Warnersound:

Warnersound provided a sound system for Truro Cathedral as part of “An evening with Graham Kendrick”.

As you’d expect from a Warnersound system, the speaker positions were plotting in advance using plans of the venue to ensure the coverage would be just as needed.  Not too much power in one place but instead an evenly distributed and delayed system to ensure the musicians sounded great all across the Cathedral.  This technique also keeps the reverberant sound to a minimum, allowing some clarity in a venue usually known for sounding ambient.

Our kit on the event included our MIDAS Pro 1, d&B Q series loudspeakers and some very lovely mics including the warm sounding Neumann KMS 105.

Warnersound spent some of last year working on a recording project for internation composer and writer Benjamin Ellin alongside Syrian musician Louai Alhenawi.

This project fuses arabic instruments and sounds with European sounds to give a dramatic cinematic feel to the music.  The music includes complex time signatures as well as quarter tone harmonies.

To provide the most flexibility this project was ran as a studio recording, allowing Dave to edit each instrument and fine tune it’s natural sound easily and effectively.

Equipment used for the recording session includes the following:

MIDAS Pro 1 for warm preamps and great foldback options.

Klark Technic Network bridge to convert to MADI.

RME Madi to thunderbolt system.

Macbook Pro for 64 channels of recording capability.

Sonnox Elite bundle of plugins to give both control and musicial compression and EQ.

AKG 414s for capturing the sound of the instruments.

SeElectronic mics for close micing the wide range of instruments.

Mark Grainger approached Warnersound to design a sound reinforcement system which would give clarity and warmth across a large open space whilst not looking obtrusive or absorbing the whole of the budget.

Warnersound produced a delayed system which did this and more.  The final product sounded clear and even across the entire audience area, so much so many compliments were personally given on the sound.

To acheive this Warnersound used a delayed d&B Q system in combination with delayed V subs.  These delayed subs helped to keep an even level of low frequency sound without being too loud at the front.  This also helped to achieve a punchy double bass and cello sound without feedback on stage.

The Opera group performed "Behind the Aria" on the first night and "Carmen" on the second.  A 12 piece orchestra provided the music, each fully mic'd to give the most clarity in the PA.  To acheive a high standard of vocals, DPA 4066's were used.  

The microphones were mixed on a MIDAS Pro 1, via a DL251 stagebox which enhanced the audio with it's juicy preamps.  The effects sounded great, and to keep the audio pristine this was then fed into the amps using 96kHz AES digital sound.

Dave Warner mixes Bellowhead for Scarborough Folk Festival 

Dave engineered Bellowhead on behald of BHSound for the Scarborough Folk Festival.  The changeover was short and required a careful stage plan to get the previous band off and Bellowhead with all the monitors and mics on.  The band began on time and Dave was able to use his experience to pre-empt many of their requirements before the first note was struck.

A fast paced first song allowed Dave to keep on top of the band and ensure all monitor requirements were met quickly and musically.  A great set was had from the band with both truck drivers dancing happily behind the mix position to the rhythmic sound of Bellowhead.

Warnersound provided a full PA system for the opening of the John Lewis store in Stratford.  The spec required a very neat system that would not look out of place in a brand new store, but would still be able to project across an open area and up onto three floors to give an enjoyable ambience of the gospel choir across the whole store.

CCK in Brighton were host to David Fellingham's 55 year music extravaganza in December, featuring over 130 musicians... to mix and make this event happen Warnersound were brought on board by the main man himself.

The musicians were an 80 piece choir, a 32 piece string orchestra, a salvation army brass band, a 13 piece big band and Phatfish as rhythm with Mark Edwards on Keys.  The bands played together for the finale and for the majority of the second half played as a whole bar the brass band.

The event was a huge success with Dave achieving "the best sound we've ever had" at the venue, especially with the choir balance to the rest of the musicians.  A DVD is to be published of the event, with Neal Costello mixing down the tracks.

As well as engineering the 56 channels of mics, Warnersound also provided choir mics, solo vocal mics, DI boxes and additional monitoring for the lead vocals and choir.  The d&B E3s used for the choir were able to be flown, drastically reducing the spill into the choir mics to achieve an even purer sound, as well as keeping the sight lines clear.

Warnersound has been providing technical support and equipment for an Education conference in both London and Cardiff.

The "Overcoming disadvantages for Struggling Learners" conference explained to education authorities and schools new research findings and schemes for struggling learners, including research into dyslexia as well as how new catch up schemes can help improve reading ages dramatically.

The conference was ran by Catch-Up, a non profit making charity aiming to use early intervention to reduce future difficulties in children through on going support.  Julie Lawes who booked Warnersound says of the service offered:

"Really impressed with Warner Sound. People at the Catch Up conferences commented on the high quality of the sound. It was most appreciated that it was all stress free our end! Dave thought of everything and for a reasonable price too! Would definitely use the company again"

Julie Lawes Catch Up director www.catchup.org.uk

Warnersound used it's new d&B stock to provide crisp audio in the room, each presenter sounding natural and intelligible so much so Dave was thanked several times by members of the audience.

Warnersound were this year asked to provide technical support for the three larger venues at Revive held at Ashburnham house.  These venues included the Main marquee, the Youth Jesus Generation marquee and the Childrens venue.

Each venue required a suitable Audio and Video system which could project evenly across the marquees without hot spots or areas that lacked clarity.

In the main venue carefully placed d&B speakers were used to give power without the need for more boxes, and a dispersion that could cover a large floor area without scaring the audience.  Good quality mics were used throughout to give an audio experience that sounded more hi-fi than might be expected in a marquee worship context.  These mics included the Neumann KMS 105 which enhanced the lead vocal voice presenting it well in the worship.

The band were looked after with ten mixes of monitors for the 14 musicians, including string players and percussion, and these were controllable on stage during sound check via a wireless link into the desk, allowing fine adjustment of mixes without the desperate need for a monitor engineer.

Sevenoaks School Opening Ceremony - April 2010

Warnersound provided technical support, recording and microphones for the opening ceremony of the new concert hall at Sevenoaks school.

This ceremony was attended by parents and sponsors to celebrate the finishing of the building and involved a large number of pupils from the school as well as guest artists including Emma Pears.