In one of d&b Soundscape’s biggest deployments to date, sound designer Gareth Owen is using four DS100 signal engines and over 350 d&b loudspeakers to deliver sound for the 40th anniversary production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express in London.
With an installation of four DS100 processors driving the Soundscape system through more than 350 d&b loudspeakers, this project stands as one of Owen’s most intricate sound designs to date. The system was supplied by Cardiff-based rental provider Stage Sound Services, which made an additional investment with d&b in order to fulfil the specification.
Owen first used Soundscape back in 2019 for the high-profile rejuvenation of Starlight Express in Bochum, Germany. Having employed d&b Soundscape on more than a dozen musical theatre sound designs (collecting numerous nominations and awards along the way), Owen has been integral to Soundscape’s development. En-Snap, the cue automation software which provides significant show control workflow features for Soundscape, is the result of a collaboration between Gareth Owen Sound and d&b.
The extensive loudspeaker setup includes Y-Series line arrays across the front plus some V-Series point source cabinets and a number of smaller additional speakers. The production also sees Owen’s first ever use of d&b’s XSL-SUB, the small / medium format flyable cardioid subwoofer from d&b’s SL-Series.
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