We've worked with the City of Milpitas since 2021, and have provided sound for its Fourth of July celebration under a recurring contract since 2024. The event draws about 10,000 people, and we bring the main system, delay towers, stage monitors and power distribution, with a seven-person crew.
- Client
- City of Milpitas
- Since
- Fourth of July since 2024; working with the city since 2021
- Audience
- About 10,000
- Crew
- Seven people
Project need
Challenge
The audience spreads across a football field, the soccer fields and the bleachers, and everyone needs to hear the show at a level that works for them. The system also has to handle several visiting bands, each with its own technical rider and often its own engineer.
Delivery
Technical approach
The main stage runs six Meyer Sound Melodie cabinets per side with six 600-HP subwoofers. Two delay towers set out to the sides as side fills, each with four Melodie and two 600-HP subs, cover the wider parts of the fields and are time-aligned to the main stage, and a UPA-1P fills the center in front of the stage. Yamaha consoles handle front of house, monitors and the delays, with the model depending on the year. We review each band's rider ahead of time and work with the visiting engineers through their sets. We also supply the power distribution, using a Motion Laboratories 200A three-phase distro.
Equipment and systems used
- 12 Meyer Sound Melodie, main stage
- 6 Meyer Sound 600-HP subwoofers, main stage
- 2 side-fill delay towers, each 4 Melodie and 2 600-HP
- Meyer Sound UPA-1P center fill
- Yamaha consoles for FOH, monitors and delays
- Dante
- Stage monitors
- Motion Laboratories 200A three-phase power distribution
Outcome
Results
The city is happy with the sound quality and the mixing, and with how we work within its rules for the event. Visiting engineers have told us the collaboration went well and that we were easy to work with.
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