Juice Sound Ltd

Juice Sound Ltd Juice Sound Ltd provide all Technical Services, Equipment & Crew for any event large or small
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Juice Sound is a Technical services provider based in the very centre of England with its base in England's first dedicated transmission station by the BBC opened in 1925 on Borough Hill in Daventry. Started in 1983 Juice Sound has amassed an amazing amount of experience, skills and knowledge on putting on any type of event. After moving into the Transmission Station in 2018 Juice Sound now has th

e ability and space for servicing and repairs and manufacture of bespoke components and systems which have been installed all across the UK and Europe but also continues its core structure of supplying crewed hire equipment systems and services into many different events and disciplines within the entertainment sector from Educational such as many well known Private and Public Schools, Universities, through major venues, local venues, hotel groups and working with local authorities providing an all encompassing service that means there are no gaps in supply and always leads towards a seamless event.......

While having the ability to provide these services across the UK and into Northern Europe through touring and providing specialist knowledge and equipment into unusual situations much work has been done on reinforcing our work with local authorities in and around us near Daventry providing hire equipment & services in smaller events and local authorities in Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire. Much of our services may pass unnoticed but many events use our equipment and staff in and around these areas. Recent events have been done in Rugby, Towcester, Dunchurch, Banbury, Warwick, Daventry, Weedon, Pattishall, Manchester, Central London

02/01/2026

Welcome to 2026, wishing you a wonderful year and thank you so much for taking interest in Juice Sound Limited. Whether you are one of our respected clients, much loved crew or wonderful friend we wish to thank you for a great 2025 which apart from the stress and anxiety of running this type of business was full of Happiness, Laughter and Friendship. We had fun, some moments were wet! Some were just so hot! Some where just very enjoyable but it is you that makes it perfect. We are looking forward to an already busy 2026 and hope to see you soon

After our rather "flooded" weekend the week before with both Wellingborough Christmas Light Switch and Daventry's Christ...
01/12/2025

After our rather "flooded" weekend the week before with both Wellingborough Christmas Light Switch and Daventry's Christmas Market you would have though we would be taking it easy but NO! Straight into the Amazing Fire & Ice Trail for Rugby First via Unlimited Communications.

A week of prep of this expansive event covering a lot of Rugby Town Centre. We provided support for six sites from power to the Story Telling Stage/Marquee from one of our generators with cables supported overhead to point of use through the trees which also supplied power for the 60M of festoon lighting suspended through the trees around Regents Place.

The next site was the Percival Guild House providing lighting, tables and coconut matting flooring over a plastic membrane in the Marquees for people to stand on and a heater to take the chill off. The gardens were lit with a mix of pea lights and warm white spots with two 400w MBFU floods to high light the trees.

The third site was an open topped stage of steeldeck built in front of Rugby's Clock Tower at 6M wide by 4.4M and between 0.75 to 1.2M as the ground slopes heavily by that nearly half a metre. Fully handrailed on three sides with two sets of treads for the fire effects and ice carving performance which was spectaculour. It was so busy every time we went past that we did not get any photographs as you could not get close enough.

Just up the Market Street from the Clock Tower we had the street filled with benches and tables for people to sit at and eat and if you followed the trail, past the ice carving demonstrations you would have come to the end of the High Street in Rugby to the Snowman Stage where a beautiful Ice Snowman stood alongside a 10M x 4M Marquee supplied by Juice Sound Limited with Coconut matting flooring, chairs and an 86 inch LED screen with loudspeakers and ice blue coloured battery uplighters up either side playing the short animated film "The Snowman" all powered from one of our Bluetti Power Banks.

Next! St Andrews Church is in central Rugby and was yet another stage space. In the gardens we built our Juice Sound Limited Prolyte Mini Flat Roof Stage with warm white LED lighting for the Choirs and Brass bands playing wonderful Christmas music and singing Carols through one of our QSC Touch Mix30's and a pair of Mega FR112 Long throw loudspeakers. An old school product, extreme horn loading and extremely efficient at 300w each for the whole site and projecting half way down Regent Street and carrying the sound without creating a nuisance for the services in the Church alongside. We built a 12M by 3M marquee on the side of the stage with it running down the side of the garden. Again with a plastic membrane and coconut matting for the flooring and we heated this space with one of our Dantherm VAM40 Indirect diesel heaters which even on low kept everyone toastie inside even with one of the side panels open, a little too warm closer to the vents we were told after! A festoon was fitted across the trees in the Church Gardens providing safe passage for all who visited with coloured architectural lighting to the Church buttress turning a dark and foreboding wall to colourful part of the overall theme.

From here we go back to Regents place to the other end of the park where we provided three 1.2M Corten Steel fire pits placed on paving slabs and sat on a sand pillow to prevent the huge steel dishes tipping surrounded by 20 of our steel pedestrian barriers and finished with a green 400w MBFU to the Yew tree behind the fire pits with seasoned logs, kindling and firelighters for the Girl Guides to sell giant marshmallows and sticks to roast raising funds for the Guide movement.

A brilliant day with five days of preparation and loading, three days of installation and it took 4 hours with the excellent Knights Crewing Service's to get it all out and onto the 18t truck and van. A big thank you goes out to Linda, Chris, Emma and Olivia. From Juice a complete family crew of Luke S, Sam S for Saturdays stage build along with Maria S, Tom S and John S for loading in and running the event.

The photographs show much more than can be written here, Have a look....

Over the years memories are made by the best moments working in this amazing industry but also memories are made by the ...
23/11/2025

Over the years memories are made by the best moments working in this amazing industry but also memories are made by the worst or perhaps the lowest moments. Events that should not have been or ones that you should have known better then to take on or perhaps, as in this case a great event controlled by factors that you have no control over and one of these happened over the weekend. Saturday the 22nd was wet! I mean wet by the factor of times 10 only because we had to work outside in it! Did I say wet by the way?

Wellingborough Christmas Light Switch on happened, a rather superb event with great local acts with a switch on at the end using the Juice Sound BIG RED Button. Normally great weather, however it poured down with light rain from the load in at 8am which got heavier and heavier throughout the day with the slightest of breaks between each downpour. Thankfully no wind which was also in the forecast. We set up a Juice Sound Ltd Prolyte ARC Roof in a basic format with a Marquee side of stage. In hindsight we should have pulled that back a bit as the rain running off from the ARC Roof poured onto the roof of the Marquee which just made a sheet of water to view the stage through. Soaking wet but thankfully on an Island of Coconut matting grabbed at the last second before leaving Juice HQ was saving our feet, we watched the stream of water coming under the marquee walls and round us while we mixed and lit the acts on stage. A Industrial infrared heater kept us warmish if not a little steamy! From local Schools through children's dance groups, brass bands and the local Rock Choir. Each of the hardened fans stayed to watch their group and left and did I say it was wet, because it was. Towards the end for the switch on it lightened up and became quite pleasant and finished with a good audience, a great Button Press and fantastic fireworks. Packing up was not bad and with the help of Knights Crew all was away, very wet but away. Driving back, water was still dripping out of our coats in the truck cab making a pool on the floor. Did I say it was wet! It will certainly be down in my memory as a very wet event.

It will take about two weeks to get everything dry, getting it out in the warehouse to let the circulating fans take away the moisture before putting back into the racking and bays but despite all of this the Wellingborough Town Council Christmas Light Switch on was a great event and we look forward to the next years event. All credit goes to the techs on the job Sam S, John S, and Dave and the boys from Knights Crew.

Remembrance Sunday 2025 went like clockwork, the weather held and it was not cold which makes a big difference when you ...
14/11/2025

Remembrance Sunday 2025 went like clockwork, the weather held and it was not cold which makes a big difference when you are on the Daventry Memorial almost all day! We actually start earlier in the year with paperwork and liaising with Daventry Town Council Events Team and then the week before finalising what is to be supplied with preparation, checking and testing of all the components and even going down to the area around the Memorial itself to make sure that power is available and that any alterations in and around the Memorial can be handled in the build on the day. The day before we drop barriers in the strategic positions around the Town Centre and fit the loudspeaker support stakes on the bank of the Church Yard at the top of the stone wall, not easy as many years of mature tree roots means pushing a stake into the ground while standing at 45 degree angle slippery bank on top of a high wall gets fun!

Knowing that these items are in place means that as daylight breaks on Remembrance Sunday Morning we are able to start the build with three 3 x 3 heavy duty pop up marquees to stand the equipment and brass band under. There are ten active loudspeakers used on this event and what looks like a fairly simple job is a surprisingly complicated one. First, power comes in from a limited lighting supply at the memorial which then goes into a Power Bank enabling us to draw over 4kw of power when needed from a small trickle supply and if power should fail the Power Bank enables us to run the event without losing sound. The loudspeakers are set up in 4 zones to enable us to control levels in different areas because some microphones are positioned in front of the closer loudspeakers to pick up the Parade Master and Brass Band. Four Larger 15" loudspeakers are used where the road is deeper (longer throw) and six Medium 12" loudspeakers are used in the other areas. These are mounted on the stakes and the two loudspeaker stands on level ground and then power/signal cables are fitted. Two Microphones, Shure Beta 87a's are provided for the Speeches and Prayers by Town dignitaries and the Vicar from Holy Cross Church with a third Shure Beta 87c for the reading of the Roll of Honour by Senior Children from local Schools. A fourth Shure Beta 87a is used for the Bugler on Last Post and Reveille. Two AKG C3000 Large Diaphragm microphones are used for the Brass Band and a AKG C451EB with CK9 Shotgun capsule in a furry wind m**f and is positioned to pick up the Parade Master. All the microphones come back to QSC Touch Mix 16 for mixing, equalisation and then routing to the appropriate loudspeakers. Items are tested through and sound checked, LED Floodlights are then positioned to light up the dignitaries while they speak in the microphones and the children from the local Schools rehearse their speaking. This is all done in two hours ready for people to arrive anything up to an hour prior to the event. . Post event it takes us two hours to get all of the equipment back out and loaded but its not finished there! No! Often the cabling and equipment is wet and muddy and over the next two to three days back at the warehouse all parts are wiped down, cables washed, equipment tested and put back into stock. On the day, once the equipment is dropped at the warehouse, we return to pick up all barriers, road cones and signage and by the end of the day you would not know we had been there......

It is always impressive how many People turn out for this important act of Remembrance and we always try our best to convey the sound of the Ceremony to all who are present and we are proud to be asked to provide these services.




The photograph shows one of the loudspeakers trying to be a bush!

We finally finish the Staff Shower! Yeah OK! We do actually wash but sometimes after loading on a hot day or coming in f...
22/09/2025

We finally finish the Staff Shower! Yeah OK! We do actually wash but sometimes after loading on a hot day or coming in from a job, people staying overnight so a shower would be nice in the building. We have planned and worked on this for a couple of years as its a process of demolishing the old 70's toilet cubicles, piping, waste, ceilings and 50 years of debris while still having the facilities to use and above this there is another whole huge space above the old toilet block full of old infrastructure and cabling which has to be carefully removed, checked for hazardous materials and whether it needs to be replaced with newer products. In the process we had to fit new power distribution boards at the back of the warehouse to accommodate and update requirements as these were over 50 years old as well as renewing piping and fitting new waste systems.

Finally, while still getting out there to earn our living, we have eventually managed to put a water oasis in the middle of our little building site. We will put a couple of photos of the works on our 5XX Page and a better description of the works as it is more pertinent to the building and was complicated but for Juice Staff its a boon and we are pleased to have had it in use for the first time.

This weekend the 20th of September with load in the day before saw Juice Sound Limited on Rugby Food & Drink Festival, l...
22/09/2025

This weekend the 20th of September with load in the day before saw Juice Sound Limited on Rugby Food & Drink Festival, lots of stalls, lots of people with so much going on from Real Ale Bars, Circus Performers for the Children, Face painting and an amazing array of food along with all the other great things that you want to see on such a family friendly event. On the Friday we did the load in as we supply a fair bit of equipment in the shape of our 9M clear span marquee in a 9 metre length placed on tiniest little bit of flat area on the Regent Place Park, a level steeldeck stage on 30cm legs with a full kitchen set featuring Gas Hob, Electric Oven, Smeg Fridge, Sink with running hot and cold water and dishwasher with a lighting gantry of Prolyte truss supporting led floods to the Kitchen Set and spot cameras for the work top and hob as well as a long shot from the FoH all mixed on a Black Magic System with 50" screens. PA was two Brooke Active 15" speakers mounted on the truss with QSC Touchmix 16, mixing two wireless handhelds and two belt packs for Compere and Chef. All this was fitted and tested on the Friday and then at 6.30am on Saturday it was time to start our day. Our Compere for the day was the amazing Martin Heath. The Pop up Kitchen stage was powered from one of our 20kva Truck Mounted Generators. We also supplied the bench seating for the audience as well as back stage tables/chairs, plant displays and all the catering/Chef utensils, Pots and Pans.

For the Food Stalls that needed power we supplied one of our Road Tow Generators with a 63a three phase cable running 50M to a Juice Sound Limited Blue Box Distro and from there fed out to the stall holders in a variety of single phase 32a and 16a HO7 cables.

Finally we provide several sets of Bier Keller Style Tables and Benches for the visiting public to sit at and eat along with 12 Bourbon Whiskey Barrels (empty) as poseur tables. It went very smoothly and despite one or two showers was quite sunny and warm. Put together and run by a great team of Maria S, Sam S, Tom S, Jack H, Elizabeth S and John S with the amazing Dave and Steve from Knights Crew for the load out which thanks to them and our crew was all out and packed onto our 18t truck in 2.5 hours!

See comments on our photographs.

06/09/2025

Friday 5th of September and out to a most rural part of the area at Ashby St Ledgers. Steeped in history this place is wonderful and our visit, while not historical is for an event that is a huge amount of fun. If you missed it, go next year, live music, food and bar in a tree lined field with an old set of gates in an amazing entrance way which led to Ashby Manor (the home of the Gun Powder Plot).

The event is the Ashby St Ledgers Hay Bale Push (You know those huge rolls of straw?) and in its second year. A team effort, timed run around a course with chicanes, obstacles and of course a few beers pushing or rolling these very heavy round bales of hay, which means plenty of hilarity and shouting as the teams race against each other to how fast they can complete the course (if at all).

We provided the announcement or commentary system for them to use for Martin Heath (BBC Radio Northampton) to run/walk and try not to get squashed while commenting and interviewing the competitors to a loud crowd and bands playing on the stage. The site is lovely, well lit and well laid out and a stunning small festival/event at the perfect time of the year getting darker early and the atmosphere and lighting really bringing the site to life. We provide a complete battery powered system of a master station powering four TOA Full range Projectors on two stands with wireless receiver for Martins handheld via a long periodic antenna covering the full distance of the site, transmitter to the two other remote 60w battery powered pods, again via a long periodic with two more TOA Full Range Projectors off of each on a heavy stand with receiving YAGI Antenna s mounted on each stand. All spaced out at over 50M spacings along the 250M? course.

Its nice to be invited to provide for these events and thank every one for attending and especially those who put it together including Tony B and his great crew, Martin Heath with Sam S and John S doing the technical in and out of the system.



August Bank Holiday Weekend saw us on the annual outing supporting the amazing volunteers at the Weedon Weekender. In it...
28/08/2025

August Bank Holiday Weekend saw us on the annual outing supporting the amazing volunteers at the Weedon Weekender. In its tenth year, (of which we have done seven). This is a wonderful, family friendly festival of music over three days but including a Church Service, local stall holders selling their produce, a dog show and much more. It is a delightful, locally run festival and it is a pleasure to be involved with it.

Juice Sound Limited provided two stage roofs with our Prolyte Mini Flat Roof and our Prolyte 6 x 4 Arc Roof with tech bays built side by side, staging was Steeldeck and installed so that both stages were on the same level and joined by a "bridge" allowing everyone to access and move between stages at stage level. Three points of access meant artistes and techs could move around without having to cross a stage. The Live entertainment was programmed back to back and as one stage is running the second is being prepared, line checked and monitors set. With one quick introduction the next stage goes on! The stages were setup with similar equipment with both having six Juice Sound MB3 bi-amped wedges over five sends and each stage had its own dedicated QSC Touchmix 30 Digital Mixing desk, snakes for input and a similar set of microphones. FoH mixing was via the Touch Mix 30 app on several tablets over our secure WiFi and allowed the engineers to toggle between desks on the same app with a further tablet on stage with a Wireless IEM Transmitter/Receiver for the engineer on stage setting up the Monitors and Line checking prior to the next act going on. It also enabled the engineer to monitor the source from any position covering both the live stage and the set up stage from any position and from either desk. The two desks were mixed into the main FoH amp rack by using our MIDAS XL88 Matrix mixer (see pic) which allows for up to eight inputs on any eight outputs with full metering. This meant that each digital desk could be muted on main outputs but all other outputs such as Monitor sends etc were still live to that stage for set up. For FoH we used our Court Black Box System, in this case 3 stacks, one positioned either side of each stage but all used at the same time. Coverage was excellent to the site which is amazing and shows the efficiency of this classic product for what is a 3.6kw PA System! The whole set up worked flawlessly and a joy to mix on. Lighting was via single Chamsys Desk again controlled by wireless tablet with 20 LED Six Colour lamps per stage arranged in different layouts to allow for the mounting capabilities along with six ETC Source PARS on each stage via an Avolites ART2000s dimmer that acted as Hot Power distribution as well as dimming. Power is limited and we design the distribution across the site with total of 60 amps three phase for all the site lighting, bar supplies, stage supplies and concessions. Two supplies go out through our Juice Sound metered boards that allow us to balance the phases and prevent any overloads which all worked perfectly with no power problems over the full five days on site.

A great weekend finished off with a superb firework display.

Installed and run by an amazing crew with John S, Maria S, Tom S, Sam S, Luke S and Jack H and a big thanks to the organisers who give so much of their time to put this event on with a mention to Richard, Sue, Chris, Neil, Dave and John.

Until next year!

Cricket was the name of the game last week. Edgbaston came to Rugby at the beautiful pitch in Rugby School, I say pitch ...
18/08/2025

Cricket was the name of the game last week. Edgbaston came to Rugby at the beautiful pitch in Rugby School, I say pitch but there are many cricket pitches at the school, however this is the match pitch on the same hallowed ground where the game of Rugby started and it was in perfect condition for some great matches with Warwickshire CCC playing three games. Metro Bank One Day Cup games against Northamptonshire (10 Aug), Kent (13 Aug) and Middlesex (15 Aug). Gorgeous weather for all three if slightly hot for us at Juice Sound Limited to be working in. We provided a complete system for announcements around the site providing wireless transmission of announcements through 4 battery powered "pods" that provide receivers and 60w 100v amplifiers to two TOA 30w 100v line projection loudspeakers and a further two battery "master pod" with receivers with 120w amplifiers powering four 30w 100v line TOA projection loudspeakers. Two sets of transmitters were used to send the signal on two frequencies via long periodic antenna giving dual reception in case of drop outs. The microphone was mixed on a OSC Touch mix 16 for equalisation and routing to four zones/transmitters. At the Cricket Pavilion where the control was set up, another 120w 100v amplifier was placed to power two TOA 100v Projection horns provided coverage to the VIP and Families/Guests area. Not a simple set up but coverage was good and the system is completely portable going in and out on a daily basis.

Not a bad time, getting paid to watch some truly professional cricket in a lovely setting.

Big thanks to Tom S and John S for tech and support and Jimmy and his team of Groundsman who are so unrecognised for their efforts and do such a great job on the pitch.

Last couple of weeks of the Summer Term and Braunston Primary School puts on a show and a request comes through for a st...
28/07/2025

Last couple of weeks of the Summer Term and Braunston Primary School puts on a show and a request comes through for a stage and as an added extra a black back drop. We often feel at Juice Sound that any introduction into the Arts and Theatre is the best for young minds. It may only be the School play but it could be a life long love of performance, acting, theatre. Not just in watching but hopefully behind the scenes making the magic work as an actor, dancer or technician so yes of course we will! Juice Sound Limited was pleased to support Braunston Primary School with the loan of a carpet covered 4.8M by 3.6M with a 3M high Black Woollen Serge Back drop. It stayed in for a little longer than needed as we were busy but very happy to help out with Installation and removal by John S, Maria S, Sam S, Karl T and Dean P.

Thanks guys



Daventry Calling, Dark and Still! That is the start of the first transmissions from Borough Hill by the BBC on July the ...
27/07/2025

Daventry Calling, Dark and Still! That is the start of the first transmissions from Borough Hill by the BBC on July the 27th 1925 at 7.30pm. This is it, we are now officially one hundred years old! I know it sounds a bit weird but for those who know us, we proudly own and occupy the BBC's first purpose built transmission station building and probably the first purpose built station in the world. No expense spared on its construction, pushing all boundaries of radio at that time , trail blazing and experimental, commissioned by the British Broadcasting Company with a license from the Post Master General, Marconi built the first and highest power long wave transmitter in the World with the sole purpose of providing public service broadcasting to the majority of Great Britain. Daventry was chosen as being the most central point in great Britain to cover the greatest amount of the population and this began a relationship between the BBC and Daventry that started in 1925 and continued until the mid 1990's. This building, we occupy, housed the transmitter 5XX and was used to not only transmit the National Service but later the Third program (Radio 3 via 2 x 100kw senders called T3), war time transmissions to allies in Europe, secret transmissions to the underground during the 2nd World War. Experiments were conducted in moving pictures and stereo transmissions as well as later being the Worlds First remotely controlled transmitter building. Later other parts of the Hill were developed to include the Empire Service, the World Service, the RAF master GEE Station as well as several other MOD Transmitters and the Transmissions from the Daventry Transmissions helped prove that Radar was possible helping to save many lives and shorten the 2nd World War. This place has a lot of History and we are so proud of it and what it means, not only to Daventry but to the World as it started a relationship that meant Daventry became the Centre of World Wide Transmissions from the BBC offering quality programming with clear and unbiased reporting around the world with the World Services and started the basis and high standards of modern radio transmissions. It all started here!

Not bad for the Old Girl, what a life, what a career!

See our other page 5XX to see a little about what we are doing to this wonderful building and links to the History of the BBC in Daventry and beyond.



In June we had a great ten day period supplying for the Macready Theatre in Rugby all production services for the Festiv...
22/07/2025

In June we had a great ten day period supplying for the Macready Theatre in Rugby all production services for the Festival on the Close. This year with a set from Jo Wiley, The BBC Big Band, Comedy Artistes from the Manfords Comedy Club, student bands, The Horne Band and much, much more. The weather was amazing and it was a delight to supply our Juice Sound Limited Prolyte 10 x 8 Flat roof stage with full theatrical blacks. A Nexo GEO805 Sound System flown in the truss arches either side along with the duplicated Video Screens for content playback and live feeds from the amazing Video Crew Alice and Cameron. Sound was mixed on a Digico SD8 with L-Acoustics FM115 HiQ wedge for Monitoring and an eclectic set of microphones from many Beyer M88's through several Shure SM7's, multiple SM81's, AKG C414 EB's and a mix of the standard Rock N Roll microphones. Actually a little spoilt for choice but nice to have. Lighting was 16 moving heads, 8 Source 4 Profiles, 12 Source 4 Pars, 24 Hex colour LED PAR64s all mixed on a Chamsys Surface. Apart from stage side we provided all the power for Food stalls and Bars both overhead suspended cabling and through copious amounts of cable tray. We provided a Lit entrance goal post, architectural lighting and toilet lighting with festoons and powerfloods mounted in trees. Beautifully managed by Amie and put together by Tim it is a great annual event for the people of Rugby and a pleasure to do.

A great crew made this possible so big thanks to Knights Crewing Services, Alice and Cameron for great stage management and Video Mixing, Kyle for being cool and efficient, Amie for her grace and control and our own guys Tom S, John S, Maria S, Sam S, Jordan W, Jack H, Claire H and Roy H for some great technical expertise.

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