Sound Co
Solid Sound Solution
Venue
Various (Tour)
Crew
FOH Engineer/PM: Troy Kyoung tae Choi
Monitor Engineer: Ruben Santa Cruz
Systems Engineers: Ruben Santa Cruz, Colin Studybaker
Production Manager: Troy Kyoung tae Choi
System Tech: Colin Studybaker
Gear
FOH
Console: DiGiCo SD9
Speakers: dBTechnologies VIO L212 (12 per side), S218 subs (21 on the front of the stage), VIO L210s (4 per side/outfills), VIO L208 (2 per side/front fills)
Amps: dBTechnologies VIO L212
Processing: Aurora Net
MON
Speakers: dBTechnologies DM12
Amps: dBTechnologies DM12 (active wedges)
Event Details:
When K-Pop band B.A.P. (Beyond Absolute Perfect) performed at the at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, CA last fall, dBTechnologies’ new VIO L212 provided coverage in an arena filled with screaming fans. “I’ve never worked with B.A.P. before, but I’ve been a part of over 20 different shows at this venue,” said Choi, the production manager and FOH engineer for the show. “It’s a pretty reverberant room without any acoustic treatments. It’s definitely not an easy acoustic space, so we had to put a lot of thought into the PA design for this room.”
Ruben Santa Cruz was at the B.A.P. show to assist with system design, deployment and tuning, as was Colin Studybaker, national sales manager for dBTechnologies. “Now that we have a larger format box in the VIO series, we’ve rapidly expanded the type of shows we can handle,” Studybaker said. “Furthermore, having different line array modules in the VIO series with the same HF drivers and phase response makes scaling the system quite simple. When you can control the flown line arrays, subs, outfills, and front fills all with the same software, in our case Aurora Net, it really allows you to maximize the efficiency of your setup and have total control of the entire system in one place.”
“I’m a big fan of the VIO L210, and when I heard the VIO L212 for the first time, it felt like the L210’s big brother with a warm and deep heart. It was very clear but not piercing at all. I think 212 is ready to go out on big shows. The S218, as well, was a big two thumbs up for me,” said Choi. “It was super-punchy, tight like a muscled tiger rather than a fat, lazy bear. Artists can be pretty particular with sound, and B.A.P. has understandably high standards- but they said the VIO L212 and S218 really delivered for this show.”
Choi, who has toured internationally as a sound engineer in some of the world’s top venues, also remarked on his experience with the dBTechnologies brand as a whole. “There are so many big PA names in this industry that people look for, and I feel like VIO L212 especially is right up there with those names. It’s not second-best by any means, it’s clear that the research and development department at dBTechnologies has done their homework with this one. The people at dB really pay special attention to the needs of their clients, and they’re humble.”
