Hire Frequencies was brought on board to deploy a Martin Audio system across the Chalke History Festival’s stages.
The event brought together historians, speakers, living history participants, performers, and musicians, bringing 25,000 heritage enthusiasts to the site for 175 talks, debates, dynamic living history encampments, and live music entertainment.
Hire Frequencies was brought on board to deploy a Martin Audio sound reinforcement system across all five stages of the 70 acre site, tasked with enhancing the audio performance coverage compared to the festival organisers’ experiences in previous years.
In both locations across the site, main left and right arrays are deployed, comprised of Martin Audio Torus T1215 constant curvature enclosures combined with SXC115 subwoofers. Three pairs of Martin Audio FlexPoint series FP8 eight-in point source loudspeakers as delays flown overhead. Front fill is provided by FP6 six-in cabinets, and the entire system is powered by multi-channel Martin Audio iKON amplifiers.
A third venue, the Forum, doubled as a presentation space by day and a music venue for evening entertainment. In this space, Hire Frequencies deployed Martin Audio’s WPS Wavefront Precision line arrays, ground-stacked five cabinets per side and supported by SXCF118 subwoofers on each side. FlexPoint FP8s were installed as delays, with FP6s acting as front fills.
Two smaller stage were also present, outfitted with Martin Audio systems. The Henge, an open sided tent, used CDD-LIVE 12 and CDD-LIVE 8 coaxial active systems, while an outdoor performance stage was equipped with FlexPoint FP12 12-in point-source models combined with a pair of SXP118 subwoofers.
Will Smith, founder and MD, Hire Frequencies, commented: “It’s a fantastic festival. The stages all feature panel discussions and presentations, so we provided a full AV solution including staging, lighting, LED walls, video - we filmed the entire event - and obviously the audio performance was incredibly important. There was a Martin Audio product suitable to cover every audio requirement of the festival.”