Premier Production & Sound Services Delivers At Variety Of Events With Crown, JBL & Soundcraft

Over a recent four-day span, Premier Production & Sound Services (PSS) worked with over 127 bands in Baton Rouge and New Orleans at various music festivals and events, including the Baton Rouge Blues Festival, LSU’s “Groovin’ on the Grounds” and the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans.

For the live sound reinforcement of each event, PSS provided Harman Professional’s Crown Audio amplifiers, JBL Professional loudspeakers and Soundcraft mixing consoles.

LSU’s student government and LSU student group “Students on Target” coordinate the annual “Groovin’ on the Grounds” concert in Baton Rouge, which combines live musical performances and LSU’s Wellness Fair. This year, Lupe Fiasco, Levee Daze, Yelawolf and Grace Porter highlighted the “Groovin’ on the Grounds” lineup with PSS providing audio for the Main Stage and the Wellness Stage.

On the Main Stage, PSS deployed 24 JBL VTX V25 fullsize line array elements (12 per side), 18 JBL VTX S28 subwoofers (nine per side in a cardioid array), four JBL VerTec VT4886 subcompact line array elements per side for down fill and front fill, and four VT4886 subcompact line array elements plus two VT4883 subcompact subwoofers per side for side fill.

Crown I-Tech 12000 HD amplifiers powered the system and all monitor amplifiers were Crown I-Tech 4×3500 HD models. PSS used a Soundcraft Vi6 as the front of house console for the Main Stage. For the Wellness Stage, PSS supplied a system highlighted by JBL PRX portable loudspeakers, including two JBL PRX612M loudspeakers per side, two PRX618S-XLF subwoofers per side and two PRX615M stage monitors.

Known as “The Largest Free Festival in the South,” the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans hosts jazz and blues performers and was attended by over 500,000 fans this year. PSS provided audio for four stages at The French Quarter Festival: the Riverside Capitol One Stage, Jackson Square Stage, Chevron Stage, and Kids’ Stage.

At the Riverside Capitol One Stage, PSS installed four JBL VerTec VT4888 midsize line array elements per side, three ground-stacked JBL SRX728 subwoofers and two JBL VerTec VT4886 subcompact line array elements per side. Crown I-Tech 12000 HD and Crown I-Tech 4×3500 HD amplifiers powered the system and Soundcraft Si2 consoles were used for both front of house and monitor positions.

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