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Venezuela Independence Day with VerTec Line Array
Corporacion Dynaco C.A., one of Venezuela’s premier rental sound companies, served a 55,000-person audience on July 5 as the Latin American nation celebrated its Independence Day.
Commemorating the country’s liberation from Spain in 1881 under the leadership of famous native son Simón Bolívar, major public events in Caracas included a military parade and the unveiling of Venezuela’s new coat of arms, with the presidents of Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay in attendance to show support for Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez. The seven-mile parade route in the nation’s capital city represented a significant sound reinforcement challenge to Dynaco, which the company met by deploying a system based on powered JBL VerTec DP Series line array elements for key audience listening zones.
“We selected JBL’s powered VT4888DP line array systems for this event for many reasons,” explained Guillermo Sanchez, Corporacion Dynaco's manager and chief engineer. “For this important production we designed a huge distributed system to serve the long parade route, which had audience listening areas 300 metres deep, or more. The VerTec DP system with its self-powered enclosures made the setup incredibly easy, compared to what we have experienced in the past in the same situation. Also, they are extremely powerful despite their relatively small size and weight. That makes them a natural for use at this type of event.”
The Venezuela Independence Day event program featured a 150-person orchestra, 200-person chorus and martial band. A total of 38 sound towers were positioned, with 12 speaker positions nearest to the presidential review area each supporting an array of three VT4888DPAN powered line array elements. JBL VT4888 midsize and VT4887 compact line arrays systems were also incorporated into the sound system design. In all, 72 JBL VerTec units with additional supporting loudspeakers were used.
“We’ve now had nine months of experience with the VerTec DP system at special events and concerts of all types,” observed Sanchez. “The system has not ceased to amaze us. It’s an understatement to say that the system exceeds our expectations for coverage, output power and fidelity.”
Additional supporting JBL loudspeakers were powered with Crown I-Tech 4000 and MA-5000VZ amplifiers. Signal processing included BSS FDS 366T and 334T system controllers. BSS 966 and dbx 1066 and 1074 units were in line for equalization and limiting. Soundcraft MH3-48 and MH2-40 consoles were provided for front-of-house and stage monitor mixing facilities, with JBL SRX712M stage monitors available in the performance area.
“Corporacion Dynaco C.A. has met a significant outdoor sound reinforcement challenge, serving one of Venezuela¹s most important political events,” noted David Scheirman, vice president, Tour Sound for JBL Professional. “Guillermo Sanchez and his team have shown their ability to deploy the latest in JBL technologies, and Dynaco is clearly demonstrating a commitment to constant improvement for live audio in the region.”
28th July 2006
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