Detroit-based Burst recently provided sound reinforcement for the main stage at the four-day music Pemberton Music Festival, held near Mount Currie in British Columbia.
The festival, which drew more than 115,000 attendees, offered multiple stages of live entertainment, including rock, indie rock, hip-hop, electronic, heavy metal and comedy. Burst deployed a system headed by d&b audiotechnik line arrays and subwoofers for all main stage performers, including headliners The Black Keys, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Tiesto, Hozier, Kid Cudi, and Missy Elliot.
Specifically, the system consisted of left-right line arrays, each made up of 14 J8 and four J12 array modules. Low end was covered by two arrays of four JSUBS flown behind the main PA along with 2×2 JSUBs ground stacked under each array. Six Y10P loudspeaker took care of front fill.
Left-right delay towers provided coverage for the further out seating areas. An array consisting of six V8 and two V12 hung from each tower. The complete system was powered by 12 D80 racks, each with three d&b D80 amplifiers.
“The client was extremely pleased with the coverage and fidelity of the system,” says Burst owner Scott Ciungan. “The range and low end is terrific – weather is was comedy or EDM – the system delivered exactly what was needed.”
Burst equipped both the front of house and monitor positions were equipped with Avid D-Show digital consoles, which Ciungan notes “is a work horse.” Front of house also utilized a Venue Rack, Stage Rack and a Lake LM44 processor. The monitor position was equipped with another Stage Rack and Venue Rack.
The monitor rig include six V8 loudspeakers and four V Series subwoofers, split left and right. Twelve M2 bi-amped monitor wedges were on hand for performance purposes. DJ monitoring was handled by eight L-Acoustics Kara loudspeakers and four dv-SUB subwoofers. Burst also had an assortment of Shure wireless microphone and Sennheiser IEM systems available for artists.
“We received a number of compliments on the PA from the visiting engineers,” Ciungan says. “Everyone was thrilled to work on such a well-known and respected PA. All in all it was an amazing four days of music.”