{"id":218,"date":"2025-11-12T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/republik.com.tr\/en\/?p=218"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:55:28","slug":"martin-audio-wpc-takes-center-stage-at-butlins-holiday-resorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/republik.com.tr\/en\/martin-audio-wpc-takes-center-stage-at-butlins-holiday-resorts\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Audio WPC Takes Center Stage at Butlin\u2019s Holiday Resorts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Continuously investing to deliver top-tier entertainment in every sense, Butlin\u2019s<\/strong> has recently made significant investments in advanced audio system upgrades at its Skegness<\/strong> and Bognor Regis<\/strong> resorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now far beyond the traditional \u201choliday camp\u201d format, Butlin\u2019s wanted to support its expanding entertainment offering\u2014from Big Weekenders<\/strong> to conferences and events\u2014with professional, high-end sound systems. At this point, Technical Entertainment Director Andrew Sugg<\/strong> consulted long-time solution partner Robin Shephard-Blandy<\/strong> of Illuminate Design<\/strong>. The result was the installation of a scalable Martin Audio Wavefront Precision WPC line array system<\/strong> in the Centre Stage<\/strong> venues at both sites, each with a capacity of over 1,200 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin Audio is no newcomer to Butlin\u2019s. \u201cWe\u2019ve probably been using Martin Audio systems for over 20 years,\u201d says Sugg. The previous system in Skegness\u2019 Centre Stage\u2014one of four high-energy entertainment venues on site\u2014had reached the end of its useful life. \u201cBoth upgrades were long overdue,\u201d he adds. \u201cRobin has worked with us for years and knows our operation and requirements inside out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those requirements are wide-ranging: family entertainment, DJ-led events and live bands during Big Weekenders, on-stage interviews, and high levels of speech intelligibility for year-round events. \u201cIn short, the system needs to meet a multi-layered set of demands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After discussions with several manufacturers, Nigel Meddemmen<\/strong> from the Martin Audio Technical Sales Support team<\/strong> conducted site visits to Skegness and Bognor Regis, producing design options using Martin Audio DISPLAY 3<\/strong> modelling software. Andrew Sugg immediately recognized the value of the technical support and development capabilities Martin Audio brought to the Butlin\u2019s team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the implementation was far from a \u201cone-size-fits-all\u201d approach, as the two venues are structurally very different. \u201cSkegness has a high ceiling and a balcony, whereas Bognor Regis has a low ceiling and is a very wide space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The design incorporates four- and five-cabinet WPC line array hangs<\/strong>, four short-throw TORUS T1215 clusters<\/strong> in the center, CDD15s<\/strong> for left and right side coverage, CDD10s<\/strong> for delay duties, and five CDD12s<\/strong> providing balcony coverage at Skegness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Low-frequency support is delivered by eight dual SXC118 cardioid subwoofer arrays<\/strong>. These are powered by Martin Audio iKON iK42 multi-channel amplifiers<\/strong>, while the remainder of the system is driven by iK81 amplifiers<\/strong>. \u201cThe level of coverage and control in the Skegness design was so superior to the previous system that the same approach was applied at Bognor Regis, resulting in much more even bass distribution throughout the venue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the later stages of installation, Paul Connaughton<\/strong> and Marc Paynter<\/strong> from Martin Audio\u2019s technical support team became involved, contributing to system engineering and commissioning. At Skegness, Hard Avoid<\/strong> was applied at the rear of the venue due to its proximity to the Skyline Pavilion. At Bognor Regis, additional sound isolation was required as the Centre Stage venue sits directly above another Butlin\u2019s space, Reds<\/strong>. The system was installed in analog form but can be switched to Dante digital via a managed network switch if required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shephard-Blandy notes: \u201cHaving Martin Audio validate and sign off the system gave huge confidence\u2014not only to Andrew\u2019s team, but also to visiting artists and sound engineers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Sugg adds: \u201cIn day-to-day operation we don\u2019t need to be rider-compliant, but for Big Weekender events, seeing \u2018Martin Audio\u2019 on the technical spec proves we\u2019re a professional venue. We see this as a long-term partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Illuminate Design team successfully installed both systems\u2014commissioned within a very short timeframe\u2014without closing the venues. \u201cManaging that transition smoothly while the resorts were fully operational was genuinely impressive,\u201d says Sugg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He concludes: \u201cThe work delivered by Martin Audio and Illuminate Design is outstanding. Visiting artists are extremely happy; we now have a truly professional-level audio infrastructure\u2026 far beyond what would normally be expected at a Butlin\u2019s venue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re already planning future projects\u2014and they will definitely be delivered with Martin Audio and Illuminate Design.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Continuously investing to deliver top-tier entertainment in every sense, Butlin\u2019s has recently made significant investments in advanced audio system upgrades at its Skegness and Bognor Regis resorts. Now far beyond the traditional \u201choliday camp\u201d format, Butlin\u2019s wanted to support its expanding entertainment offering\u2014from Big Weekenders to conferences and events\u2014with professional, high-end sound systems. At this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martin-audio","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/republik.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/republik.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/republik.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/republik.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/republik.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/republik.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1248,"href":"https:\/\/republik.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions\/1248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/republik.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/republik.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/republik.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/republik.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}