An international audience of celebrities, business leaders, sports stars and royalty were treated to the launch of Land Rover's all-new Range Rover at the Royal Ballet School in Richmond Park in September. The Global Media and VIP UK launch event was conceived and produced by Imagination, with guests treated to an immaculately choreographed evening that started at the Savoy Hotel and concluded with a surprise performance by Range Rover enthusiast and Dire Straits founder, Mark Knopfler.

The reveal performance itself was staged in the grounds of Richmond Park, involving a 20-metre wide LED screen and a man-made lake. Charting the evolution of the iconic Range Rover from 1970 onwards, the reveal concluded with the appearance of the new vehicle itself � wading through the lake, climbing up rocks and coming to rest on the turntable.

Orbital was contracted by Imagination to provide the PA and communications systems, working under the direction of Imagination's project manager Paul Quain. The system involved an all d&b audiotechnik loudspeaker rig, with the new V-Series line array at its core and using the new Yamaha CL5 72-channel mixing console. On the comms side, the Orbital team used the digital wireless 4-channel Clear-Com Tempest system in conjunction with a 2-wire intercom backbone, which was fully integrated with a Tait walkie-talkie interface. This connected more than 50 walkie users with the main wired show ring. The Clear-Com Tempest system involved two bases in sync with ten belt-packs, which also talked with the main production wired comms ring. All of the production crew members were fully connected with each other across the whole site, and could follow the show relay/programme feed on an independent channel.

The PA was divided into several elements: the main system for the big LED screen comprised d&b V8s and V12s with V-SUBs, all driven by D12 amplifiers. An additional system � aptly named the Hedge System due to the fact that it had to be carefully hidden from view with a little creative gardening from the Orbital team � involved V12s and VSUBs, again with D12 amplifiers. For front in fills, eight d&b Q10s were placed on their side towards the audience, while the platform set-up used two rows of T-10s, with one row of twelve cabinets stacked vertically and the second row of twelve horizontally. d&b subs were used throughout, with a mix of B2s, E18s and B4s, and yet more d&b speakers were installed in the VIP area.

For the Mark Knopfler concert, Eric Simpson and the Orbital crew deployed an additional V-Series system flying four V8s aside, complemented by two stacks � each comprising two V12s on top of two VSUBs. Six Q7s were used for stereo delays.