Hello old friends, I came seeking advice (or opinions), First of all, it's good to be back.
Now to ask for some advice. I was asked to provide a sound system for a local music festival in October. It will be outdoors. And the stage (20ft wide by 20 ft deep) is a band shell (1/4 dome 26 ft wide and high by 13 ft deep). The festival area is about the size of a football field, and is a steady uphill grade. Seating for maybe 150 with grass seating behind. There will be 8 local rock/cover bands over 2 days and 16 hours. I was asked to provide FOH, monitors, mics, mixer, and connections. The bands want to show up and be plug and play. Already asked, no special equipment requested by riders.
The park is 275ft long by 135 ft wide and surrounded by homes, so I have to watch the volume. Sound quality and proper coverage is my first priority over pure SPL.
My initial thought was too rent a very good but dated EAW system (4 KF650s, over 4 KF600 subs) from a local dealer, but my local dealer gave me great pricing on the following packages to purchase. Which would you choose and why?
Package 1: 4 RCF HD-12A's with 4 RCF 708AS MKII subs, as well as 2 more HD12As to be used as stage monitors.
Package 2: 2 FBT Mitus 114A's with 2 FBT Q118SA subs, along with 2 Yamaha DBR10's for use as monitors
Other options included 4 QSC KLA's over 4 KW181s, also a system with 4 Peaveys RBN's for FOH
I'm leaning towards the Italian made stuff personal preference. I like the modularity of the RCF setup, but the FBT system is just pure power which I can add to for more coverage down the road. Another plus for the RCF is it matches my Evox systems, so I can use the subs to supplement my Evox's on medium sized events.
Now to ask for some advice. I was asked to provide a sound system for a local music festival in October. It will be outdoors. And the stage (20ft wide by 20 ft deep) is a band shell (1/4 dome 26 ft wide and high by 13 ft deep). The festival area is about the size of a football field, and is a steady uphill grade. Seating for maybe 150 with grass seating behind. There will be 8 local rock/cover bands over 2 days and 16 hours. I was asked to provide FOH, monitors, mics, mixer, and connections. The bands want to show up and be plug and play. Already asked, no special equipment requested by riders.
The park is 275ft long by 135 ft wide and surrounded by homes, so I have to watch the volume. Sound quality and proper coverage is my first priority over pure SPL.
My initial thought was too rent a very good but dated EAW system (4 KF650s, over 4 KF600 subs) from a local dealer, but my local dealer gave me great pricing on the following packages to purchase. Which would you choose and why?
Package 1: 4 RCF HD-12A's with 4 RCF 708AS MKII subs, as well as 2 more HD12As to be used as stage monitors.
Package 2: 2 FBT Mitus 114A's with 2 FBT Q118SA subs, along with 2 Yamaha DBR10's for use as monitors
Other options included 4 QSC KLA's over 4 KW181s, also a system with 4 Peaveys RBN's for FOH
I'm leaning towards the Italian made stuff personal preference. I like the modularity of the RCF setup, but the FBT system is just pure power which I can add to for more coverage down the road. Another plus for the RCF is it matches my Evox systems, so I can use the subs to supplement my Evox's on medium sized events.