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12 International News ABBA-Based Show Live On Stage with Riedel RockNet HAMBURG, Germany — PRG Germany is supporting a touring replica of ABBA’s 1979 performance at London’s Wembley Arena called ABBA — The Concert, by AbbAgain. The tour features more than a dozen musicians and 150 minutes of ABBA songs, and to distribute audio at the various tour locations, the show is using a RockNet digital audio network from Riedel Communications. To connect the stage and FOH into a single audio network, PRG Germany is using a set of three RockNet 100 interfaces, a costefficient alternative based on RockNet 300 technology. RockNet 100 provides 80 audio channels with 48 kHz/24 bit digital audio quality. The RockNet 100 interfaces are combined with six RockNet RN.141.MY interface cards for digital Yamaha consoles. RockNet‘s Independent Gain feature lets users control each input independently from various points of the network. This means different consoles can use the same input with different gain settings without a need for an additional passive splitter, simplifying installations. “Using RockNet makes the installation and configuration of the audio network for shows a breeze,” said Marco Mahl, account manager at PRG Germany. “The intuitive user interface of the devices allows for easy configuration even without a PC. Thanks to the modular approach we can easily add RockNet 300 modules such as a digital in/out interface to handle all our digital AES signals.” JANUARY 2011 www.fohonline.com ABBA — The Concert performed by AbbAgain Rubicon AS Purchases 36-Box Martin Audio MLA System OSLO, Norway — Rubicon AS purchased an MLA rig consisting of 20 MLA top boxes, 12 MLX subs, and four MLD Downfill enclosures from their local distributor, em nordic AS. The order follows major system purchases by launch customers Complete Audio of Germany and North Carolina-based Special Event Services (SES). By purchasing 36 enclosures, Rubicon, which handles a wide range of assignments from festivals to corporate events and one-off club gigs, will be able to divide the rig into two separate systems where necessary, having doubled up on the power distribution and control. Based in Oslo, Rubicon has been a regular customer of em nordic since the early 1990s. They were the first rental company in Norway to purchase a Martin Audio W8LC system, and they also have a large quantity of LE Series monitors as well as a W8LM rig. While they had been considering a larger main system, they had no immediate plans to supersede the W8LC — until MLA came along. As em nordic’s Øystein Wierli noted, he had the opportunity to hear the MLA at its first demo at London’s Earls Court a year ago. “I immediately informed Rubicon head of sound, Roar Ånestad, that the MLA system broke new ground and then had many long discussions with him about upgrading their main PA system,” said Wierli. Ånestad himself later attended an MLA demo and presentation in Antwerp, Belgium, and by September, the remainder of Rubicon’s sound department was sold on the system after attending R&D director Jason Baird’s seminar at September’s PLASA Show. By early November, Wierli and Ånestad were at the Martin Audio factory working out the final technical details, which would enable them to cater for smaller venues with the scaled down rig, while maintaining the capability of handling large venues like the 9,000-seat Oslo Spektrum with a single system. Martin Audio will support Rubicon with hands-on system training and tour support during the initial period, after which Øystein Wierli and his team at em nordic will take over. From left, Roar Ånestad, Rubicon; Øystein Wierli, em Nordic.
www.fohonline.com International News Barcelona’s BAM Festival Stages Use EAW and Lab.gruppen Sound Systems BARCELONA, Spain — The BAM (Barcelona Acciò Musical) Festival, which runs concurrently with the Spanish city’s traditional La Mercè celebrations, has attracted 120,000 music fans with mostly free, mostly open-air concerts throughout the downtown area. This year’s 18th annual BAM Festival included a host of European and American rock, hip-hop and dance artists, such as Goldfrapp, OK Go, Anti-Pop Consortium, Belle & Sebastian and El Guincho, and featured substantial Lab.gruppen-powered EAW P.A. systems on the MTV-BAM and Electro-BAM stages at the Parc del Fòrum. For the MTV-BAM stage (larger of the two), production sound company Focus, S.A. supplied an EAW speaker system including 12 KF760 long-throw line array modules, four KF730 compact line array modules and eight SB730 compact line array subwoofers per side, all under the control of UX8800 digital signal processors. Because of the size of the listening area that had to be covered, Focus designed the system to project the low frequencies, taking advantage of the omni-directional pattern of the KF760 below 150 Hz to provide additional coverage control. Alignment of the system was simplified by keeping the distance between the KF760/KF730 modules and the subs to just six feet. Nobel Peace Prize Concert Relies on Midas Consoles OSLO, Norway — The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Concert took place at the Oslo Spektrum in December, with the live show and broadcast once again handled by a network of Midas digital consoles. Norwegian audio company AVAB-CAC deployed two Midas XL8 live performance systems together with two PRO6s and one PRO9 live audio systems, making use of the AES50 networking capabilities. The setup was similar to the 2009 event, with three stages facilitating the rapid changeovers. FOH duties were handled by two XL8s, one taking care of the 72-piece Norwegian Radio Orchestra, leaving the second console free for visiting engineers and emcees. AVAB-CAC used 192 channels of Midas DL431 active mic splitter, plus a number of Midas DL451 and DL351 modular I/O devices, totalling nearly 400 inputs, all accessible to all five consoles via the AES50 network. Stage sound was provided by two PRO6s and a PRO9, one for each of the three stages, supplying numerous in-ear mixes for bands and orchestra, as well as to the multiple floor monitors across all three stages. Midas XL8s at FOH for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize concert Additional ground-stacked EAW subs boosted the low end. “It was a pop rock festival, so we designed a cardioid configuration with a ‘double line arc’ with 16 SB1000z [large format subwoofers], which delivered an incredible punch in the central area, where most of the audience was located,” said Pepe Ferrer of Focus S.A. The system also included an infill of KF750 High Output Array Loudspeakers in a left-right configuration with four KF730 modules for mono voice front fill. The entire EAW system was powered by Lab.gruppen’s FP+ Series and fP Series amplifiers. Twelve FP 10000Q and pair of FP 13000, along with several racks each of FP 4000 and fP 3400, provided over 80 reliable channels of sound for the main FOH system, including the additional ground stacked subs. Additional racks containing a mix of FP+ and smaller fP Series models handled the infill and sidefill arrays and mono voice front fill. Both the EAW and Lab. gruppen products were supplied to Focus, S.A. by Spain-based Pro3 & Co. The MTV-BAM stage at the Barcelona Acciò Musical Festival 2011 JANUARY 13
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