BRITISH SUMMER TIME
proprietar y advanced DISPLAY software, was equal to a wide range of
performance over the two weekends.
Capital Sound Account Manager Martin Connolly commented that
Barbra Streisand had given the system a good workout, and the vocal
clarity from both her and Josh Groban as well as Celine Dion, had added
a new dimension to the event – as had Robbie Williams and Keane, who
brought British Summer Time to a spectacular close on the final Sunday.
The Great Oak main stage was equipped with two hangs of 16 MLA
and a single MLD Downfill per side, with 13 MLA and an MLD Downfill for
the sidehangs. The sub array comprised 32 MLX in the broadside cardioid
design (21 front facing, 11 rear facing). With 12 MLA Compact ser ving as
front fills, all MLA components were running on the same network.
Out in the field, the main 10 delay towers comprised seven MLA and
a single MLD Downfill, supported by 12 MLX subs, while delay positions
10 and 11 deployed eight MLA Compacts. One slight change this year,
confirmed by Martin Connolly, was that delay position nine was bolsteredwith the addition of two further MLA elements in respect of the depth that
the site now runs to, enveloping those at the rear of the field.
Martin Audio systems were also provided elsewhere. On the Barclaycard
Stage (stage two), eight MLA Compacts were flown on each side with 14
WS218X subs in a spaced and recessed cardioid configuration, with four
Martin Audio DD12 providing front fill sound, while two MLA Compacts
were provided as outfills on Stage Left.
Ward supported Martin Connolly’s assessment that both this year’s
event and the entire seven-year programme had been an unqualified audio
success. “We’ve relied on the talents of Capital Sound and its expert use of
Martin Audio’s MLA PA rig since 2013 when BST began,” he confirmed, “This
year was no exception. With a few tweaks to the system layout and drive
mechanics since 2018, all sound level thresholds, both on and off site, were
once again comfortably met at this notoriously difficult Hyde Park location.
Consequently, the paying public, the Royal Parks team, incoming engineers
and the local authority were once again ver y pleased with how the show’s