Funktion-One sound systems were deployed across eight stages at the latest edition of Gottwood Festival, a four-day event held in the grounds of Carreglwyd on Anglesey, in Wales in June. The stages – Tree House, The Barn, Boxford, Walled Garden, Ricky’s Disco, Wellness, Lighthouse and The Curve – used Evolution X, Evolution 2, F-Series, Bass Reflex and infrabass systems, designed to deliver an engaging dancefloor experience while controlling offsite noise.
The 2026 event introduced an expanded 24-hour licence, running from Thursday evening through to 3am on Monday. With historical noise complaints and residences around 600m from the site, sound levels after 11pm must measure no higher than 45dB at the nearest properties while maintaining strong levels in audience areas.
The response centred on four-point Funktion-One configurations, creating contained sound fields that reduce the distance between audiences and loudspeakers and lower the overall level required.
The installation required around 92 pieces of DJ equipment alongside loudspeaker systems, control, amplification and crew, with just 36 hours to install the systems before running them continuously across the weekend.
Oz Jefferies, of audio specialist Audio Feed, which has supplied Gottwood’s sound systems every year since 2019, said: “It’s challenging when you’re in a field, you’ve got trees, bars, front-of-house booths, marquee poles and things like that in the way. It does take quite a long time and it can be quite frustrating, but the hard work pays off when you listen to it.”
Digby Neill, co-founder of Gottwood, added: “The four-point configurations work really well for us. They allow us to focus the energy where the crowd is and control offsite noise much more effectively.”
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