mics, Vi consoles,
Crown VRacks and the JBL VTX line arrays make a really powerful
combination," observed Stahlhammer, who with his crew manned the stage
system for up to 12 hours a day. "With JBL HiQnet Performance Manager™
software tying it all together, the process of configuring the system and
monitoring its performance during the show has really been streamlined. The
application has been laid out to follow our normal workflow processes, and it
really saves me time and effort."
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