Adamson's application engineer, Ewan McDonald travelled to Audio Systems the week before their first tour on the E15's, for a two-day intensive training course covering all aspects of the new E15 system. Topics included 3D simulation in Adamson's new Blueprint AV software suite, design principles of the E15, preset management, and alignment.
McDonald explains, "All the system engineers had hands on training rigging the system to ensure the array was flown safely and quickly and needless to say, all were extremely impressed with the new Autolock rigging system."
Audio Systems took delivery of their first Adamson system in 2001 for a Juan Gabriel show in Arena Monterrey. This time around the Energia system was specified by the Mexican tour of 'Dos Pájaros Contraatacan' ('Two Counter Attacking Birds') which began in Puebla on 15 October, and ended in Aguascalientes on 1 November. This Latin, Rock, and Trova band stopped in various types of venues along the tour; the smallest being an indoor auditorium for 5000 people, the largest, a 20,000-person outdoor Amphitheater in Chihuahua.
The system details varied from show to show, the largest being the Chihuahua show which featured additional delay PA made up of Adamson Y10's. The mains during all stops were Adamson E15's flown with SpekTrix as front-fills, Y10's as side-fills, flown and stacked T21's for sub extension, and M15 monitors on the stage. All venue designs were mapped out using the 'Bluprint AV' suite.
The tour's System Tech Jorge 'Mortis' Sánchez Montes comments, "It was our first time using the Adamson Energia system, and on the first tour dates we were on installed house systems. On the dates with the Energia system, we really loved it. The E15 is very fast to setup and it sounds very good. In fact I feel that it has better throw, higher SPL and delivers smoother coverage than other systems. It really grabs you. It is my favorite of the 'newly' launched systems."
(Jim Evans)
