The system consisted of two hangs of five JBL VT4886 sub-compact line array elements with three ground-stacked VT4883 subs per side. The system was powered by Crown iTech 12000HD power amplifiers, housed in three tour-ready Crown V-Racks. The JBL VT4886 is a true three-way high directivity line array element which with its companion VT4883 cardioid-arrayable subwoofer provide a very high degree of output and predictable coverage capabilities in an extremely compact package.
Darius Kedros, (FoH engineer for Hadouken!), commented, "A Hadouken! show is never a gentle matter when it comes to audio, so a showcase gig for the label on which the band is about to release its new album was going to be a tough call for any PA system, especially when you consider the truly monstrous in-house club system that frequenters of the Ministry of Sound are familiar with.
"Happily the JBL sub compact Vertec system that was brought in for the show was more than up to the job. The mid-high enclosures sounded great, with plenty of detail, and the subs definitely kicked, being both weighty and tight sounding."
The gig also put to use Ministry of Sound's in-house Soundcraft Si2 console and AKG DMS700 digital wireless system with lead singer James Smith performing with the new AKG D7 capsule version of the DHT700 handheld transmitter.
(Jim Evans)
