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Technical information


Main Auditorium

The following equipment and support is provided as standard for all Main Auditorium bookings.

For more information about our technical provision, email sintond@waterfront.co.uk

You can also call us on 028 9033 4413 or fax us on 028 9033 4458.

Sound

  • One sound technician to set up and operate equipment, provide advice to clients, help with on-stage and front of house cabling, mic-ing and outboard patching set-up and operation, mix and sound check, play cues, provide full front of house sound operation and monitor control of up to four mixes during your event.
  • Full use of D&B public address system (includes floor standing and flown stereo PA stacks consisting of Ground 2 x B2 subs, 2x C7 subs, 4x C4 subs, 6x C4 tops and 2 x C7 tops. Flown 6 x C4 subs, 4 x C7 subs and 10 x C4 tops).
  • 64 sound channels controlled from a Midas Heritage 3000 mixing console (located behind block A) or up to ten channels controlled from Soundcraft GB4 mixing desk in control room (behind block B).
  • Up to 15 stage monitors (in any configuration) controlled from front of house positions with a maximum of four separate mixes.
  • Microphones with stands and cables (including 9 x Shure SM58, 6 x Shure SM57, 2 x Shure SM87, 1 x Shure SM 91, 1 x Shure B52, 1 x Shure BETA 58, 8 x Shure BETA 57, 11 x AKG SE 300B, 2 x Beyer M88, 2 x Beyer 834, 2 x EV RE20, 8 x Sennheiser 421 and 4 x Sennheiser 504, 2 x AKG 414).
  • 4 x Klark Technik active direct injection boxes, 4 x Emo stereo passive direct injection boxes, 10 x BSS active direct injection boxes
  • Processing and effects equipment including 2 x BSS FCS 960 graphics, 1 x TC Electronics D2, 2 x Yamaha SPX 2000, 1 x Lexicon PACM 81 and 1 x Lexicon PACM 91.
  • Insertable dynamic processing consisting of ten compressors and eight gates, including 2 x Avalon AD2044 stereo valve compressors, 2 x dual compressors, 2 x BSS 404 quad compressors and 2 x BSS 504 quad gates.
  • Tascam MD02mini-disc + Tascam MD301, Revox PR99 tape machine, Denon cassette deck, CD players KAMKCD350 + Denon DNC680 + Tascam CD160 + Denon DNT620, CDR's Tascam WR901, DA20 DAT player, HD Recorders X2 Marantz CDR310.

Lighting

  • One lighting technician to set up and operate equipment, provide advice to clients on lighting facilities possible, focus lamps (193) in specific positions to suit your event, programme lighting console, play cues and help with full front of house lighting.
  • 108 par 64 parcans with cp61 lamps and 24 par 56 ACLs in three strings (located overhead on mid-stage and up-stage trusses.
  • 12 Robert Juliat, 2K PC (located on down stage front truss).
  • Ten Robert Juliat, 15/38º 1.2K profiles (on bridge two) and one Robert Juliat, 9/26º 2K profile (located on front truss) • 24 Robert Juliat, 9/26º 2K profiles (located in front of house bridge one).
  • Six Robert Juliat 9/26° 2K profiles (located in front of house bridge two) • 8 RJ 15/38º 2K Profiles situated under balconies.
  • ETC Impression lighting console or Avolights Diamond 4 vision lighting console.
  • 200 ETC Smartpack 2.5K dimmer.
  • 100 ETC Smartpack 5K dimmers.
  • 20 ETC Smartpack 10k dimmers.
  • 24 switched non-dim lights.

Communications

  • Prompt desk (located at stage left).
  • Dual circuit intercom station.
  • Six sets of headsets and microphones on a dual circuit intercom system.
  • Paging to back stage and front of house areas.
  • Video outlets throughout all auditoria.
  • Show relay throughout the building.

Other facilities

We also provide a duty stage manager who is our main safety and evacuation officer for both the audience and backstage during your event.