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Production Services & Manufacturing

Tag: L-Acoustics

  • Future Music Festival 2009

    JAS audio supplied the audio for Melbourne’s Future Music Festival and the move from the Myer Music Bowl over to the Flemington race track increased the audience to around 35,000.

    For the main stages in Melbourne and Sydney a Nexo Geo T system was used while L-Acoustics VDosc was used for the main stages in Brisbane and Adelaide.

    Dates

    February 28
    March 1, 7-9

    Melbourne Future Festival

    Main stage

    32 x Nexo Geo T
    16 x Nexo C-D 18 subs
    32 x Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers

    FOH

    1 x Midas XL4
    1 x Digidesign profile console

    Monitors

    1 x Midas H3000
    1 x Digidesign profile console
    16 x Wayloud Wedges
    2 x Nexo Alpha E side-fill systems

    God’s kitchen stage

    16 x L-Acoustics VDosc
    12 x Wayloud 218 subs

    Consoles

    2 x Yamaha PM5D

    Monitors

    16 x PS15 wedges

    Yellow stage

    16 x Nexo Alpha
    8 x Nexo Alpha S2

    Sydney Future Festival

    Main stage

    32 x Nexo Geo T
    16 x Nexo C-D 18 subs
    32 x Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers

    FOH

    1 x Midas XL4
    1 x Digidesign Profile console

    Monitors

    1 x Midas H3000
    1 x Digidesgin Profile console
    16 x Wayloud Wedges
    2 x Nexo Alpha E side-fill systems

    Godskitchen stage

    16 x L-Acoustics VDosc
    12 x Wayloud 218 subs

    Consoles

    2 x Yamaha PM5D

    Monitors

    16 x PS15 wedges

    Brisbane Future Festival

    Main Stage

    16 x L-Acoustics VDosc
    16 x Wayloud 218 subs
    6 x L-Acoustics ARCs

    FOH

    1 x Midas XL4
    1 x Digidesign Profile console

    Monitors

    1 x Midas H3000
    1 x Digidesign Profile console
    16 x Wayloud Wedges
    2 x Nexo Alpha E side-fill systems

    Adelaide Future Festival

    Main Stage

    16 x L-Acoustics VDosc
    16 x Wayloud 218 subs
    6 x L-Acoustics ARCs

    FOH

    1 x Midas XL4
    1 x Digidesign Profile console

    Monitors

    1 x Midas H3000
    1 x Digidesign Profile console
    16 x Wayloud Wedges
    2 x Nexo Alpha E side-fill systems

    NERD Touring package

    2 x Digidesgin Profile console
    4 x Sennheiser G2 in-ears systems
    4 x Shure U4D Radio mic systems

  • Soundcraft VI6 acquired by JPS

    Continuing its tradition of investing in large-format digital consoles JPS recently acquired a Soundcraft Vi6 desk.

    The new console from Soundcraft is the result of a joint development with sister console company Studer and uses touch-screen colour TFT monitors with integral rotary controls and switches mounted directly on the glass to provide a ‘where you look is where you control’ user interface.

    The VI6 is currently on the road with Delta Goodrem who is touring again for the first time in three years.
    Soundcraft VI6 Monitor rigger Tim Seconi and monitor engineer, Ben Shapiro with the VI6

    Tour Dates  
      January 9 – February 3 2009
    Sound crew
      Pat Richardson (FOH CVE)
      Tim Seconi (Monitor Rigger)
    FOH Speaker System
      30 x L-Acoustics dV-Dosc
      8 x L-Acoustics dV-Sub
      4 x L-Acoustics SB 218 Subwoofers
      4 x L-Acoustics Arcs Cabinets
    Amplifiers 24 x Crown MA-5002Vz Amplifier
    FOH Drive system
      4 x BSS 366 Omni Drives
      4 x BSS FCS 926 Varicurve Parametric EQ’s
      1 x BSS FPC 900r Varicurve Remote
      1 x BSS FPC 900i Remote Interface
      1 x BSS FCS 960 Stereo EQ
    FOH Control System
      1 x Yamaha PM5D-RH Digital Console
      1 x Lexicon 480L Reverb
      1 x Manly Vox Box
      1 x Tascam CD-RW901SL
      1 x Marantz PMD 321 CD Player
    Monitor System
      1 x Soundcraft Vi6 Digital Console
      4 x L-Acoustics 115 Hi-Q Wedges
      12 x Sennheiser EW G2 IEM Systems

    Slade

  • Santana 2008

    Music legend Carlos Santana toured Australia in February and March 2008. One of the greatest guitarists of our generation, Santana played a series of Arena shows and one at the Tempus Two Winery in the Hunter Valley.

    JAS supplied the speaker system and amps for the tour.

    Dates

    21, 24, 26, 28 February 2008
    2 March 2008

    System

    46 x L-Acoustics V-Dosc
    12 x L-Acoustics dV-dosc
    28 x Wayloud 218 Subs
    Crown VZ5000 and Lab Gruppen4000 amplifiers.

    JAS Staff

    V-Dosc systems tech: Robert “Jock” Bain
    Systems tech: Craig Gordon
    Monitor systems tech: Stephen May

  • Bob Dylan 2007

    Bob Dylan continued his Never Ending Tour which began in the late 1980s with dates in Australia and New Zealand in August 2007.

    The tour, his first trip down under in more than four years, included five Australian and three New Zealand shows and followed the release of Dylan’s 32nd album, Modern Times.

    The Australian run of dates included the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on August 13, Sydney Entertainment Centre on August 15, Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on August 17, Adelaide Entertainment Centre on August 21 and the Burswood Dome in Perth on August 23.

    Dylan’s tour follows a string of North American dates in June and July and performances earlier this year in Europe, where the legendary folk and rock songwriter has drawn on his rich back catalogue and new material.

    Dates August 13 – 23, 2007
    Audio Crew Colin Burrell, Scott Barry, Peter O’Leary
    Speaker System L-Acoustics
    24 x V-Dosc Element
    6 x DV-Dosc Element
    16 x Kudo Cabinets
    8 x ARCS
    8 x Wayloud Sub Low Cabinets
    32 x Lab Gruppen 4000 Amplifiers
    12 x Crown V2500 Amplifiers
    FOH Control System
    1 x Digico DS 112
    6 x Dolby Lake Contour
    1 x IBM PC Tablet wireless system
    2 x Focusrite 422 pre-amp
    1 x Waves Max
    1 x TC 4000
    Monitor Control System
    1 x Midas H3000 44+4 console
    TC EQ Station 16ch system
    Wayloud and Nexo wedges
    Crown Amplifiers
    1 x Clair ML 18 Sub Bass
    L-Acoustics ARCS and DV Sub Sidefill

  • Priscilla

    Based on the 1994 Stephan Elliott film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the musical, tells the story of drag queens traveling through the Australian desert to put on a cabaret show.

    Priscilla had its World Premiere at the Lyric Theatre, Sydney in 2006, and is now headed for the Regent Theatre, Melbourne.
    Priscilla

    Tour dates 2006 – 2009
    Sound Designer Michael Waters
    Head of Sound Andrew Foster
    Radio Mic Technician James Kohler
    Sound Technician Rachelle Holowko
    FOH Speaker System
      24 x L-Acoustics dV-Dosc
      8 x L-acoustics dV-Subs
      4 x L-Acoustics Arcs
      4 x L-Acoustics SB-218 Subwoofers
      3 x L-Acoustics MTB-112b Enclosures
    Amplifiers 16 x Crown MA5002VZ Amplifiers
    FOH Drive system
      4 x BSS Varicurve FCS-926
      4 x BSS Omni Drive FDS-366
      1 x BSS Stereo Eq FCS-960
      1 x BSS Varicurve remote FPC-900r
    Effects Speaker System
      12 x Meyer UPM2
      7 x JBL Eons 15″
      2 x JBL Eons 10″
    FOH Control
      1 x Yamaha PM5D-RH Digital Console
      1 x Yamaha O3D 16Ch Console
      1 x Midas XL-88
      2 x 360 Systems Instant Replay units
      3 x Klark Technik DN-728 Delays
      1 x Roland SDE3000 Delay
      1 x TC Electronic 2290 Delay
    Monitor Equipment
      1 x 9 Station Aviom Personal Monitoring System
      2 x Shure PSM 700 In Ear Monitor Systems
      1 x Yamaha 3210 Monitor Console
    Radio Mics/Mics
      16 x Shure UHF-MA Radio Mic Systems
      16 x Sennheiser 1046 Radio Mic Systems
      32 x DPA 4066 Headset Microphones
      2 x Neumann KM-841
      2 x Neumann U-89i
      4 x AT4050
      4 x AT4050
      2 x Shure Beta 57
      1 x Shure Beta 52
      3 x Shure 565
      1 x Sennheiser BF-509
      12 x Countryman Type 85 DI Box

  • Robbie Williams 2006

    Johnston Audio supplied the bulk of the audio equipment for the Robbie Williams stadium tour of Australia. The tour was a huge success – 9 sellout shows to more than 400,000 people!

    The JAS system and crew delivered everything and more! The preparation and presentation of the system received many favourable comments and Robbie’s FOH engineer Dave Bracey said that the system was fantastic.

    Johnston Audio supplied 54 L-Acoustics VDosc cabinets traveling on dollies of 4 to make the setup and pack-down faster. The two front inner hangs had 15 VDosc/side (specially painted cabinets supplied by Britannia Row) and the front outer hangs had 12-15 VDosc / side. There were 2 delay towers of each with 12 VDosc.

    The VDosc cabinets were powered by Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers.

    The Robbie Williams tour necessitated the design and construction of a flying version of the Wayloud subs. Similar to the L-Acoustics 218, 24 flying-version Wayloud Subs were built for the tour and flown in a vertical hang alongside the outer VDosc arrays. Another 24 Wayloud subs were positioned in stacks of 6 across the front of the stage.

    The system design also had 18 L-Acoustics ARCS boxes in pods of 3 across the front edges of the stage.

    The whole system was controlled by 16 Dolby Lake controllers and a barrage of computers supplied by Britannia Row.

    Sheriff L Babari was the system designer and toured with Robbie Williams.

    Dates

    30 November 2006
    December 1, 5, 9-10, 13-14, 17-18 2006

    Johnston Audio Crew List

    Robert “Jock” Bain – Crew Chief & Delays
    Doug Pringle – VDosc system rigger
    Peter O’Leary – VDosc system rigger
    Connor Dune – Monitor rigger / operator

    System

    54 L-Acoustics VDosc
    48 Wayloud subs
    18 L-Acoustics ARCS
    16 x Wayloud wedges
    12 x Crown 24×6 amplifiers
    1 x DiGiCo D5 112 EX console
    8 x Camco Vortex 6 Amplifiers
    18 x Crown VZ 5000 Amplifiers

  • Simple Minds w/ DiGiCo 2006

    JAS supplied DiGiCo D1 FOH and Monitor package for Simple Minds Asian and Australian tour.

    Simple Minds’ Production Manager John Armstrong called to say that they were finding it hard to get the consoles for the Asian leg of their tour and fortunately JAS was able to supply a package including 2 x DiGiCo D1 consoles, 2 x Local racks, 1 x Stage Rack, 1 x return system and 1 x FOH FX system was dispatched to Hong Kong.

    JAS also provided a V-Dosc PA system for the Simple Minds’ Palais Theatre show in Melbourne. The system included 18 V-Dosc elements and 16 Wayloud dual 18’ subs powered by Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers controlled by 3 Lake Contour processors.

    Jock Bain was the CVE, Doug Pringle looked after FOH and Adrian Barnard rigged the Nexo PS15 monitor system.

    Dates

    May 3, 7, 9, 12 2006