DENVER, CO – Dowlen Sound used Powersoft amplifiers to pump up the volume at the 2010 Mile High Music Festival in mid-August at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Denver. The amplifiers, designed for efficiency, supported performances by Slightly Stoopid, Train, Weezer and others.
Founded in 2008, this year's Mile High Music Festival took place across 14 soccer fields at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, with Dowlen Sound providing production for the entire festival.
Dowlen used their newest sound system, Outline GTO powered by Powersoft, for the Wolf Stage, the festival's second largest venue. The gear held up despite the 5,300-foot elevation and near-triple-digit temperatures.
"We had 50 Powersoft K Series DSP/AESOP amplifiers, powering and controlling a total of 72 loudspeakers, and they performed flawlessly, even with the high altitude, hot weather and dry, dusty conditions," said Bret Dowlen, president and owner of Dowlen Sound.
"Powersoft drove 24 Outline GTO large format, eight Outline MANTAS down fill and 16 Butterfly out-fill line array speakers, as well as eight Outline SubTech 218 sub woofers and 16 Dowlen Sound dual 18-inch sub woofers," Dowlen said. "The Powersoft systems gave us excellent, trouble-free support of the sound throughout the entire festival."
The system control was supervised by Armonía, through which all crossovers, EQ, limiters and delays were designed and deployed in the K-DSP/AESOP amplifiers. Dowlen Sound also employed Powersoft's innovative IPAL technology in four Outline LAB21SP sub woofers providing the "power alley" sub low sound for the center stage.
Powersoft amplifiers proved such a success at the Mile High Music Festival that Dowlen Sound deployed them for several recent shows at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre, according to Eric Satre, sales executive, Dowlen Sound.
"We used the Powersoft amplifiers for the Rodrigo y Gabriela show on August 20 and the BB King concert on August 25," he said. "The results were stellar, and, as we provide the sound for many of the shows at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, we'll be using them again there, exposing Powersoft to many visiting engineers. Powersoft amplifiers take the stress out of providing sound at this level. They've worked out great for us."
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