Brown Note on song with L-Acoustics
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Brown Note’s inaugural order was nothing short of massive and included 48 K1, 36 K2, 36 Kara and six ARCS II enclosures, 36 KS28, 24 K1-SB and eight SB18 subs, and 21 LA-RAK II touring racks containing a collective total of 63 LA12X amplified controllers. At the same time, the company also added two Avid S6L-32 and two S6L-24 consoles, as well as one DiGiCo SD10 and three new SD12 desks.
And Red Rocks is hardly Brown Note’s sole client. This year, the company has been out on national tours with Gorillaz, Flume, Death Cab for Cutie, Bonobo, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats, Snoop Dogg, Cut Copy, The String Cheese Incident, Misterwives and Mike Posner, just to name a few.
Brown Note also provides full stage PAs, along with lighting and video production, for many festivals across the country, including Welcome to Rockville and Chicago Open Air. BNP additionally served as the audio provider this year for North Coast Music Festival, Decadence, Carolina Rebellion, Global Dance Festival, Bonanza Festival, Northwest String Summit, Summer Meltdown Festival and Velorama Festival.
“We purchased this system to support our touring and festival clients, many of whom were specifically requesting L-Acoustics,” shares BNP Co-owner Sara Knutson, who founded the company in 2004 with her husband, Ryan. “We also wanted to bring K1 into Denver to meet the needs of the local K1/K2 users and tours that were coming through.
“We have been looking to add another ‘flavour’ to our PA inventory for a few years now and L-Acoustics was naturally at the top of our list. We decided to wait for the announcement and scheduled release of the LA12X amps and KS28 subs. The LA12X offers increased DSP capabilities, faster power delivery and transient response, while the incredibly powerful KS28 is one of the best subwoofers in the world, so we were willing to wait in order to move forward with the newest and most progressive products. And we have had a bunch of engineers who are now very happy that we did.”
“We are thrilled to finally have Brown Note Productions join our Certified Provider family,” enthuses L-Acoustics regional sales manager Paul Tillman. “Getting to know Sara and Ryan over the last four years while watching Brown Note grow into a truly world-class production services company under their leadership, I knew it was only a matter of time before we struck the right chord. We look forward to working with them as they expand L-Acoustics’ presence in the Mountain States and beyond!”
(Jim Evans)
