ANAHEIM, CA — The world premiere of Primal Twang, a theatrical music production that highlights the legacy of the guitar, debuted at San Diego's North Park Theatre September 7-10, 2006. Rental sound company Meeting Services provided a HiQnet sound reinforcement system for the performance, which included JBL Professional's new VP (Venue Performance) Series loudspeakers, as well as the Soundcraft Vi6 digital console. "Theatrical productions each have their own unique requirements," said David Scheirman, vice president, tour sound for JBL Professional.
Home to San Diego's Lyric Opera, the North Park Theatre is a 730-seat proscenium stage venue. For this production it needed to accommodate multimedia playback as well as live musical performances in styles ranging from rock to reggae, jazz to folk, flamenco to bluegrass and blues.
Musician Dan Crary served as narrator and led a Primal Twang house band that supported the master artists, including Doc Watson, Eric Johnson, Andrew York, Mason Williams, Peter Sprague, Albert Lee and others.
Meeting Services provided JBL Venue Performance VP7212 DPAN and VP7315 DPAN model loudspeakers, as well as VP7118 DPAN subwoofers to augment the venue's existing installed JBL AM Series loudspeakers. To accommodate the unusual nature of the multifaceted, multimedia production, Meeting Services' technical sales manager, Ken Freeman, specified a Lexicon 960 digital multichannel processor with 7.1 surround capability. The surround speakers were the VP Series with DPAN input modules, which include analog inputs and onboard digital signal processing. Band-pass limiting, pre-equalization filters and automatic self-test functions were also included in the speakers. The DPAN input module features 100 MB Ethernet networking functionality and HiQnet compatibility.
In addition to the Lexicon 960, Soundcraft Vi6 and JBL VP Series, Meeting Services used dbx DriveRack 4800 digital system controllers for optimizing the various zones of the sound reinforcement system and Crown MA Series power amplifiers for the JBL-loaded stage monitors.
"The new VP Series systems have smooth response and well-defined coverage for a self-powered enclosure," noted Gary Hartung, front-of-house soundmixer for Primal Twang. "They seem to be a great choice for theatrical productions where music is prominently featured."
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