UK - Sound rental company Merlin PA is using the RSS by Roland Digital Snake at the heart of its PA systems. With two complete S-4000 systems in inventory, Merlin PA typically uses two stageboxes and two monitor pull-offs, providing up to 80 channels of digital audio. "Usually our Cat 5 runs are 100m; however, with another gigabit switcher at the 100m mark, we have extended out to 200m," says Graham White from Merlin.

"The Snakes have proved themselves absolutely bomb-proof. We had them up and running within 10 minutes of being delivered. They cost a bit more money than the analogue copper cable alternative, but they are completely cost-effective. If you run over this multicore in a van, you can still use it."

Merlin PA has a contract to provide PA for the popular Newmarket Nights evening horse-race meetings held at Newmarket Racecourse which are followed by a concert. Artists performing this year include Madness, Jools Holland, Boyzone and Girls Aloud.

Merlin has successfully used the RSS Snakes at several of these events, most recently for Bryan Adams who attracted a record-breaking crowd of 25,000. "This is the first item of Roland pro-audio kit for us and we've had a very positive experience; it's clean, and works every time, and it has given us total reliability."

(Jim Evans)


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