North Carolina Museum opts for Martin Audio
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Asked to describe the current system, RMB’s Tobias Cannady says: “We’d originally used speakers stacked but then negotiated for the ability to fly MLA Compact for an improve the Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Theatre is known for its summer concert series.
“The set-up includes eight flown MLA Compact cabinets per side with four Martin Audio DSX subs ground-stacked on each side of the stage and CDD-LIVE 15’s for side fills and delays.
“There’s been a significant improvement in several areas with the new system,” Cannady continues. “Even though the stage is lower than most of the seating, the MLA Compact system is able to throw much further, with a more cohesive sound quality while cleaning up the area in front of the stage which can sound muddy.
“Overall, visiting sound engineers and artists have been very impressed with MLA Compact. Everyone is very happy with the coverage, control and audio quality we can provide for them.”
RMB owner/founder Cooper Cannady adds, “We’d been aspiring to fly a system at the site for years, an idea which was not well received initially because the theatre is a North Carolina government facility with its own rules.
“Finally, our discussions led to a structural engineer coming in and approving load points and we were able to move ahead with flying a system. In this case, it was the MLA Compact that was also a really good match for Martin Audio’s CDD-LIVE 15’s that we deploy as out-fills and delays.
“So, we put it up last year for a number of shows and the system won the approval as the only one they wanted to use, which was a major achievement for us. We were also using MLA Mini as an out-fill instead of their out-fill system for a number of months, so everything changed to Martin Audio MLA technology in 2017, a win-win for the museum, amphitheatre and us.”
(Jim Evans)
