The Gear Behind Lakepointe's Portable System
When Lakepointe needed a system that could keep them hosting church through a construction timeline, the real work wasn't logistics — it was spec. Skylark's job was to select and configure gear that could perform in a football field one week and a school gym the next, without ever sounding like a compromise.
The Spec
Amplification & Power: A set of rolling racks house all power and amplification as a single self-contained unit — no loose runs, no field-assembled rat's nest of cable. Everything ships, deploys, and powers up as one system.
Low End: [Confirm: dual 18" subs per side — model TBD]. Subs stack in pairs on each side of the stage, giving the system enough low-end output to cover an open football field without running out of headroom.
Mid/High: [Confirm: one 10" cabinet paired with one 15" cabinet, stacked] — a two-box-per-side configuration chosen to cover both a wide-open outdoor space and a hard-surfaced gym without re-tuning between venues.
Control: A portable digital console, giving Lakepoint's own team full mix control without a fixed FOH position.
[PM QUESTION: Confirm exact model numbers across subs, mains, and console — this is the section that needs to be airtight before publishing.]
Why This Spec, Specifically
Two deployment environments with opposite acoustic problems: a football field with no boundaries to hold sound in, and an indoor gym with hard walls that reflect everything. A system spec'd for only one of those environments fails in the other. [PM QUESTION: What specifically about this box/sub combination makes it work in both settings — coverage pattern, output capability, anything about how it was tuned differently indoor vs. outdoor?]
[PM QUESTION: What made this spec "affordable" without underpowering it — fewer amp channels, specific vendor choice, box count vs. a full install spec?]
Built to Be Run, Not Babysat
The gear was also spec'd around who'd be operating it: Lakepoint's own production team, not a Skylark crew on standby. Five people, one box truck, a Saturday load-in — fully operational by Sunday morning. That's a direct result of the equipment selection, not just training.
[PM QUESTION: Anything about the specific gear chosen — weight, rack layout, connector types — that made self-deployment realistic for a five-person team?]
Skylark specs and installs professional AVL systems for churches, universities, and large-scale venues across the United States. If your team needs gear spec'd for how you'll actually use it, talk to us.