The recently-opened Brighton complex, which houses seven rehearsal rooms, also has a 100-capacity showcase room, linked to a recording studio and video editing suite. This has been equipped with an Electro-Voice RX sound reinforcement system "that can take the loudest of the loud" according to owner Aide Aires.
The new room has already been used by a wide variety of artists, from the 40-piece Carnival Collective, to Status Quo and Gary Moore. Apart from a highly individual design scheme, which features an 8ft tank with floating droids and cyborgs, the room uses two EV RX112/75 full-range enclosures flown above the stage, with two EV RX118S subs below, driven by a Dynacord PM2600 powered mixer. All the floor monitors are EV SX250, powered by Q66 amps.
Scream is currently expanding the Croydon site to include 14 rehearsal rooms, a live recording studio, MIDI studio, cafeteria, hire shop, repairs shop and another showcase room. These will also be equipped with EV sound systems. Specification of the systems has been carried out by engineers from Shuttlesound, which has supplied all the Electro-Voice and Dynacord equipment.
(Lee Baldock)
