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EVENT FOCUS IMAGINE DRAGONS CHOOSES ADAMSON & SOUND IMAGE Imagine Dragons have gone from playing basements and dive bars to filling major arenas in the space of 10 years. For their Evolve World Tour in 2017, it was an Adamson E-Series system rocking the crowds from continent to continent. “Adamson is always my first choice when it comes to Imagine Dragons,” began FOH Engineer Scott Eisenberg. “The E-Series offers a perfect blend of power and musicality and I love the overall impact we get with this system.” The tour was the band’s biggest to date in terms of scale and overall production value and featured a stage design that wrapped the audience around the band in an almost 360-degree configuration. That necessitated an equally unorthodox audio system design with a package that, like those for all of the band’s previous production-carrying tours, was supplied by Escondido, California’s Sound Image. The main hangs for the Evolve World Tour were comprised of 18 Adamson E15’s per side, suspended around 30ft further upstage than usual. Using Adamson’s Blueprint AV software, Systems Engineer, Cameron Whaley, of Sound Image was easily able to avoid the potential pitfalls of that configuration. Rounding out the package were side hangs of 6 E15’s and 9 E12’s per side, and rear hangs comprised of 8 compact S10 2-way, full-range cabinets per side. Adamson’s E219 subwoofers handled the low end, with flown left and right arrays of 12 cabinets and an additional 6 per side on the ground. Speaking to the low-end distribution, Whaley said the elaborate sub design produced some very welcome results. “Having a sub array long enough to achieve some directionality, we can get a good amount of energy to the back of the room without it being overwhelming in the front,” he explained. “By playing with the timing of the ground subs to the flown subs, we can also fill in some of the holes between the power alleys on the floor.” As far as what made the E-Series the ideal choice for this trek - and every major Imagine Dragons tour before it - Eisenberg said it’s largely about power and consistency. “I really like that it’s got a lot of horsepower, especially in the mains’ lower midrange,” he commented. “The highs are clear but not harsh, and when the subs kick in, there’s just some really solid energy that hits you in the best way possible.” He added that the uniformity when transitioning from the E15’s to the E12’s and S10’s in different parts of the room is seamless. “I love that the quality and performance is consistent across the board with the E-Series and S-Series,” Eisenberg said. “That’s a welcome bit of reassurance that we’re delivering great and consistent sound to every corner of any given venue.” Working together, Imagine Dragons, Sound Image, and their respective teams provided powerful live rock music for thousands of people around the globe at a time where it’s seemingly in short supply. Fortunately for the band’s ever-growing fanbase; they don’t show any signs of slowing down. <strong>TPi</strong> www.imaginedragonsmusic.com www.adamsonsystems.com www.sound-image.com 16
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