JOHANNESBURG — Gearhouse South Africa supplied full technical production, design, crew and equipment—including lighting, visuals, video, audio, set, staging and power—to the official City of Johannesburg’s New Year’s Eve 2008-2009 celebrations.
For the fifth year running, this was staged at Mary Fitzgerald Square in downtown Johannesburg and broadcast live on SABC 2.
Audio equipment was all supplied by Gearhouse Audio, with FOH mixed by Tom Gordon and monitors by Cyril “Rasta” Sewela, both using Yamaha PM5D consoles.
The main arrays—rigged off two TFL V-Towers consisted of 12 L-ACOUSTICS VDOSC elements over eight SB28 subs a side, augmented with dV-DOSC infills and a dv-DOSC delay for the VIP Area on the steps of the African Museum.
All of the above were driven by networked LA8 amplifiers. Gordon utilized the PM5Ds outboards and 2 Dolby Lake Processors for system EQ and routing. He also used a small analogue console for VT and in-between band playbacks and the presenter slots.
Monitors were L-ACOUSTICS HiQ 115 wedges, with dvSUBs for the drums. Gearhouse Audio also supplied a full package of mics and stands, including Shures and Sennheisers, with Shure SM58 radios for the vocals.
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