Sound Division goes Local
in Fulham
Bar Local, recently opened in the heart of Fulham,
is the second venue to be rolled out by entrepreneur
Rob Stephenson. The first Bar Local opened in
Clapham last year to great acclaim, and Stephenson
is confident that the Fulham venue will enjoy
similar success. While this area of south-west
London is already home to several upmarket bars
and restaurants, Bar Local offers something a
little bit different, combining the class of a
piano bar with the energy and ambience of an intimate
club. Stephenson turned to audio visual specialists,
Sound Division, to furnish a powerful yet discreet
audio system including DJ booth for his latest
venture.
Sound Division's David Graham explained that
the brief was to provide a high quality background
and foreground audio system that would transition
smoothly from the daytime background music CDs
and early evening tinklings of the grand piano,
up to the high octane demands of a sophisticated
DJ set-up. To this end Sound Division supplied
and installed a sophisticated system based on
JBL Control 25AV and Control 28 cabinets driven
by both Crown XLS and QSC2450 power amplifiers
with a Cloud Z4 venue zoning mixer plus a DBX
compressor limiter and graphic for main system
processing. For the live music sessions with the
piano, Sound Division supplied a Soundcraft Folio
FX8 live mixing console (which feeds into the
Cloud zoning mixer) and Shure SM58 microphones.
There is also a comprehensive DJ set-up including
Technics SL1210 Mk5 turntables, Ortofon cartridges,
Pioneer CDJ1000 Mk2 digital CD players and a top
of the range Allen & Heath Xone 92 DJ mixer.
The ensemble is completed by a JBL Eon 10 powered
DJ monitor. "The audio system is zoned across
three separate areas with remote source selection
and volume control, and as the owner does a lot
of DJ-ing himself, we've really gone to town on
the DJ system," commented Graham. "The
end result is a very tidy and flexible little
system that will happily tick over for daytime
background music, but is nevertheless capable
of packing a real punch once the DJ set-up gets
going for the evening crowd."
Owner Rob Stephenson agrees. "Sound Division
worked hard to make sure that the installation
both looks and sounds good. Furthermore, they
respected the budget they were given, which makes
a nice change! They were a pleasure to work with,
and I'd have no hesitation in recommending their
services to others."
May 2005 |
