Lichfield’s 24 Market Street bar and club recently invited long-time A/V partner SLLFX and the UK team from Dynacord and Electro-Voice to assist with an audio upgrade capable of providing BGM during the day and high-output club sounds for weekends and special events. as part of a wider refurbishment.

The British Midlands venue now boasts an Electro-Voice loudspeaker installation supported by via Dynacord electronics and SoniCue sound system software, a solution that is powerful, flexible and cost-effective.

SoniCue was used to design the double-duty loudspeaker deployment, using 12 Evid 4.2 surface-mount loudspeakers and an Evid-S10.1 surface-mount subwoofer to cover the bar area; and three EVF-1122D/64 with a pair of EVF-2151D dual-15-inch subws for the club area. All the loudspeakers are performance-optimised via dedicated settings.

Dynacord C series dual-channel amplifiers power the Evids, with two C1300FDi for the 4.2s and one channel from a C1800FDi for the S10.1 sub. A single IPX20:4 four-channel amplifier handles the EVF club system, with three of its 5kW channels driving the tops and the fourth for the two subs. Processing for the amplifiers is managed via SoniCue.

A key element to the installation’s success is the use of the new Dynacord TPC-1 touchscreen controller and MXE5 matrix mix engine, making the system easy for staff to use. While the MXE5 manages loudspeaker processing across the venue’s two main sections and four independent audio zones, the TPC-1 provides a single point of control for the entire system. Equipped with a high-resolution 5.7-inch display, the TPC-1 allows integrators to create custom apps to control MXE series matrices, and its slim in-wall profile and PoE design make it easy to install – even in shallow wall spaces. SoniCue was also used for logic control and processing on the MXE5.

‘The main challenges were to get the best sound possible given the space and layout of the venue, and to sure we met the brief of having complementary sound levels and frequencies across the two seenparate sections,’ explains SLLFX MD, Adam Turbill. ‘SoniCue software allowed us to program the sections that needed powerful sound and those that needed to be more subtle.’

This is the first time SLLFX has installed the MXE5/TPC-1 combination: ‘The MXE5 is more than capable of handling the tuning of the system and processing all the elements needed to get the sound spot-on,’ says Turbill. ‘The touchpanel controller allows the bar staff to change the settings of the system at the touch of a button, making sure that the venue can go from background music to full-range club night with no hassle and no nasty surprises with blown speakers.

‘The venue is owned by a long-term client and friend of SLLFX who approached us because he trusted our work, so it was important for us to deliver above and beyond what he was expecting,’ Turbill adds. ‘The staff at Electro-Voice and Dynacord assisted us to get the best from the equipment supplied, and we believe that with their help we’ve nailed the brief and 24 Market Street has the best sound system in the region.’