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MARTIN AUDIO TORUS CHOSEN FOR PERDIDO BAY METHODIST CHURCH’S NEW SANCTUARY

When the Perdido Bay United Methodist Church in Florida was building a sanctuary out of the ground, optimum coverage and intelligibility from the newly installed sound system became top priorities.

The church’s highly experienced audio-visual engineer, Kenny Stewart, managed the project, and after consulting with Brian Smith, VP at Pro Sound & Video, based in nearby Pensacola, his search led him to Martin Audio. He explained, “While narrowing down my list of equipment needs, Pro Sound installed a Martin WPM array at First Baptist Church Pascagoula and my brother Kris Stewart (also at Pro Sound) mentioned how well that system performed.

“I was onboard after hearing that feedback. I needed the whole system flown, adjustable patterns, a reliable manufacturer‘s input and assistance, and an overall clear musical system.”

After considering other premium brands, his decision came down in favour of Martin Audio’s recently introduced TORUS constant curvature array, purpose designed to fill the gap between a full-size line array and a point source solution. Kenny Stewart and brother Kris then set about the installation process.

MARTIN AUDIO’S TORUS, COUPLED WITH THE SXCF118, IS POWERFUL AND EXACTLY THE SPEAKER SOLUTION FOR MY NEEDS.

Kenny Stewart, audio-visual engineer, Perdido Bay United Methodist Church

The new space is a standard rectangular room with left seating, centre aisle, and right seating, with approximately 75ft from the stage to rear seats and 35ft wide seating sections. Setting out the criteria, he said, “Going into this new sanctuary, I wanted quality equipment in all aspects of the AV system. I specifically needed the ability to have a speaker system that delivered precise coverage, while limited floor space meant I needed to fly the subs.”

He designed Left/Right array hangs each consisting of a pair of SXCF118 subwoofers, three TORUS T1215 with a single TORUS T1230 at the base.

TORUS perfectly met the requirement for adjustable pattern control. Designed for applications that typically require a throw between 15-30m, T1215 offers a narrow vertical pattern of 15° with a flexible horizontal pattern that can be manually adjusted between 90°, 60° or 75° while the T1230 offers similar attributes, but with a vertical pattern of 30°.

As for the subs, Stewart said, “Having not heard these subs in the air I worried about having enough output. But I am shocked at how clean and loud the low end is from just four flown SXCF118,” he exclaimed.

The system is powered by three Martin Audio iKON iK42 4-channel amplifiers, with all speaker processing taking place within the amps.

This new PA rig delivers more than sufficient SPL to cater for the two Sunday services—one a traditional service with choir, grand piano and soloist, the other more contemporary, with a full worship band and vocalists.

In summary, Kenny Stewart said, “The TORUS line really delivers and surpasses all of our needs.There’s no treatment on the walls and I don’t foresee us needing any. Martin Audio’s TORUS, coupled with the SXCF118, is powerful and exactly the speaker solution for my needs.”

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Optimal Audio

Optimal Audio premières in Italy at MIR Tech

SISME, the Optimal Audio distributor for Italy, has debuted the Optimal Audio range of products during the well-attended trade show in March. 

The Zone4 processor and its WebApp were the centre of attention for Optimal Audio, and the feedback from the Italian customers was extremely positive. They saw the true potential of the product and were really impressed by the functionality and flexibility it has to offer.  Smart Amps were also well received, – the power sharing functionality and settings in particular generated a huge amount of interest in the brand. 

UP series and Cuboid series were the perfect addition to the eco-system set-up presented by SISME.

Simone Santarelli, SISME’s Optimal Audio brand manager commented:

It’s great to finally see the reaction of our customers to Optimal Audio. We have been convinced by the potential of the brand from day one, and it’s great to see this reaffirmed by our customers and potential customers at the show

Raf Willems, Head of Sales EMEA for Optimal Audio added:

“Coming close to the shipping date of our entire range, it was extremely important to get our products in front of AV professionals. The effort and work put in by Claudio Bugari, CEO of SISME, and his team, was exactly our vision on how to present Optimal Audio, as an easy to install and easy to use eco-system. The SISME marketing department did a great job on this, and with the enthusiasm of the entire team, I’m convinced that the future for Optimal Audio in Italy is very bright!”

Optimal Audio will be presenting its solutions in many more tradeshows and launch events throughout the world in the coming months. Stay tuned for the updates on the Optimal Audio website!

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Martin Audio

JEFF WAYNE’S MUSICAL VERSION OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS IS REANIMATED UNDER MLA

War Of The Worlds

The giant, and constantly evolving production of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds—which has been touring arenas for 16 years— has been revitalised, with a new cast, additional music and an immersive experience for audiences.

A regular feature over the past 12 years has been sound designer and consultant, Simon Honywill, in the FOH mixing position, and a Martin Audio PA delivering the extraordinary complexity of sound, while RG Jones Sound Engineering have again provided the inventory of sound equipment. Honywill is now on his sixth tour of duty, and in keeping with the production, he has kept the sound suitably refreshed as technology has evolved. His adoption of Martin Audio’s award-winning MLA back in 2012, with its multi-cellular control, took arena sound to another level, ensuring that audiences in the front stalls were subject to exactly the same sonic experience—the full explosion of music, spoken word and special effects—as their more distant neighbours at the rear of the upper circle.

This time around, for a production dubbed ‘The Life Begins Again’ tour, Honywill says despite his extensive experience of the production and the venues it visits, the challenges remain the same. “It never gets any easier,” he admits. “The schedule is pretty gruelling, but as time has gone on, we are now very confident about using Martin Audio’s DISPLAY2 shells from previous shows to speed up the process of system optimisation and array deployment.”

Fired by the success of the 2018 tour, when he proclaimed that he would never do this tour with any PA other than MLA, he remained true to his word.

“Ten years and more down the line with this system, I am still entirely convinced that it is way ahead of the competition,” he says. “Yes, there are systems that might rig more easily and might have the advantage in other areas, but we are here to deliver the iconic sound of this immense production to every seat in the house, nothing more, nothing less. There is no other system I would even consider to achieve this.

“MLA’s unique, innate technology delivers gob-smacking evenness, incredible detail, a sense of real power without ever sounding overly loud, no listener fatigue and the amazing ability to create Hard Avoid areas.For Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds, the one thing that everybody waits expectantly to hear is the opening nine bars of epic string orchestration, loud and proud.MLA allows me unprecedented amounts of acoustic gain from the 36 strings—and the wave of excitement that races through the audience when they play those opening chords is palpable.”

And so he adopted the system design that had worked so well last time, with up to 20 MLA per side as main left/right hangs, a maximum 16 MLA Compact on each wing as side hangs, and once again, flown left/right infills of eight MLA Mini to assist with vocal clarity near the stage. Explaining this last deployment, he says, “The main hangs are well upstage of the downstage edge, so to give us more control over the headset vocal mics we use on the singers, the MLA Mini are deployed as flown stereo infills with a high-pass filter put in at around 250Hz.Additional coverage close to the stage is achieved with four pairs of MLA Mini front fills, spaced across the stage and hidden behind acoustically transparent panels in the stage dressing.”

The main difference with the rig this time around is the sub bass arrangement. “System engineers Steve Carr and Rylan Machin and I looked at alternatives to previous tours, where a compromised broadside array was placed under the stage about 4m upstage from the downstage edge. There is a great deal of stage machinery for lifts and hologram screens under the stage, along with walking routes for artists and techs—and so space is limited.

“The original idea was to fly the MLX subs, but weight was an issue in many venues.We had to find a way to get maximum even coverage whilst taking up the least amount of real estate and maintaining the integrity of the array. Rylan came up with the idea of using a combination of broadside and end-fire arrangements, which has worked out better than we could have hoped.”

There was only one new arena on the circuit—and this was the relatively new Bonus Arena in Hull, where the system was set up without a pre-existing room profile in D2. “It’s basically a very large theatre in classic shoebox style, but the team excelled in getting the system ready in time for accurate tuning and timing, despite restricted space to fly the system in” he says.

By the team, he means Carr, Machin and Nathan Kennedy. “The standard of professionalism from the crew has been absolutely world-class—they have been exemplary.Nathan’s daily job of finding and rigging suitable points for the surround effects speakers (up to eight WPS per side) has been extremely difficult in some arenas, but we’ve ended up with as good a result as we could every time.”

Other members of the audio team include the legendary Becky Pell on monitors. “She has the hardest job on the gig for sure,” believes Simon Honywill. “I could imagine nobody better to deal with such a demanding gig. Becky’s innate calmness and dedication to her job has ensured that the eight Black Smoke band members, five guest artists, 36-piece orchestra and Mr Wayne himself have all heard everything they need to hear, exactly when they needed to hear it.”

He also credits RF specialist Ricky Spiers. “COVID has been busy getting at us all, and Rick has had to deal with radio mics and in-ears for the artists daily, some of whom are understandably COVID-paranoid.”

RG Jones has been supplying The War of the Worlds since 2009, and this outing also saw the return of Production Director Steve Nolan, Production Manager Andy Proudfoot and many other regular faces that have been involved from the start.

As for the man in the mixing seat, Simon Honywill says, humbly and simply, “My job is about creating great sound,” adding poignantly…” Yes, I could use another PA system from another rental company, but I stake my reputation on it never sounding as awesome as this show does with Martin Audio MLA from RG’s.This system enables you to achieve things that no other system offers, and the team from RG’s know exactly how to get the best from it.

Photo credit: Andrew Benge.

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Martin Audio

XUTOS AND PONTAPES CELEBRATE 40TH ANNIVERSARY IN STYLE, WITH MARTIN AUDIO

Martin Audio’s Portuguese partner LVT Audio recently supported a landmark 40th anniversary performance by the country’s most famous rock band, Xutos & Pontapés and the Portuguese Philharmonic Orchestra with a Martin Audio MLA Compact rig. This is one of a series of premium line arrays from the British manufacturer in their armoury.

The band itself was founded in Lisbon by the late Zé Pedro, Zé Leonel, Kalú and Tim, and the Porto-based rental company were determined to cut no corners at Porto’s 8,500-capacity Super Bock Arena.

With audio direction by LVT principal, and technical director, Miguel Lindo and support from Martin Audio’s North American technical specialist Joe Lima, LVT provided Xutos’ FOH engineer, Carlos Vales (Cajó) and system tech, Antonio (Touché) Costa with a powerful system. This comprised hangs of 18 elements of MLA Compact per side, with a further 12 MLA Mini and three MSX subs on each flank performing outfill duties.

LF reinforcement for the main system was in the shape of 16x DSX subwoofers, set in cardioid broadside configuration, while front fills consisted of four further MLA Compact.

Commenting on his experience with the PA rig, Xutos’ FOH engineer, Carlos Vales stated, “Ever since the modular system era, Martin Audio has been a perfect match for Rock & Roll—both on monitors and PA. And MLA is no exception! With excellent definition and consistent dispersion throughout the audience area, it is an excellent PA in every situation.”

Adding his own experiences with Martin Audio’s front-line PA’s, Miguel Lindo stated, “We’ve done more than 40 concerts since October 2020 covering all genres of music—and always with impressive results.

“We will continue to delve deeper into the properties of these systems on a day-to-day basis—particularly its deployment in arenas—in order to get the best out of this highly-captivating and advanced technology.”

Photo Credit: Nelson Valente

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PRORENT GIVE RAPID WPL INTRODUCTION TO BOSNIAN CONCERT AND FESTIVAL SCENE

The reputation of Martin Audio’s scalable resolution Wavefront Precision continues to spread to all corners of the globe.

Last year the company’s Bosnia & Herzegovina distributor, SD Sistemi, sold a large WPL system to prominent hire company ProRent, who quickly followed up their initial purchase in September with a further acquisition three months later, with the upcoming events season in mind.

“They really needed a larger system for big outdoor events and for general hire use,” reports SD Sistemi’s Tijana Milovanovic.

The sale had been initiated as far back as February 2020, but the global pandemic brought a summary halt to proceedings. In the end ProRent committed to the system on brand reputation alone, in time to fire it up for the first time on February 14 in the Borik Sports Hall in Banja Luka for Croatian artist Massimo Savi?. ProRent fielded 12 x WPL per side, with SXH218 subwoofers and XE500s—all powered from iKON touring racks.

Having received full set-up and operational training from the SD Sistemi technical team—as well as active support from their in-house engineers—the show was an unqualified success, which befitted a Valentine’s Day concert.

The event was followed up at the same venue a month later when pop singer (and former Eurovision Song Contest winner), Marija Serifovic, performed to around 4,500 people, with ProRent’s Dejan Vu?kovi? mixing the sound at front-of-house.

Again they fielded 12 WPL enclosures per side, run in 2-box resolution from the iKON amps, with eight WPC per side as outfills and frontfills (also driven in 2-box resolution). These were complemented by six SXH218 subwoofers per side, arranged in end-fire configuration.

ProRent say they have many more large-scale concerts lined up both for WPC and WPL in the coming months at the Castle Banja Luka, including the Moto Fest and performances by regional pop group and singer, Dubioza Kolektiv and Gibonni, in front of more than 10,000 people. And when the festival season kicks in they will be supporting regional folk singer Dragana Mirkovic where 5,000 are expected to assemble at the football stadium in Sokolac (near Sarajevo), and a three-day Summer Garden rock festival in Prijedor (80km from Banja Luka), which is expected to attract 3,000 people each day—one of several festivals lined up during the summer.

For their own part, despite the COVID pandemic SD Sistemi—who are themselves based in Banja Luka—are working hard to build visibility of Martin Audio in Bosnia. “And I think we have been very successful in that,” she continues. “Everything in the entertainment industry stopped for almost two years and now we must make up for lost time. We will be using our own demo showroom regularly for promotion and training purposes.

Meanwhile, ProRent—who are Bosnia’s largest and most versatile sound rental company—say they couldn’t be happier with their acquisition, and according to production manager, Marija Gavri? are delighted to be the first company in the entire territory to own a WPL system. Certainly they have a full calendar of events running through 2022 where the Wavefront Precision systems will continue to be put through their paces.

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Martin Audio

WOODSIDE INN UPGRADE EXTENDS MARTIN AUDIO TRADITION IN MUMBAI

Located in the Mumbai suburb of Bandra the Woodside Inn has received a substantial sound system upgrade, with integrators Zoodio Pro once again specifying a premium Martin Audio system.

The newly installed system comprises Martin Audio Blackline X10 for the main PA, supported by a Blackline X115 subwoofer which Zoodio owner, Dylan Hilton says offers tremendous output from a compact speaker. CDD6s have been added as infill for the rest of the dining area and the smoking zone.

Like all the Woodside Inn operations, the Bandra outlet specialises in craft beers and inventive cuisine in the true gastropub tradition. And since it is an all-day operation, they wanted ambient music to be broadcast during the day, with a livelier night time trade—playing retro, old-school rock and pop to crowds of up to 150. Provision has been made with BlacklineX for a small band to perform, and it will also be a perfect match for the DJ nights they plan to have in the future.

Setting out the reason for choosing BlacklineX as his preferred PA, Dylan states, “Since we have previously worked with Blackline X10s we were confident that this would again be a viable option. For the bottom end, we made use of a Blackline X115, as portability was the driving factor, and the owners didn’t want to sacrifice any space.

THE SYSTEM JUST SOUNDS AMAZING.

Dolphy Sequeira, General Manager, Woodside Inn – Bandra unit

“In the seating area,” he continued, “our primary focus was for vocal clarity, even at lower volume levels, while still managing to capture the evening vibe. CDDs seemed to be the best option for this.”

As for the source feed, a digital jukebox plays throughout the day.

Since setting up in 2007, Woodside Inn Restaurant, Mumbai has become a leading player in the city’s gastropub restaurant sector.

Zoodio were first approached by Neighbourhood Hospitality—owners of the Woodside Inn bar / diner—back in 2011. “They needed a new sound system for their outlet in Andheri, and we recommended Martin Audio’s AQ8’s,” continues Dylan.

“The response they received from the crowd back then, and the reliability the system provided, then helped us win more of their projects. We upgraded the system in another project at Woodside Inn Colaba, Mumbai, as well as the new Woodside Inn in Lower Parel. Martin Audio became the ‘go to’ brand for them.”

The Bandra unit now continues the proud tradition. Having now installed the Upper Level with Martin Audio, Zoodio are working on getting the lower level upgraded to the same brand.

Suffice it to say, the client is more than satisfied with the result. According to general manager, Dolphy Sequeira, “The system just sounds amazing, and we are really happy with the vocal clarity and the confidence the providers have given in terms of reliability.” He also added that guests have been enquiring about the speaker brand.

“The brand has helped us secure a highly positive response in all our places—right from the initial project at Andheri, Mumbai.”

They are now keen to standardise on Martin Audio as their exclusive loudspeaker brand.
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LEA Professional

Commercial Audio Systems | LEA Powers 150 Speakers In New Zealand Community Center

Commercial Audio Systems | LEA Powers 150 Speakers In New Zealand Community Centre

A newly built Community Centre in Auckland, New Zealand was established by the national charitable organization ISSO (International Swaminarayan Satsang Organisat-ion) to accommodate the organization’s rapidly growing numbers. The facility will soon provide vital resources to the ISSO group, allowing them to cater to the needs of the local community through health and wellness classes, music productions, weddings, large events and seminars. Local integrator Audio Connect had their first experience using LEA Professional technology on this commercial audio system, leading to exceptional results.

Let’s dive in!

THE SPEC

COMMERCIAL AUDIO SYSTEMS | LEA POWERS 150 SPEAKERS IN NEW ZEALAND COMMUNITY CENTRE

🏢 Venue: Swaminarayan Complex | Two-story Community Centre in New Zealand

👷‍♂️ Integrator: Audio Connect

🎶 Audio Spaces: 6 zones

🔊 Speakers: 150 in-ceiling and surface-mount Martin audio speakers

🦈 Product Used: CONNECTSERIES CS168D (qty 1), CS354 (qty 3), CS704 (qty 1) 

THE VENUE

COMMERCIAL AUDIO SYSTEMS | LEA POWERS 150 SPEAKERS IN NEW ZEALAND COMMUNITY CENTRE

The Swaminarayan Complex is a Community Centre venue that hosts a variety of guests from small to very large groups to have events like conferences, seminars, weddings and the like. It is designed to be modern yet connect to the architectural appearance of the temple which will be joined with the centre via a link building.

The construction comprises of two buildings – Main centre and Link building. The basement of the main building is meant to be a carpark with some storage spaces. Other areas are planned to be used as below:

Ground floor – Commercial kitchen with a large dining hall and two Multi-function rooms that can serve as classrooms for community education. Dining hall space is also designed to be converted to educational classes with the help of operable walls.

First floor – There will be a large hall, which can be converted into two smaller halls with operable walls. This floor also has two multi-function rooms, designed for corporate meetings and break out rooms for conferences.

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THE INTEGRATOR

COMMERCIAL AUDIO SYSTEMS | LEA POWERS 150 SPEAKERS IN NEW ZEALAND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Audio Connect is an Auckland based business specializing in the hire, sales and installation of professional sound systems, lighting, staging, dj equipment, projectors, and draping. We hire high-end speaker PA systems for bands, concerts, corporate events, conferences, weddings, birthdays and festivals no event is too small or too large.

We cater to anyone from individuals to large organizations, small or large events we can help with competitive pricing and high quality equipment.

Our philosophy has always been total commitment to the highest standards of service and support, together with competitive pricing, we are able to grow and build long-term business relationships with our clients.

THE INSTALL

COMMERCIAL AUDIO SYSTEMS | LEA POWERS 150 SPEAKERS IN NEW ZEALAND COMMUNITY CENTRE

For this new community centre project, Raj Morar, Manager at Audio Connect, worked with local distributor Jansen to source their audio equipment solutions. Jansen representatives recommended the LEA Professional Connect Series amplifiers as the perfect solution to address the challenges this installation presented.

For Morar, a project like this may have been relatively straightforward a few years ago, but now with the ever-present shadow of COVID and the battles of local lockdowns, time was of the essence.

“Being able to access the amplifiers and address all six zones from our phones via Wi-Fi, made the whole process a lot easier and quicker, ensuring we met our deadlines,” commented Morar.

This two-story centre uses five LEA Professional amplifiers in total — a Connect Series 168D, three Connect 354, and one Connect 704 — all configured to drive a mix of 150 in-ceiling and surface-mount Martin audio speakers.

As the installation continued during the lockdown in New Zealand, the team was able to use the LEA Professional Cloud platform to program the system off site, so when they were finally allowed to return, they weren’t under the same time pressure.

Another challenge of this project was to ensure that the venue was future-proofed. As the community centre will be used in the future to accommodate up to four to five different events at once, they needed the ability to matrix everything for any possible scenario.

“Giving the user the flexibility to be able to do whatever they wanted to do with the system was challenging,” said Morar. “We needed to ensure it would accommodate all their future needs and give them the channel configuration for any scenario. For this, the LEA technology, including the Smart Power Bridge, was fantastic, very friendly and easy to use.”

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THE CONCLUSION

COMMERCIAL AUDIO SYSTEMS | LEA POWERS 150 SPEAKERS IN NEW ZEALAND COMMUNITY CENTRE

While this was Audio Connect’s first experience with LEA Professional it hasn’t been their last. The team now specifies LEA Professional amplifiers on all their projects.

“The connectivity and flexibility of the LEA amplifiers allowed us to make this all work,” added Morar. “And as soon as we turned on the system and heard the sound quality, we and our customers were all blown away. We now routinely use LEA amplifiers on all our installs — LEA has definitely earned their spot as our amplifier manufacturer of choice.”

We’d like to thank Raj and his team at Audio Connect for choosing our amps for this killer installation and we hope that the audio systems will continue to deliver reliable audio for the local community for years to come.

If you have any questions or feedback about using amplifiers for commercial audio systems like this or any other projects, feel free to fill out the form below or reach out to us on our social media channels.

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Martin Audio

STAY HIGH AGENCY CHOOSES MARTIN AUDIO WPS FOR POLISH ROOF PARTIES

Stay High Agency, the Polish-based promoters and producers of a popular series of near legendary Roof Party events (which take place on the roofs of hotels and malls in their native city of Krakow) have taken delivery of a state-of-the-art Martin Audio Wavefront Precision WPS. The decision was made after Phono Media, Martin Audio’s Polish distributor, set up a demo.

The distributor confirms that the customer had already been “heavily oriented towards Martin Audio”. They add that “Stay High Agency started their adventure with Martin Audio solutions with CDD-LIVE before moving up to their first large-scale system. They first used this system on the Roof Party cycle.

The Agency purchased ten of the compact WPS enclosures, along with six SXC118 subwoofers, to be powered by three high-powered iK81 8-channel Class D amplifiers.

In addition they also ordered six of the Blackline XP12powered speakers, along with a pair of Blackline XP118subs, as well as a pair of CCD-LIVE 12 and SXP118 subwoofers.

The Agency’s new inventory of Martin Audio kit allows them to make a single large concert configuration for demanding clubbing events but also gives them the possibility of splitting the entire system into smaller configurations that can play simultaneously in different locations.

During the biggest of these events, the powered BlacklineX and CDD-LIVE can be used either as an additional zonal sound systems, or on the stage as a sidefills or wedges.

In addition to their Roof Parties, Stay High Agency also organises events under the ‘This Place’ banner, in such places as the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow, The Juliusz Sowacki Theater in the same city and legendary, historical Forum Hotel. They are also founders and operators of the unique concert and clubbing space Nowa Rezydencja (New Residence), who also chose sound solutions from Martin Audio.
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Martin Audio

BURNING THE FLOOR WITH DBS SOLUTIONS’ WPS OPTIMISED LINE ARRAY

Burn The Floor is a fast moving, high-intensity live dance show, which since its formation in 1997 (for Elton John’s birthday party) has performed in over 130 countries worldwide.

Martin Audio partner dBS Solutions first provided sound system support for their 2019 UK tour (with a W8LM line array) but when producers Strictly Theatre Company re-engaged dBS for the 2022 tour, they upgraded to their latest acquisition—Wavefront Precision WPS optimised line array, with scalable resolution—which was accoladed with the Queen’s Award for Innovation.

dBS Solutions MD Chris Bogg says that having previously provided sound reinforcement for the Kevin & Karen tour, featuring Strictly dancers Kevin Clifton and Karen Hauer, this has become a genre in which they have found themselves specialising. “Burn The Floor is loud, high energy rock music … a combination of live band, vocalists and music to track,” he explains.

The latest iteration—featuring a cast of up to 15 (including Kevin Clifton) has been touring UK theatres with up to 20 (2 x 10) WPS enclosures, four DD6 for front fills and four WS218X subs in L/R stacks, while in the stalls four XD15 fill any coverage gaps as necessary. The system is driven in 1-box resolution from iKON iK81 amplifiers, providing the highest level of control for coverage and consistency, with an iK42 assigned to the subs.

“I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER; WPS IS OUTSTANDING, AND I WILL HAPPILY SPEC THIS SYSTEM FOR FUTURE SHOWS.”

Joe Baker, System Engineer

Chris Bogg, who designed the system in conjunction with FOH sound engineer Joe Baker, confirmed that the producers have been hugely impressed with the sound system, particularly the evenness of coverage across venues’ entire seating area. “This became more evident at the two venues so far where we have had to play through house systems, and they have immediately noticed a huge difference.”

Joe Baker who shares duties with system/stage engineer James Malcolm, was equally effusive in his praise for the system. “WPS is perfect for the show, and we have received only compliments for the audio quality. The consistent coverage from the very front seat to the very back makes my life as an engineer extremely easy. Knowing every seat is getting the same experience means I can focus on mixing the show.”

Whatever configuration he applies, he is confident the mix that comes out will be 100% accurate. “I know when I open up the system for soundcheck I have very little or no changes to make. There is no compromise with power and tone.

“From design to rigging to soundcheck to show the consistency and intuitive workflow of DISPLAY 2 optimisation software and VU-NET control software and the physical array in the space is something I have never come across before. The results I get in DISPLAY 2 transfer perfectly into the physical environment without any need for adjustment or compromise, while loading the array preset is extremely easy.”

He goes on to say, “Drawing a slice of a venue couldn’t be simpler, and having the option of Survey mode makes the difficult venues easy to map out.This allows me to be extremely precise with what area I want covering and with the Hard Avoid feature this has come into its own with the acoustically challenging venues. The EQ optimisation tool is also truly amazing.”

In summary he says, “I couldn’t be happier; WPS is outstanding, and I will happily spec this system for future shows” … while colleague James Malcolm simply describes WPS as sounding “absolutely stonking.”

Photography by Filiz Moore.
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Sonance

SONANCE ADDS GENERATION AV FOR SONANCE, JAMES LOUDSPEAKER, & IPORT IN ASIA

Sonance is pleased to announce the appointment of Generation AV as the representative agency for Sonance, James Loudspeaker, and IPORT in Asia. Generation AV was founded by audio video veteran David McKinney, to serve the Asia Pacific market for the Professional & Residential Audio & Video industry.

With immediate effect, Generation AV, based in Singapore, will assume sales strategy, account management, and technical support duties for the Asian market.

“David McKinney and his team will be a great asset to our customers in Asia, serving both the commercial and residential markets,” says Kent Sheldon, VP International Sales, Sonance. “As we were looking for a way to become closer to our customers in Asia, and to be able to provide better support, Generation AV was the obvious choice.

Their understanding of the unique market dynamics and their reputation for providing the highest levels of customer service makes them an exciting addition to our team.”

“We are very pleased to be adding Sonance, James Loudspeaker, and IPORT to Generation AV’s portfolio,” says David McKinney.  “From a product, technology, and design perspective they have been leading the game in both the residential Custom Install market, and in the Commercial channel.  We see great opportunity for all three brands and look forward to expanding the customer network in Asia.  The Invisible Series has already experienced much success across various parts of Asia with many Luxury Retail and Hospitality installations, and the latest CONNECT PRO Series from IPORT is gathering a lot of attention.  We look forward to ensuring customers across the region have easy and immediate access to all these products and providing a first-class level of support.”

Sheldon added “As Sonance, James Loudspeaker, and IPORT look at our rapid growth in Asia, we are delighted to have a firm with the capabilities of Generation AV as our partner to continue that growth and provide enhanced levels of support to our customers”

David can be reached at: dmckinney@generationav.net

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