LONDON — The Sugababes recently played at the 100 Club in London's Oxford Street, and Concert Sound (Luton), the show's equipment organizer, chose HK Audio's ConTour Array, brought in from London-based ConTour users, Euroscope TV and Picture It Facilities Ltd. FOH engineer was Chris Madden. Whereas full line array rigs for smaller applications are not a cost-effective proposition, ConTour Array is applicable to a variety of situations, including such medium-sized club gigs.
As such, the ConTour set-up used for The Sugababes consisted of eight CTA 118 active powered subs plus eight CTA 208 mid/high speakers, also powered from the subs. An active, direct-loaded sub, the 18-inch-equipped CTA 118 sub served as the system's 'engine room,' with all required circuitry on board, including a 56-bit DDO-Pro digital controller with two 1,000-watt RMS power amps, one to drive the sub's 18-inch speaker, the other a CTA 208 mid/high unit or alternatively a ConTour Series CT 108, CT 112 or CT 115 enclosure. Onboard filter presets fine-tune the component integration of each configuration with the onboard display indicating information relevant to the given setting.
The 100 Club consists of a wide – but not deep – room, so Concert Sound's Sugababes rig utilized four-x-four ConTour Array box stacks in two-x-sub and two-x-mid/high format with one stack on either side of the stage, a further stack being placed three meters from each corner of the room stage side and all stacks in a line along the back of the room to project across the space.
Right: The Sugababes performing live at the 100 Club.
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