Jim King, Senior Vice President, Live Events, at AEG
In reproducing sound for many venues and outdoor festivals, there is often a conundrum: how can audience sound levels be delivered at a sufficiently high level for an immersive and rewarding experience, while at the same time respecting surrounding areas and residents?
In the past, sound levels for the audience have often had to be held down in order to safeguard surrounding areas, but this can leave audiences and the FOH engineer unhappy and threaten the ongoing viability of such events.
MLA’s unique ability to control noise escape beyond the site perimeter, while maintaining pristine fidelity and high sound pressure levels for the audience, means that FOH engineers don’t have to constantly worry about sound levels. So they can focus on what they do best — mixing — translating to a better audience experience too.
“WHAT I REALLY LIKED ABOUT THE PA IS THAT EVEN AT THE VOLUME LIMIT FOR THE FESTIVAL IT SOUNDED BIG AND FULL. I THOUGHT IT WENT REALLY WELL AND I ALSO LISTENED TO ALL THE OTHER BANDS DURING THE DAY AND THEY SOUNDED GREAT TOO.”
Toby Francis, FOH Engineer, Kanye West
“WE ARE PLEASED THAT EVEN IN CHALLENGING WIND CONDITIONS WE WERE STILL ABLE TO OPERATE AT LEVELS UNIMAGINABLE THREE YEARS AGO. TO ACHIEVE THIS AND REDUCE LOCAL RESIDENT COMPLAINTS FOR THE THIRD YEAR RUNNING IS A HUGE SUCCESS FOR THE EVENT. THE WORK UNDERTAKEN BY CAPITAL AND MARTIN AUDIO HAS AGAIN STRENGTHENED HYDE PARK’S POSITION AS THE BEST OUTDOOR VENUE IN THE WORLD.”
Jim King, Senior Vice President, Live Events, at AEG