World-famous London nightclub fabric has turned to the winning combination of
Pioneer Pro Audio and Powersoft to assemble the sound system for its first-ever
outdoor event, Lovebox Festival. Taking place on July 15-16 in London’s Victoria
Park, the fabric stage is the only stage at Lovebox to commission an exclusive pro
audio partner.
The fabric arena is a 2000-capacity, 38-metre round tent designed to recreate
fabric’s Room One, giving party-goers the true nightclub experience in a festival
environment.
Powersoft’s supercharged, compact and highly energy efficient Class D switch-mode
K Series has again been adopted by Pioneer Pro Audio Manager, Alex Barrand, to
deliver the high octane feeds to their 4 x 3–metre GS-WAVE dancefloor surround
stacks, eight XY-218 18-inch twin bass reflex subwoofers and 12 XY-122 12-inch
two-way loudspeakers. But in addition, it will take advantage of the Italian
company’s unique Armonia Pro Audio Suite software for remote control and
monitoring of the system, and advanced DSP. The partnership between the two
brands has already proved itself in leading dance venues across the world, including
the clubbing hotspot of Ibiza.
The installation will also take advantage of the advanced Armonia software and
DSP, which will enable them to run the system live. Explaining the rationale, Alex
Barrand says, “We have access from front of house so we can drop in the fills and
subs as the atmosphere in the room starts to build. We are working direct with the
DJs, since we are all on radios so thanks to Armonia, we will introduce additional
sound and step it up bit by bit. We don’t want a massive SPL peak when the room is
empty.’
Pioneer Pro Audio has also designed a special drum “n’ bass pre-set in Armonia.
“This gets us ahead of the curve as we can switch in the pre-set at the start of the
festival. This will be tuned to drum and bass on the Friday, whereas the more
typical fabric club sound on the Saturday requires a greater boost in the midrange,
so we will switch to “Pre-set 2.’’
Expressing his delight at the advanced deployment, and continuing relationship with
Pioneer Pro Audio’s premium system, Powersoft Brand and Communication Director
Francesco Fanicchi, commended the optimisation of the GS-WAVE dance system,
and use of specific gain structures for the two different club nights. “In an outdoor
application K series is perfect in fabric’s attempts to create the feel of a nightclub,
and of course the efficiency of the amplifiers, in an environment where power is
scarce, is vital,’ he said.
Add this to the fact that a birch wood floor, similar to the one in fabric’s Room One
is being installed to give the right kind of feedback, and the fact that the tent’s walls
will be double draped with damping material to control sideways reflections and
contain low frequencies, and the simulated fabric Room One environment will be
complete.
It is perfectly set up for Lovebox to host a series of live acts and DJs including
Ricardo Villalobos, Jackmaster and Kano.
