BOONVILLE, CA – Sacramento Production Services provided audio and staging for the three-day Sierra Nevada World Music Fest 2010, which drew record crowds to the Mendocino County Fairgrounds and featured 19 artists from Jamaica, the U.S., Australia and Brazil. All were heard via Martin Audio loudspeakers.
The lineup included Baaba Mal; Playing for Change; Fat Freddy's Drop; Gregory Isaacs; Barrington Levy; Tony Allen; Dubtonic Kru; Ooklah the Moc; Soul Syndicate; Ken Booth; Alborosie; Don Carlos; Toubab Krewe; Marcia Griffiths; Jimmy Riley; Queen Omega; Rootz Underground, and Sambada.
The crew from SACPS, which dealt with rapid-fire set changes under a variety of circumstances, included Keith Wackford, production manager/monitor engineer; Dwaine Wise, FOH engineer/rigger; and Rick Stansby, monitor engineer/patch master.
SACPS chose Martin Audio W8LC line array enclosures.
"One of the biggest bonuses of the W8LC is its power to weight ratio," Wackford noted. "We can hang many more cabinets, which is critical when flying on roof structures outdoors where weight is always a concern in terms of safety and cost. W8LCs really fit the bill when you need the kind of SPL for Reggae and are limited to 2000lbs per side."
The actual rig consisted of 24 W8LC main speakers and 14 W8LS dual 18" subwoofers in "a new layout of two stacks of W8LS and two stacks of three W8LS subs ground stacked and spaced a wavelength apart, which provided very even sub coverage side to side with plenty of bottom at the back of the house some 200ft back," Wackford said.
Martin Audio monitors included 12 LE1500s and eight LE12Js, along with W8Cs for front and side fills and WS2A for drum fill subs. A Soundcraft MH4 was used as FOH console, along with outboard gear by TC Electronics, Yamaha and Drawmer, speaker processing by XTA and amplification by QSC. In terms of microphones, Shure UHFR Wireless Beta 58as were teamed with wired mics from AKG, CAD, Shure and Sennheiser.
"It's always great to go out and show people what Martin Audio speakers can do and it always gives us a chance to brag about the support that we get from Rob Hofkamp and Martin Audio," Wackford said.
When the MC asked the audience if they liked the sound that was provided by Sacramento Production Services," Keith added, "the crowd roared with applause and cheers that was all the thanks necessary for all the hard work that goes into a festival of this size."
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