Chinese violin artist Ms. Song Fei's Along the River During the Qingming Festivalmusical was based on the famous painting that was made nearly a thousand years ago. This performance combined music with image to create a tremendously authentic spectacle, leading the audience to walk through that period of time. SongFei's musical played two days in November, at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China.
Combining audio and visual without disturbing the integral aesthetics was the first consideration of the director.
Chief sound designer Mr. Tian explains why he chose an Alcons solution: "The Alcons QR24 pro-ribbon line-source column is especially suitable for these kinds of performances in theaters, as its low profile does not affect the decoration of the stage scenery."
In this musical, a total of 12 Alcons QR24 pro-ribbon array columns and four Alcons BF362 subwoofers were deployed to cover the auditorium. The QR24 comprises four 6.5" woofers with two 12" proprietary RBN1203 pro-ribbon tweeters; The BF362 features double 18" woofers in X-venting configuration. All speaker systems were driven by Alcons Sentinel 10 4-channel DSP amplified loudspeaker controllers, with 192kHz AES3 inputs.
The music melted into the scene with Alcons' high-resolution sound reproduction and Mr. Tian gave a thumbs-up for Alcons' excellent performance. "Alcons really surprised me; When I set up an Alcons sound system, the only thing I need to do is to recall the right factory setting in the processor and what I got is crystal-clear Hifi sound without any EQ or adjustment needed."
(Jim Evans)
