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CP Sound Gets The Right Angle

CP Sound has supplied a complete lighting and sound design, specification and installation to the new independent club, 90 Degrees – The Right Angle in Grantham.

The technical work was completed in an incredible four-day period.

CP’s Colin Pattenden was approached by the owners after they researched the nightclub trade press to find good options for sound and lighting. They were not looking for the cheapest price, but for the right people and a company with the right attitude to make their club installation that “little bit special”.

Once the contract was confirmed, Colin asked David Linger from moving light specialists Robe UK to supply the lighting, whilst he concentrated on the sound & lighting design.

Ninety Degrees is located in a cavernous old building above a wine warehouse and consists of several rooms, including a main DJ/dance area, a secondary dancefloor and a seated ‘booth’ area with rounded, cocoon-like seats.

From the outset, the club has been designed to be truly multipurpose. The name ’90 Degrees’ refers to the owners wanting people everywhere in the club to have a clear view of the performance area in front of the DJ booth. 90 Degrees also has comedy club roots, and comedy is still an integral part of its music and entertainment programme. The DJ booth was therefore built at a 90 degree angle to the main dancefloor, with good site-lines for those seated in the booth areas.

The 300 capacity space is clean simple design with an funky and intimate XX ambience, created by the owners.

Sound

Colin Pattenden specified JBL speakers throughout the venue. The main room features JBL MS125S dual 15” bass boxes, picked for price, power and their appropriate size for the room – aesthetically and sonically. The top cabinets are four JBL MP212s – a more rarely used install cabinet, but Colin knew its 12”-and-horn would work exceptionally well in the space.

The seated booth area features four JBL Control 29s, and there’s four Control 28s in the bar.

Into the DJ Booth, CP installed a Citronic CDM10-4 mixer and a Denon twin CD player. The amp rack contains a Cloud Z8 distribution preamp with remote level controls, driving Dodd graphics and crossovers for the dancefloor. Amplification throughout is RSE. The VIP room features four JBL Control 28 speakers in the bar, and four Control 1s in the seated area, with a remote volume behind the bar

The downstairs bar has JBL Control 13 enclosures, and the new JBL E150 powered sub bass speakers concealed under the seats. The JBL was supplied to CP Sound via the new UK distribution company, Harman Pro UK.

Lighting

PattendenRobe UK’s David Linger designed and installed a rig to add appropriate visual dynamics to the space. Although relatively compact space wise, the lighting needed to be precise, highly flexible and able to deal with anything from full-on dancefloor-orientated groove nights to cabaret and comedy events. Having the comprehensive Robe range to choose from gave himLinger plenty of scope.

The main dancefloor featured four Robe DJ Scans 150s, a small and versatile feature-packed club favourite, four DJ Roller 150 effects and 2 DJ Spot 160s – all from the popular Robe XT Series.

The secondary dancefloor features two Scan 150s and two Roller 150s, with two Spot 160s to be added soon.

All Robe fixtures were supplied direct to CP Sound from Robe UK.

Lighting control utilises two Pulsar Outstations – the remote control device for the Masterpiece Replay 216 unit. CP also undertook all the lighting commissioning and programming, completed using a full Masterpiece 216 console, and its Memories then downloaded to the Replay. The DJ has access to 12 buttons to select chases and patterns via the 2 Outstations. The idea is to re-programme regularly to avoid repetition.

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CP Sound Gets The Right Angle

10th August 2004

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