The latest project from the !Fest chain of creative restaurants, bars and clubs in the Ukraine is !FestRepublic.Club, a new nightclub in the city of Lviv. Here, the club’s owners and management wanted a system of ‘the same quality and impact as the iconic Bowery Presents’ Terminal 5 and Webster Hall in New York City’, and looked to L-Acoustics to deliver it.
Converted from a former glass processing plant, the 1,500-capacity nightclub has been designed as a loft-style venue, with an industrial feel and a stage for live acts at one end. The club’s owners want to ensure that the desires of visiting artists are always met, but their main concern is to satisfy their guests.
‘I want everyone who has ears not just to hear, but also to feel,’ says Andriy Khudo, co-founder of !Fest, along with Yurko Nazaruk and Dmytro Gerasimov. ‘Music is the dialogue between artist and audience and emotions are the key to my guests` hearts. I want them to experience delight every minute of every gig and to get what they came here for.’
When the project was still in its initial stages, !Fest approached L-Acoustics Certified Provider Distributor for the Ukraine Art-R to help them deliver Andriy’s vision. ‘This was the first time an L-Acoustics sound system was going to be installed for day-to-day use in a nightclub in the Ukraine,’ says Art-R Director Sergey Rusnak.
‘We have installed L-Acoustics systems in concert halls, premium karaoke clubs and restaurants where live music is performed, but this was a new challenge. People come to nightclubs to have fun all night long and we knew we needed to create the right conditions for them, delivering enough SPL to give that real club feeling, whilst making sure it’s not fatiguing, so they can stay as long as they want to.’
‘We used our 25 years of design and sound system installation experience for the project,’ adds Art-R technical director Andrew Kotets. ‘But we also relied on L-Acoustics Soundvision program and measuring equipment to ensure we got the right results.’
The system the team designed consists of eight Kara – two hangs of four positioned left and right of the stage – eight SB18 subs – four each ground stacked either side of the stage - and nine of the new ultra-compact modular line source Kiva II as delays.
‘For this we needed just four amplified controllers – two LA4X and two LA8,’ explains ART-S Sound Producer Alexander Stulov. ‘We split the SB18 into two sets of four in a cardioid configuration to avoid excess low frequency on the stage. Because the venue is a long, rectangular shape and there are a lot of floor to ceiling columns running down either side of the room, we used three delay arrays, consisting of three Kiva II each, placed between the columns to give us the even coverage we needed.’
‘The Kiva II is small in size and lightweight, yet the system possesses an incredible sound pressure and perfect coverage range. And it only took two people to install it, which is an undisputable advantage of operating and renting it,’ concludes Andrew Kotets. ‘This sound system delivers perfect, seamless coverage of the entire hall with an average sound pressure of 112db, which is ideal for a dance club. !FestRepublic.com sets the Liviv’s audio benchmark and we are very proud of it.’
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