Thomas and the DMB have worked with UltraSound since early in the band's career, originally assembling a sound system based around Meyer Sound's unpowered MSL-3 reinforcement loudspeaker. Derek Featherstone, UltraSound's director of rentals and touring, says, "When Jeff Thomas and I first started talking eleven years ago about sound systems, the direction to go was with Meyer. A decade later when we were looking for a compact, high-powered, tour-friendly line array and Milo was on the market and proven in the field, it was a natural fit for the band."
"The tour carries 28 Milo cabinets, so we can hang as many as 14 per side," explains UltraSound systems engineer Tom Lyon. "At several of the larger venues we sub-rented a few more Milos, so we could hang 15 per side plus a Milo 120 (high-power expanded coverage curvilinear array loudspeaker) on the bottom.
"We still use MSL-10s and MSL-3s to cover the side and rear seats in arenas when 360 degree coverage is needed," adds Thomas. "The MSL-10 is great for getting extreme vertical dispersion, certainly exceeding 20 degrees. You can get that out of a line array, but you may have to turn it on its side!"
(Jim Evans)
