With stages at either end of the 400ft long Herbst Pavilion, and a third in the middle, Pro Media/UltraSound sound designer Mike Brady outfitted both end stages with left and right hangs of six M'elodie line array loudspeakers and two 700-HP subwoofers. Three staggered stereo pairs of legacy MSL-2A loudspeakers in either direction provided distributed delay for each stage. A Galileo loudspeaker management system using two Galileo 616 processors controlled system drive and processing, allowing for instant recall of three different delay snapshots, one for each stage.
"For the centre stage, each of the middle delays essentially became the mains," Brady explains. "We were broadcasting live, with production cues down to the second, and the Galileo allowed us to throw it to any stage at the touch of a button. It was seamless." The house and visiting FOH engineers mixed on two Yamaha PM5D consoles from a mezzanine level above the center stage.
Outside the pavilion, the two-hour preshow event encompassed seven stages with a diverse roster of performers. Each of the outdoor stages was also equipped with Meyer Sound systems.
(Jim Evans)
