The Vi6 was stationed in the E4 UdderBELLY, a new comedy venue sponsored by digital TV channel E4. The 322-seat theatre space hosted a wide range of comedy and music comedy performances, including The Sperm Monologues and the juggling extravaganza Tossers: More Balls than Most.
SKL has made a substantial investment in a high-specification PA rental inventory, with the digital desks - supplied through Harman Pro UK - at its heart. Established as a lighting business for some ten years, SKL also provides staging, rigging, trussing and power distribution, and two years ago, purchased a small PA company in response to customer demand for audio rental.
"Increasingly our clients were asking us to supply audio," explains SKL director Stephen Patterson. "We've chosen to make a serious investment in a digitally-controlled line array based inventory, and this has enabled us to become a single-source supplier for an entire production."
He adds, "A lot of the work we do is corporate, so space is always an issue. The compact footprint of the Soundcraft Vi6 gives us a considerable advantage in this respect. The worksurface, with its Vistonics II user interface, is incredibly intuitive. Everybody who has tried it has been up and running in a matter of minutes."
(Jim Evans)
