The Deni Ute Muster kicked of in a big way this year with Powderfinger headlining the main stage and doing their only live show for the month.
The system was a D&B J system with a XL4 console out front.
Over 15,000 people turned out for one of the greatest ute musters thus far. Lots of utes and dust to boot! The Ute muster is rapidly becoming one of the great summer festivals on the Australian calendar and we look forward to many more years of dust and utes!
JAS supplied a full production solution to the client including audio, lighting, stage and all production staff. Larry Ponting was the production manager and put the whole show together.
Dates
2-3 October 2009
System
36 x D&B J line
18 x D & B B2 sub
1 x XL4 FOH console
Lots of fx and nice stuff
1 x Yamaha PM5D
16 x D&B M2 wedges
JAS crew
FOH system tech: Doug Pringle
Monitor system Tech / operator: Mark Crawley
Monitor system tech: Paul Kennedy
Audio system tech: Jamie Davidson
Audio system tech: Hayden Smith
Audio system tech: Otavio ‘Guto!’ Santos
Having recently purchased the D & B J system JAS was contacted by the Who to supply the system for their Australian tour. Paul Ramsay their FOH operator was keen to use the system if it was available as they had been using it worldwide. The tour consisted of arenas and some outdoor shows.
The system also required 3 x Digico digital consoles and was the first, in Australia, to use the SD7.
The SD7 was doing the FOH duties and the 2 x D5 consoles were on monitors. All the consoles were running with dual racks (112chls) and we also supplied a recording system.
The schedule also meant JAS needed to supply a 2nd L-Acoustics VDosc system due to an overnight run back to the Melbourne Grand Prix. At the Grand Prix the Who played to a crowd estimated at 40,000.
The tour also featured the Counting Crows as support.
Dates
March 24, 26, 28, 29, 31
April 4
JAS Crew
Craig Gordon – D&B J system tech
Paul Kennedy – system rigger
Connor Dune – monitor rigger
Main touring System
56 x D & B J speakers
16 x D & B J-Sub
12 x D & B B2 Sub
8 x L-Acoustics ARCs
Winery show duplicate system
24 x L-Acoustics VDosc
24 x Wayloud 218 subs
8 x L-Acoustics ARCs
FOH Consoles
1 x Digico SD7 112ch system
1 x Recording 112ch system
1 x Nexo PS8 playback systems
Monitor System
2 x Digico D5 112ch systems
1 x Nexo PS8 shout system
Wedges
16 x D&B M2 Wedges
Sidefills
8 x L-Acoustics ARCs
2 x L-Acoustics DVsub
Drumfill
1 x D&B C4 sub
Counting Crows JAS console package Perth
2 x Digidesign Profile systems
1 x Full stage patching system
British rock legends The Who performed a spectacular concert, to over 40,000, at the 2009 FORMULA 1 Australian Grand Prix.
Date
March 29
JAS Crew
Craig Gordon
Connor Dune
Paul Kennedy
Main system
54 x D & B J line array boxes
16 x D & B J subs
12 x D & B B2 subs
Delay system
16 x L-Acoustics VDosc
GP Side Track
JAS also supplied a Nexo Alpha system with Digidesign consoles for The Future Music Side Track event. With various acts including Sneaky Sound system the tent went off.
Coldplay returned to Australia for another sold-out tour in Feb 2009. As Coldplay like numerous other acts are using the D&B J system, JAS was commissioned to supply our largest arena system to date.
The system design, handled by Tony Smith who has been with the band for many years, was in a 270 ° 6 hang setup with 2 delays down the room.
The system was made up of of 4 x 16 deep hangs of J8 & J12 with 12 x flown J-Subs. The outer 270 ° hangs were 2 x dVDosc subs and 8 x dVDosc boxes each. The 2 x delays up the room consisted of 4 x J8 boxes per hang. The delays had a 40m trussing system running down the room to supply the power and signal.
Coldplay brought their own Digidesign Venue D-Show console packages which were supplied by Wigam UK.
The band used a full in-ear monitoring system so no monitors were needed other than for the opening acts which used a JAS “Wayloud” monitor system with Yamaha M7CL consoles.
Dates
February 27 – March 12
System
72 x d&b J speakers
12 x d&b J-Sub
8 x d&b B2 Sub
4 x L=Acoustics dV-sub
16 x dVDosc
JAS Crew
Paul Gould – JAS audio chief / rigger
Eric Sanderson-Evans – d&b J system tech
Craig Gordon – system rigger
Connor Dune – monitor rigger
