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SWG rigs Martin Audio WPL for MOBO Awards

The 25th MOBO Awards was not only a milestone event for the Organisation, but also for SWG Events, who won the contract to provide sound reinforcement for the first time. It was the production company’s first ever event at the OVO Arena Wembley and gave them the opportunity to field the new Martin Audio Wavefront Precision WPL line array.

Once SWG Head of Audio, Simon Purse, had conducted a site meeting at the 12,500-cap OVO Arena, and received CAD diagrams of the venue, he was able to plot the rig without the need for additional measurements. The SWG man also created the amp files offline, building all the DSP and IP addresses so that they could be transferred on site.

The two hangs of sixteen WPL elements per side were run in 2-box resolution from Martin Audio’s 4-channel process control iK42s. Two further hangs of six WPS provided outfill coverage, again run from iK42s. Four W8LM were provided as front fills but placed on a specially built trough to bring them up to stage level to comply with camera requirements.

Subwoofers comprised eighteen SXH218, set in three columns of six, in end fire configuration, recessed under the stage. The set also incorporated a stage thrust and a large thoroughfare on both stage wings - stage right for celebrities and presenters, stage left for artists. SWG also placed three of the new Martin Audio Torus 15° T1215 constant curvature arrays on either side of the stage. The auditorium sound, meanwhile, was optimised in Martin Audio’s proprietary Display software. In addition to the live feed, SWG provided splits to the main broadcast truck.

Simon Purse had strong praise for his team. In addition to their own crew of Joe Bailey, Fraser Wilks, Dan Jenkins and Mark Bott, also assisting on RF coordination and management, playback, OB truck liaison, comms and patch were Ian Williams and Will Fisher. Martin Audio ambassador Simon Honywill supervised at FOH and mixed acts who were unaccompanied by their own personal mix engineer. Mark Sunderland looked after everything in monitor world.

(Photos: Martin Audio/SWG)

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