A programme of live events and studio broadcasts including two days of live TV and radio from the Café Mambo Sunset Stage marked the annual BBC Radio 1 Weekend Ibiza recently.
‘Café Mambo asked us to supply the complete audio production,’ says Olly Wayman from Cheshire Event Production – the company that provided the sound system. ‘This is the second time the event has taken place on the rocks and the second time we have been asked to supply. We provided everything audio, right up the BBC splits.’
The Funktion-One rental partner configured the main system with six Evo 7E (three per side) and 12 F121 single-21-inch bass enclosures (six per side), supplemented by two Evo 7 SH skeletal speakers for side fill and two Resolution 1 speakers for front fill. Two Evo 7SH and two BR218 bass reflex speakers were used for delays. Power and control for the system came from seven XTA APA Dante-enabled amplifiers and an mc2 Delta80 Dante-enabled processor.
With the event welcomed 14,000 people across the weekend, its etting comes with some interesting technical challenges: ‘The whole event is a huge challenge, working on the rocks would be the first one,’ Wayman says. ‘The council sets very tight sound restrictions but the directivity of the Evo 7s makes it super easy to ensure we get good SPL where it’s needed and not where it shouldn’t be. We’ve had the Evo 7s for three years now and we got our APA amplifiers at the same time. The entire system is just in a different class – we’re getting mind-blowing results every time.’
‘The sound was clean and tight all weekend. Every artist was very happy and impressed,’ reports Production Manager, Tom Brown. ‘Olly and his team did a superb job under some very challenging circumstances and demanding audio specifications from both myself and from the BBC.’
