The memorial concert, presided over by the German foreign minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, took place in the recently closed Tempelhof Airport. Responsibility for the sound reinforcement in the 800-seat Departures Hall, which, due to its sheer size posed a considerable challenge, fell to the Berlin events service provider TSE AG.
FOH engineer Nils Uthoff and monitor engineer Ben Spindler opted to cover the event with an Electro-Voice XLD system comprising 24 enclosures driven by TG7 amps. The system was controlled via IRIS-Net. This marked the first time EV's newly developed FIR presets had ever been used in combination with an XLD array.
TSE AG director Marcel Fery comments: "We were completely convinced by the new development. FIR-drive led to a significant improvement in sonic quality, and the difference it made in this acoustically challenging venue was very marked."
(Jim Evans)
