Hitting the road for The Puff Puff Pass Tour Part 2, Snoop Dogg toured the US Midwest and West Coast in the company of hip-hop artists such Warren G, Tha Dogg Pound and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. The Diamond Lake Elsinore was the venue for the Southern California show – an 8,000-capacity stadium that can be transformed into a concert venue with a seating capacity of 14,000.

Having recently added dB Technologies’ VIO L210, VIO S318 line arrays and DVX DM15 TH stage monitors to its inventory, Advantage Event Solutions (AES) provided the PA system for the event. ‘We were looking for a system that provided excellent sound quality with full networking and DSP at an outstanding price point,’ says company owner, Jesse Cochran. ‘To meet the requirements of the sound crew and the venue, a complete dB Technologies’ VIO line array and sub system was chosen, debuting the system’s first activation in California.

The installation comprised 18 VIO L210 elements (nine per side), and ten VIO S318 in a centre array. dB Technologies Control8 interface was used to network the boxes together over Cat6, providing full system control, individual adjustment, monitoring, and system tuning.

‘Hip-hop shows are very sub intensive,’ Cochran notes. ‘Having the networking built in to every dB Technologies box enabled us to digitally array the subwoofers for even SPL and quick set-up.

‘The dB Technologies’ VIO series is efficient,’ he adds. ‘We covered the entire venue easily. It also performed well, the FIR filters ensured perfectly coherent coverage even at a long distance. The networking and DSP in every box ensured it sounded great anywhere in the venue,’ Cochran adds. ‘The audio crew was surprised at how easy it was to fly the system, without a drop of sweat, just using the DT VIO L210 trolleys.’

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