Oliver Tuku Mtukudzi show

On Friday we undertook the sound at an Oliver Mtukudzi concert in Leicester.  There was a capacity crowd of almost 2000 people in attendance.  Oliver is incredibly famous in his native Zimbabwe, having produced more than 40 albums.

For front of house speakers we used the in-house Logic systems line array, Ethos VA series, which provided good cover to most of the venue.  There was a gap in coverage in the middle of the dance floor, so we used 2 Martin Audio Wavefront W8C speakers as front fills to cover this area.  The front fills were driven from a QSC amp rack with a BSS Minidrive processor.  The front fills provided an amazing mid-range punch to the centre of the dance floor area.

Sarah-Beth Campbell mixing front of house on the Mackie 80 Series

Front of house was mixed on a Mackie Onyx 3280, with various outboard, and monitors were handled by a GL2000.  Six mixes were provided to the stage using B&C loaded ASS Spektra monitors, powered by QSC CX702 amplifiers.

Monitor world handled by a Allen & Heath GL2000 with various outboard

We also provided the backline for the event, including a Sonor drum kit, Vox AC30 amplifier, Trace Elliot Bass amplifier, and congas.

View from the drum kit prior to doors

Thanks to engineers Nathan Vedder, Joel Middleton and Sarah-Beth Campbell the event went very smoothly, with the headliners playing a blistering 2 hour set to an incredibly enthusiastic crowd. We can't wait for the next show!

Oliver gave a great performance as ever