Sound for every occasion! From full sized mixing consoles suited to outdoor music festivals to small compact mixers perfect for bands performing in your local pub and everything in between! A massive 15,000 watt of speaker power aimed directly at your audience! 10,000 watts of bass and 5,000 watts of mids and highs! 14 massive power amplifiers all under the direction of one speaker management system, piping through up to 40 instruments from the stage. As you'll see above, we have all the tools to do the job correctly with compressors to keep instruments under control, and Lexicon effects to add silky reverbs and bouncing delays to the mix. As if that wasn't enough, industry standard microphones... wired and wireless. |
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Yes, we can and will bring to you the best sound and lighting system you can possibly imagine! However, the most important thing to remember is that all this gear works because of electricity! What we can bring to you is largely dependant on the power supply at our disposal! If you want the full sound and lighting system (or even half of it for that matter), we need to know we can run it safely without tripping breakers, burning out the buildings tired old cables and of course without destroying our own equipment in the process! So take a look around your chosen venue and see if it has any of these sockets!
 Standard 13 amp household socket Usually on a 32 amp ring around the room Maximum power 7,000 watts |
 CEE form 63 amp 240V single phase socket Usually found on the stage or electrical cupboard Maximum power 15,000 watts |
 CEE form 63 amp 415V three phase socket Usually found on the stage or electrical cupboard Maximum power 45,000 watts |
In much the same way you wouldn't run 20 kettles from two 13 amp sockets, we wouldn't run almost 200 appliances off two single 13 amp sockets either! These maximum power ratings also depend on nothing else running from these circuits (fridges behind the bar, cookers, bar lighting etc). If on the night of the event the sound system isn't loud enough for you, it will be for a very good reason! There probably isn't the power supply to do so!
Please ensure that power supplies are no further than 10 meters away from the stage. Having to run long cables often means considerable voltage drops which can also cause damage to our equipment.
If you plan to run an outdoor event we will request information about the power supply available. If there isn't a power supply available we will ask you to provide an industrial generator of a very particular specification.
Whether you're
organising a small outdoor festival, a DJ looking to put on a good show
in a large town hall or have your band play in a large warehouse - the
full 15,000 watt system will make an impression! Set up time includes
the time it will take to get all the equipment set up, checked, made
safe and secure, and of course soundcheck any instruments prior to the
event.
| Power supply
required for 15,000 watt system |
Left Stack | Centre Fill | Right Stack | Hire cost without lighting | Setup time | |
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 63A 3 phase 3000 people |
 4 x Peavey UL 15 2 x Peavey Versarray 218 |
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4 x Peavey UL 15 2 x Peavey Versarray 218 |
First Day £1000 Second day £700 Third day+ £500 |
Bands & full light rig 2 days DJ & full light rig: 1.5 days No light rig: 1 day |
| Power supply
required for 8,000 watt system |
Left Stack | Centre Fill | Right Stack | Hire cost without lighting | Setup time | |
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63A Single Phase 2000 people |
 3 x Peavey UL 15 1 x Peavery Versarray 218 |
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3 x Peavey UL 15 1 x Peavey Versarray 218 | First day £800 Second day £600 Third day+ £400 |
Bands & full
light rig: 2 days DJ & full light rig: 1.5 days No light rig: 1 day |
| Power supply
required for 7,000 watt system |
Left Stack | Centre Fill | Right Stack | Hire cost without lighting | Setup time | |
|
63A Single Phase 1500 people |
 2 x Peavey UL 15 1 x Peavery Versarray 218 |
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2 x Peavey UL 15 1 x Peavery Versarray 218 |
First day £700 Second day £500 Third day+ £300 |
Bands & full
light rig: 1 day DJ & full light rig: 1 days No light rig: 1 day |
| Power supply
required for 4,500 watt system |
Left Stack | Centre Fill | Right Stack | Hire cost without lighting | Setup time |
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13A Single Phase 800 people |
 2 x Peavey UL 15 |
 1 x Peavey Versarray 218 |
2 x Peavey UL 15 |
First day £600 Second day £400 Third day+ £250 |
Bands & full
light rig: 1 day DJ & full light rig: 1 days No light rig: 1 day |
| Power supply
required for 2,000 watt system |
Left Stack | Centre Fill | Right Stack | Hire cost without lighting | Setup time | |
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13A Single Phase 500 people |
2 x Peavey UL 15 |
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2 x Peavey UL 15> |
First day £300 Second day £200 Third day+ £100 |
Bands & full
light rig: 1 day DJ & full light rig: 1 days No light rig: 1 day |
| Power supply
required for 1,000 watt system |
Left Stack | Centre Fill | Right Stack | Hire cost without lighting | Setup time | |||
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13A Single Phase 300 people |
1 x Peavey UL 15
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First day £150 Second day £120 Third day+ £100 |
Bands & full
light rig: 1 day DJ & full light rig: 1 days No light rig: 1 day |
We've all seen them... those complicated mixing desks... some with around 300 or so knobs on them, each with it's own very specific purpose in life! We all know it's important to make the band or DJ sound right, but which is right for your particular job? There are lots of different way to approach the same problem. With two mixing desks, one dedicated to mixing the sound for the audience, and one for mixing the sound for the band on stage it can help improve the mix for everyone. The problem with being out front with the audience means you can't hear what the band are hearing on stage. A separate monitor mix can start to overcome this problem! Here's what we think... |
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| Type of event | Front of house audience mix |
Monitor duties on stage mix |
Recommended
for X number of bands |
Hire cost without sound/light | Digital recording cost per act |
| Outdoor weekend music
festival / Large indoor music event |
Soundcraft GB8-40 + ART S8 Signal Splitters |
Soundcraft LX7-24 | 7/8+ bands | First day £500 Second day+ £300 |
First
day £50 Second day+ £30 |
| One off town hall
event Outdoor carnival / fete |
Soundcraft LX7-24 or Soundcraft GB8-40 |
Not necessary, but
optional as above |
4/6 bands | First day £300 Second day+ £150 |
First day £50 Second day+ £30 |
| One off village hall
event Public address system Back of a truck gig Pub gig |
Soundcraft MXFi-12 or Soundcraft LX7-24 |
Not necessary | 1/4 bands | First day £200 Second day+ £100 |
First day £50 Second day+ £30 |
| Acoustic gig Open mic night DJ sets Presentations / Corporate |
Soundcraft MXFi-12 | Not necessary | 1 guitar + 1 vocal | First day £100 Second day+ £75 |
First day £30 Second day+ £20 |
This whole topic can get very confusing if you don't know much about the field of sound and lighting! Whatever you're planning though, don't think for a moment that you'll be left in the lurch! We're more than happy to support you, lend advice and keep you right. All you have to do is get in contact by dropping us a quick e-mail!
| Last updated 04 Jan 2012 |