Soundcheck deployed a large-scale JBL Professional by Harman Professional Solutions VTX Series system at In The Mix 2017, one of the the Philippines largest music festivals.
The 2nd annual festival was held on August 17, 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, and featured an eclectic line-up of international acts, including 5 Seconds of Summer, DNCE, Two Door Cinema Club, Zara Larsson and more. In order to provide the audience of 12,000 with a great-sounding concert experience, festival organizer Music Management International hired Soundcheck to deploy a full JBL VTX Front-of-House system. The VTX system enabled Soundcheck to accommodate the diverse line-up of artists, and overcome weight restrictions at the venue.
Jaime Godinez, Soundcheck Owner and Chief Engineer, commented: “We are quite familiar with the Arena and its challenges, particularly slapback from the glass fronted VIP boxes on the second level. The venue is quite vertical too, there are five levels and all were open for this show. To ensure that we provided the best sound experience for the audience, we relied on the JBL Vertec Line Array Calculator software, LAC3 to determine trim heights, inter-box angles and array size compensation, as well as the JBL Performance Manager 2.4 to configure the system setup.”
The system Soundcheck deployed included 2 main LR arrays of 15 VTX V25-II loudspeakers, 2 arrays of 10 VTX V20 loudspeakers for outfills, 18 VTX S28 subwoofers on the ground across the front of the stage, and 6 VRX932LA-1 loudspeakers for front fills. The entire system was powered by Crown VRack 4x3500HD and VRack 4x3500HD amplifiers. Audio processing is provided by a Soundcraft Realtime Rack processor. Soundcheck used JBL Line Array Calculator 3.0 and Performance Manager 2.4 software to configure, optimize and monitor the entire system.
“The Rational Acoustics Smaart software embedded in Performance Manager software helped us ensure that the speakers were optimized to provide full coverage,” explained Godinez. “When we put the VTX system through its paces, we decided to leave the FOH flat, as none of the FOH engineers felt the need to make adjustments. At the end of the day the audience, the organiser and the artists, including DNCE’s FOH mix engineer Brian Pomp were pleased with the outcome and that is what really matters. The VTX speakers performed optimally to provide an unforgettable experience to the audience of 12,000.”