Venue Specs
About Us
The Button Factory is available for private and corporate hire as well as band hire outs. We can cater for bookings from 80 up to 900. All you will need for your show can be arranged in-house, including PA System, Lighting, DJ Equipment etc.
All shows 18+ unless expressly stated otherwise.
Accessibility
The main entrance of the Button Factory is fully wheelchair accessible. Staff are available to assist all patrons, no need to join the queue. There are dedicated toilet facilities for disabled patrons just off the foyer at the entrance. There is a ramp from the foyer that brings you in to the main room in front of the stage. The advised viewing position is in front of the stage which is also a security position. The stage is 950mm high.
The Main Venue
A state of the art, 550 capacity black box room, capable of hosting the highest calibre of live bands and DJ’s, corporate events, conferences and everything in between.
Crowbar Terrace
The Crowbar Terrace is an 80 capacity space, perfect for intimate gigs, listening parties, after parties, album launches, live podcasts, birthdays and everything in between.
Crowbar
Established in 2013 and holding up to 60 people, Crowbar is our main bar renowned for it’s vast array of craft beers, hand-picked whiskey's and gins and an assorted list of spirits, wines and cocktails. Pop in for a pre-show drink here.
Outdoor Smoking Area
With all artwork and decor commissioned by the wonderful Garlic Designs.
Button Factory Audio Tech Specs
Sound Limiter: There is a sound limit on the pa of 112dB-C weighted which cannot be bypassed and must be adhered to.
System configuration is fixed - Crossover settings cannot be changed.
Touring consoles run through a clean blank show file on the house console via AES/EBU or two analogue lines if no AES available.
System configuration is a 4 way system running over left/right from the console with two matrixes providing coverage to the balcony.
FOH System
FOH Console: Allen&Heath dLive s3000
FOH MixRack: Allen&Heath DM64U (64 in, 32 out)
Splits: Passive 48 input patchbay with 3x outputs FOH/Mons/Rec each 1-24 and 25-48
Monitor Console: Midas Pro2c
Monitor mix rack: Midas DL251
Monitors:
9x D&B M4
1x D&B Q-Sub
These are run from 4x D&B D12 amplifiers.
This allows us 7 mixes when using the Q-Sub, or 8 mixes without it.
Stacked on Stage
Main PA (L/R configuration):
6x l'Acoustic Arcs (3 per side 100Hz - 20kHz)
4x l'Acoustic DV subs (2 per side 60Hz - 100Hz)
2x l'Acoustic SB28 (1 per side 20Hz - 60Hz)
Amplifiers for these are all l'Acoustic LA8
Balcony delays:
Side Balconies: 2x l'Acoustic 112xt
Main Balcony: 2x l'Acoustic 112xt
Left and Right Balconys
Balcony delays:
Side Balconies: 2x l'Acoustic 112xt
Main Balcony: 2x l'Acoustic 112xt
All Powered by L-Acoustics LA4, DSP/Networked remote Amplifier, 4 x 1000 Watt, with presets
Microphone and D.I List
1x Shure Beta 52a
1x Shure Beta 91a
1x Sennheiser e902
1x AKG D22
2x AKG D40
10x Sennheiser e604
3x Shure Beta 56a
7x Sennheiser e614
6x Shure SM57 LC
2x Sennheiser e906
4x Shure Beta 57a
8x Shure SM 58 LC
6x Stageline Dib-100 Passive DI Boxes
3x Radial J48 Active DI Boxes
8x BSS AR-133 Active DI Boxes
In-house DJ Backline
2 x Pioneer CDJ 3000
1 x Pioneer DJM 900 nexus 2
2 x Technics 1210 turntables
Spares / additional rental
- 2 x Pioneer CDJ 3000
Button Factory Venue Spec
Dimensions
Stage:
6000mm Wide
5000mm Deep
954 mm High
Dance Floor:
81 square metres
From Stage to Truss:
4000mm
From Stage to Moving Lights:
3600mm
Front Truss to Stage:
2000mm
Front Truss To Dance Floor:
6200mm
Projector From Screen:
13000mm
Lighting Dept :
Equipment List
Console:
Avolites Titan Mobile (v15.1)
w/ Mobile Wing
w/ 16” Touchscreen Monitor
Lighting Fixture Report & Plot:
On Stage
6x Clay Paky Alpha 300 HPE Spots
8x Martin Mac 101 LED Washes
4x Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes
2x Sets of CP60 ACL bars
3x 4-Cell Blinders (1 Channel)
5x FOS Glow2
3x FOS CyclePro (JDC1 replicas)
Front Wash
1 x 6 way PAR 64 bar, CP61
4x ETC Source 4
2x 19 degrees lenses2x 36 degrees lenses
Over Dancefloor
2x Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes
1x Fixture a side
6x Treblyz OK7Q LED Washes
3x Fixtures a side
Projection:
1 x Panasonic Pt-ew 630. 5,500 Ansi-lumen Projector
4.5m width electric screen 16:10 ratio (positioned upstage centre)
Viewing area in cm (WxH): 350 x 219, 400 x 250, 450 x 281
Overall dimensions (A - C) 311 - 304, 361 - 354, 411 - 404, 461 - 454
Signal Supply from Stage
1 x HDMI
Signal Supply from Ops Position
1 x VGA
1x HDMI
15m2 LED Wall - on stage
Outdoor Straight P3.91 Full Color Led display for rental use with die-casting aluminum front maintenance
LED type：SMD1820(kinglight)
Pixels：3.91mm
Model：R39-A1
Module size：250mmx250mm
Refresh rate：3840HZ
Scan mode：1/16 scan
Brightness：5500 CD/sqm
Power：250W -220V
Cabinet size：500*500mm
Cabinet quantity : 60 5meters wide x 3 meters high
Truss:
32 Meters of Thomas 22” Box Truss
10 Meters of Globe 12” Triangular Truss
This is a fixed position truss.
On Stage Power:
1 x 63A 3 Phase 240v (Positioned upstage right)