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DeYoung at Baton Rouge with JBL

USA - Premier Production and Sound Services (PSS) provided full audio and lighting production for Dennis DeYoung's recent concert at the Baton Rouge River Center in Louisiana.

The performance featured classic hits from DeYoung's tenure as front man for Styx including Come Sail Away and Mr. Roboto as well as songs from DeYoung's solo albums. The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra provided musical accompaniment along with DeYoung's current five-piece rock ensemble.

Premier provided a live sound reinforcement system that included JBL Vertec line arrays supplemented with VRX and SRX Series portable loudspeakers. The main PA system included a pair of 13-element arrays, each including nine Vertec VT4888 midsize enclosures and four VT4887A compact line array enclosures as down-fill support. Two columns of four JBL VRX932LA portable line arrays each were hung flanking the main arrays for out-fill coverage.

A single row of 18 SRX728S subwoofers arrayed in front of the stage provided low-frequency output. The subwoofers were progressively delayed from centre to outside to a form a controlled, cardioid coverage pattern. A total of 16 SRX712M loudspeakers were used as stage monitors. SRX722F loudspeakers provided additional front-fill. Crown I-Tech 8000 amplifiers powered the system, which also included Soundcraft MH2 and Series 5 consoles at front of house with an additional Series 5 monitor console.

(Jim Evans)

(2 January 2008)