PUNE, India – On March 10, at the modern planned community of Amanora Park Town, the second installment of this year’s Eristoff Invasion Festival took place. Sound & Light Professionals (SNL Pro) of Mumbai supported the event, headlined by DJ David Guetta, with Aero and Aero Series 2 loudspeakers from D.A.S. Audio.
More details from D.A.S. Audio (www.dasaudio.com):
After consulting with festival organizers Only Much Louder, in partnership with UKNY Music, the production team opted for D.A.S. Audio Aero 50 large format, 3-way line array loudspeakers, Aero 218 Sub enclosures and Aero 12A powered, 2-way, mid-high line array elements.
D.A.S. Audio systems engineer Ron Koh served as a consultant on the project and helped coordinate the logistics of the sound system along with the core crew of SNL Pro.
The house mains consisted of 24 Aero 50 enclosures, flown 12 elements per cluster for the L/R sides. Twelve Lab.gruppen PLM-10000Q power amps, operating at 4 ohms per channel, with two Aero 50 enclosures per amplifier, drove the loudspeakers.
An additional three D.A.S. Audio Aero 12A powered line array elements were ground-stacked up front. These loudspeakers served in a front fill capacity to ensure audience members up close to the stage received proper coverage.
Low frequency support was provided by 28 Aero 218 Sub enclosures, ground-stacked—14 cabinets per side. The subwoofers were driven by seven Lab Gruppen PLM-10000Q power amps.
An additional 12 Aero 50 line array elements were configured as a delay system. Six Aero 50 loudspeakers were placed for both the left and right delay clusters. These speakers also relied upon Lab.gruppen PLM-10000Q power amps, which operated at 4 ohms per channel, two Aero-50 enclosures per amplifier.
Hassane Es Siahi, an audio engineer with Adlib Sound, Light, and Visual Solutions of Liverpool, England, served as the FOH system operator for David Guetta. Manning an Avid VENUE SC48 mixing console, Siahi credited the system for its performance and its ability to cover the 80 meter length of the audience area. The sound pressure level at FOH (35 meters from the stage) was reported at 108 dB(A) Peak. “This is the best D.A.S. System I have heard, and you can quote me on that,” Siahi said.
Kamesh Patel, system engineer at SNL Pro, also credited the system and setup. “The D.A.S. Audio loudspeaker setup performed flawlessly and provided clear, consistent coverage throughout the entire audience area,” he said, noting compliments from both the organizers and audience.
“We couldn’t be happier with the results, as we have already been booked for a few more upcoming electronics dance music festivals such as the three-day Sunburn Summer Festival in Mumbai,” Manish Mavani, director of SNL Pro.
For more information, please visit www.invasionfestival.in, www.snlpro.com and www.adlibsolutions.co.uk.
