ENGLAND — SRD Group was appointed to manage the recent Army Air Corps (AAC) Music in the Air annual concert and flying display held at the home base of the AAC in England. SRD used their two new Allen & Heath iLive digital systems to manage sound reinforcement.
Attracting 15,000 members of the public and service personnel, the event included aircraft displays from the Red Arrows, the Blue Eagles helicopter display team and various historic aircraft, as well as musical performances from the Army Air Corps band, and classical singers Will Martin, Kathy Leigh and Sophie Hill.
“We needed to cover the 600 m wide and 500 m deep runway area with both the music of the Army Air Corps Band and guests, as well as the air display commentators,” explains SRD’s MD Stuart Roberts.
SRD used four 10 m Piram towers to fly a GAE Director Waveline line array, as well as a horn system to reach the peripheral areas, catering for those patrons who preferred to view the action from the fence line. The iLive-80 console system managed the audio zone distribution, while the larger iLive-112 system mixed the stage performances.
“iLive is a brilliant system for festivals; using our optical fibre link and EtherSound, the distance between the surface and stage rack can be extended, so we could position the commentary box and control booth an impressive 400m away from the stage and the noisy aircraft,” Roberts concludes.
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