The 2023 edition of SIAM Songkran Music Festival: SIAMYSTIQUE featured global superstars such as Afrojack, Hardwell and Dash Berlin alongside regional and local stars like Thailand’s very own 22Bullets and Wukong from Singapore. One Systems specified an L-Acoustics K series professional audio system for the event.
With performances ranging across diverse electronic sub-genres such as big room, progressive house and hardstyle, the festival requires a professional audio system that can keep the tempo strong for the 10,000 festival goers who come to dance each day.
Festival producers WAVE BCG and One Asia Ventures called on One Systems Global Production to design and deploy a full-range, powerful PA to create a dynamic concert speaker system for the festival.
Anusorn Peetiwattanaphan, front-of-house engineer for SIAM Songkran, who regularly collaborates with One Systems, said: “A powerful audio system is necessary to capture the energy of EDM music, especially in a spacious outdoor venue like the RCA. A K series-based system is especially popular with top-tier artists, and we knew it would be accepted by our headliners like Afrojack and Hardwell.”
Anusorn worked together with systems engineer Chayut Boonchuayjaroen and the One Systems team to model a concert speaker system using L-Acoustics Soundvision software that would deliver optimal coverage to the 6,600 sq m audience area.
Their system design consisted of a main PA of 16 L-Acoustics K2 and six K1-SB subwoofers per side. Twelve stacks of three KS28 subwoofers were ground stacked evenly in front of the stage. Out-fill consisted of eight K2 boxes per side, while four stacks of two Kara II provided front-fill. On-stage DJ monitor systems consisted of four Kara II atop two SB18 subwoofers per side as well as a 115XT HiQ wedge. A VIP zone at the rear of the vast audience received coverage from a delay system of four Kara II per side. The entire system was driven by 42 LA8, and 15 LA12X amplified controllers running through two L-Acoustics P1 processors.
Anusorn concluded: “This year’s SIAM Songkran promised to be a unique experience for EDM music lovers. The professional audio system provided by One Systems ensured that festivalgoers were fully engaged in the dynamic, high-energy dance music without skipping a beat throughout all four days.”