The Kungsträdgården, or Kings Garden, is a well-established outdoor venue in one of the city's parks. There has been a permanent stage at the venue for 50 years, and, for the last 5 years, Lagom & Gött has provided a sound system for the summer events. As many as 20,000 people will turn up for a show, although the audience size is usually around 1,500.
The varying attendance provided one of the reasons why Lagom & Gött specified GEO T for the installation at the venue. "GEO T offers the same level of output to someone 5 metres from the stage, as to someone 50 metres from the stage," says engineer LG Larsson. "It's small but it has a big capacity, allowing me to expand its capability very easily for more popular shows." Larsson has specified left and right arrays, each with six GEO T4805 cabinets per side. In addition to four Nexo NX241 digital controllers, Lagom & Gött has purchased six CD18 sub-bass units. "When we ordered the GEO T system, we had only heard it at its launch demo at the Frankfurt MusikMesse," explains Larsson. "We didn't know what we would get out of the CD18s, and when the Nexo distributor, Intersonic AB, suggested we needed two subs a side, we thought that might not be enough so we bought six! Although we have used three subs a side for some larger events, normally we use just one or two.".
The Kungsträdgården hosts a huge variety of concerts and different types of music - a team of four sound engineers (of which LG Larsson is one) share the front-of-house duties, mixing on a Yamaha PM3500. "We wanted a long-throw system with smooth output and even SPL dispersion, but not necessarily the loudest system. The Kungsträdgården is in the centre of Stockholm, and we have to follow strict guidance on SPLs at this venue, 100dB average, with 115dB peak. That was another reason for buying GEO T - the sound is very tightly focused inside the audience area rather than all over the park. The coverage is excellent, and it is so easy to work on. We don't EQ anything as the very small adjustments that we make can be done on the mixer." Larsson commented.
Lagom & Gött has purchased ten Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers to drive the GEO T system at the Kungsträdgården. In due course, LG Larsson is planning to purchase the new T2820 vertical/horizontal tangent array modules to provide downfill for the front of the venue.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
