SOUND SYSTEMS

ALTON TOWERS '99 - Pop sensation, Bryan Adams, appeared for one day on July 24th at the Alton Towers arena in Staffordshire. Providing the Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeaker system for the concert event was Canegreen of London who supplied 3 MSL-6s, 5 DS-2Ps and 10 MSL-4s on either side of the stage, with 8 650-Ps situated under each of the flown systems.
"While testing the system we found that the coverage was good in all areas of the arena," said Yan Stile of Canegreen. "Both the organizer and promoter's representative were present when we ran the system up and both commented on how good the Spl, range and coverage were throughout the venue.

Designing the PA for the one-day concert event was Andrew Frengley of Canegreen and Tony Zabo, sound technician for the Bryan Adams tour.

BANGALORE '01 - To cover the vast audience area - about 250 feet wide and almost 400 feet deep - Reynold configured a large Meyer Sound main system supplemented by delay towers. The two main clusters comprised thirty-two MSL-4s and sixteen DS-4Ps, with pairs of CQ-1 and CQ-2 provided for side and center front fills respectively. For bottom end, the system offered twenty 750-P powered subwoofers. (A variant of the 650-P originally developed for cinema applications, the 750-P offers extended very low frequency response.) To supplement the band's own in-ear monitors, Reynold provided a pair of UPA-1Ps and a 750-P for each side of the stage. Four delay towers, placed two per side about 120 feet back, each carried four MSL-4 cabinets.

Following the show, Adams' audio crew chief and FOH technician, Tony Szabo, was effusive in his praise for the Reynold crew and their Meyer system. "The show went very well," says Szabo, "and the audio was on a par with some of the best shows we have done around the world. I was particularly impressed with the service-oriented attitude of the Reynold crew. When it came to aligning all the zones, SIM® engineer Michael Furtado was a step ahead of me in getting the system working cohesively. As a result, the system sounded great and covered everyone in the venue."
Szabo left Bangalore with a new perspective on the capabilities of Indian sound hire companies. "We have used Meyer in many countries around the world," he sums up, "but I can say this was one of the best-sounding Meyer rigs we have heard."

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