UK For the Ricky Hatton v Juan Lazcano fight at the City of Manchester Stadium, Britannia Row technicians - system engineer Davide Lombardi and FOH engineer Derrick Zieba - set up eight clusters with 12 Outline Butterfly Hi-Packs each, for a total of 96 modules; the bottom end was courtesy of eight Subtech 218, flown in four clusters of two subs each. The PWM power amps were also Outline - T9 (2 x 4800W), a single rack unit and twelve kilos each.

As well as the MC's voice and the contributions from Sky digital TV (music and publicity), there was also a performance by classical singer Russell Watson.

FOH engineer Derrick Zieba commented, "The Outline system performed perfectly in the stadium situation, there was enough power to overcome the noise from the huge crowd of enthusiastic Ricky Hatton fans without problems. The Outline Butterfly's projection enabled us to turn off the in-house coverage on the end stands and just use the Outline hangs from the centre stand. The boxes proved easy to rig and their small format ensured Sky TV clear shots of the ring. These small powerful boxes provided the best solution to ensure perfect sound for this unusually large boxing match audience."

(Jim Evans)


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