Maestro Sound & Lighting Company located in Bahrain, was the provider of sound, lighting and video backdrops for the major force of the Indian music industry, with the help of tour manager Vincent Rodrigues and event manager Shafiq of Regency group, who helped coordinate the event.
Maestro achieved "excellent sound quality" at the Doha International Tennis Court, which holds approximately 10,000 people. The venue was not originally designed for outdoor music events, and suffers from unflattering architecture, reverberation and bad acoustics, for such an application. Employing Maestro's recently acquired Adamson speaker system, Promod, Sonu's front house engineer, had a fulfilling first experience using Y-Axis series consisting of 16 Y18, 16 Y10, 10 T21, and 4 M15 monitors on stage.
Lab.Gruppen Amplifiers and XTA Processors were used with the entire speaker system, as well as a Yamaha PM5D RH desk at FOH, specked by Promod. David Dohrman, Adamson Europe's applications engineer, created a PA design to solve previous problems known to the venue. Using Adamson's shooter software David took on problem spots, and executed a final design.
The main PA was a L & R, low-flown system, each hang consisting of four Y18 ,with a four Y10 under-hang. The side PA was made up of four Y18 per side which was held up by a hoist, but was set on the stage in a configuration similar to a ground stack, in order to achieve a heavily up-tilted orientation. A fill PA consisting of four Y10 per side was installed on the balcony to cover the upper bleachers, and T21 subs were distributed in multiple stacks on the ground.
(Jim Evans)
