In the hands of its resident sound engineer Everard James, Future Cheer's RX system made its first appearance at one of the five regional competitions leading up to the national championships.
The Heart of England Cheer & Dance Championships were staged in the 2,000sq.m Sports Hall at Loughborough University and featured cheerleaders from 48 competing teams. James positioned RX212 and RX115/75 stacks left and right of the performance area, driven by EV CP4000 and CP3000 amplifiers, and teamed with a new DX38.
The RX system was specified by James, an experienced DJ and recording studio owner who has toured the world with DJ Carl Cox, and been involved with cheerleading events for many years, in the first instance as a writer of Cheer Music. "I've worked with a lot of high-end PA systems, and I knew the sort of sound I was looking for. Deep bass, clear highs, a system that can really hammer and get both performers and audience going.
"Throughout this process, Shuttlesound has been so welcoming and helpful to me, understanding how important a reliable PA system is to our competitors; they train for ages for these events, so if the PA breaks down, all hell breaks loose."
Future Cheer has also purchased a trio of EV's RE2-410 handheld radio mics which were used throughout the large sports hall with no feedback problem, and coped even with enthusiastic comperes shouting encouragement to the teams. Adds James,:"In Loughborough, where the system was ready to go straight out of the box, we received many compliments on how clear the announcements were sounding, and also about the music,especially the deep sub-bass which we can, and do, listen to all day."
(Jim Evans)
