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The Colisée de Roubaix in
France recently installed an S-
Series loudspeaker system from
Adamson Systems Engineering to
enhance the myriad of productions
presented in its historic 1,700-seat main
theatre.
“We chose Adamson’s S-Series sys-
tem as it delivers world-class sound in a
compact, rider-friendly cabinet that meets our needs and the needs of any visiting engineer,” says Franck Minet, head of sound at the venue.
The hall employs a scalable design that can transform from a left-right array configuration with six Adamson S10 two-way, full range
cabinets per side to left-centre-right arrays of four S10s each. Four ground-stacked S119 subwoofers per side handle low end for the main
level. Additional arrays of four S10s cover the balcony along with two flown S119s in a cardioid configuration under the catwalk.
LORDE’S FOH ENGINEER PHILIP J. HARVEY
Along for the ride on Lorde’s international Melodrama tour is FOH
engineer Philip J. Harvey, who is mixing the first international tour to
use L-Acoustics’ new L-ISA Live multichannel immersive technol-
ogy.
L-ISA Live uses multi-array “scene” technology to distribute up
to 96 objects (console channels) across the full width of the perfor-
mance space in either wide or focused deployments, depending on
the show requirements. It handles object panning, spatial configura-
tion, and 3D processing. “The L-ISA goal is to widen the venue sweet
spot by expanding the mix over the entire floor, using multiple
hangs,” explains Harvey. “Each input is sent post-processing, post-
fader into the L-ISA processor and each one shows up on the L-ISA
controller as a dot that you can position as you want – like mixing
via coordinates. The clarity you get with single source coming out of
single point across the front of the stage is amazing.”
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