UK rental company Subfrantic supplied Turbosound Flex Array loudspeakers and Aspect subwoofers for the recent first-ever Music On The Hill festival at Kings Hill in Kent. The three-day event included performances from Katherine Jenkins perform with Wynne Evans, McFly, the Sugababes, Stacey Solomon, Björn Again, ABC, Ben Mills and others.
Music on the Hill presented Subfrantic with some challenges in terms of less than perfect weather and some tight audio restrictions, but the company’s Flex Array coped well and pleased the organizers with solid coverage and high sound quality.
In what is now a favored system configuration for the company, Subfrantic’s Steve Davies designed the PA with two hangs of twelve Flex Array TFA-600H cabinets and six Aspect TA-890L double 15-inch low frequency cabinets working in a five-way setup, with double 18-inch TSW-218 subs taking care of sub-bass frequencies.
Sixteen Turbosound TFM-450s were used as floor monitors, with two stacks of Floodlight chosen for side fill. Four Turbosound TQ-445 three-way loudspeakers provided lip and in fill, and a double 15-inch Turbosound TQ-425 was supplied as the drum sub.
The system was modeled – becoming increasingly useful in being able to demonstrate to the Council the predicted coverage to reassure them of the lack of spill into nearby residential areas – with EASE software. The entire system was networked over BVNet and remotely controlled using TurboDrive. Turbosound T-series amplifiers drove all loudspeakers.
Davies reports that the clients were extremely happy with the result, having chosen Subfrantic due to a recommendation. “The audio restrictions were unusually tight, but we were successful in keeping within the limits at all times,” he says. “The system all rigged very easily, thanks to Turbosound’s over-engineered flying systems which made the process very straightforward.
“Overall Flex Array provides us with a great balance of sound quality, compact size, coverage and useable volume. As the rig already fitted well alongside our Aspect system, having the option to run it four- or five-way with our 890Ls has made it even more flexible and more useable in a larger number of situations.”
