Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine-based Indigo Music Companywhich handles a wide range of projects encompassing live sound for concerts, commercial installations, as well as broadcast and telecommunications applications, was contracted to provide sound reinforcement for the event.
Company president Dmitry Lokshin reports, "One of the biggest obstacles we faced on this concert was the relatively short amount of time between the performances of the different artists. There really wasn't time to make major system changes between each act. For this reason, we needed a versatile sound system that had the long throw and broad horizontal dispersion characteristics required to cover a crowd this large that was capable of handling a wide range of musical styles. The D.A.S. system we assembled, which used Aero 48 line array elements as the centrepiece, was the ideal choice for this concert."
The primary system Lokshin and his crew deployed for The Hits of the 80s included 32 D.A.S. Audio Aero 48 line array cabinets - flown 16 modules per left-right side at a height of 12.5m Lokshin says that his company installed the D.A.S. high frequency upgrade kit which includes the new M-75N drivers in all of the Aero 48 systems. Designed for use in applications where high SPL and low distortion are required, the new drivers made an impact on the sound. "The upgraded Aero 48s sounded terrific," says Lokshin. "The sound was clean and powerful-and both the spectators and the various sound engineers quickly took notice."
Complementing the Aero 48s, low frequency support was provided by 24 D.A.S. Audio LX-218 subwoofers, positioned across the front of the stage. Further, Storm-Line & Miraldi V.S.'s crew deployed 12 Aero CA-28A powered, two-way mid-high line array modules - six per side - as an outfield system for supplemental coverage. For side-fills, the setup included four D.A.S. Audio Compact 2, three-way mid-high enclosures, four Compact 218 Sub 2K powered subwoofers, four of D.A.S. Audio's new Sub 18G passive subwoofers featuring a bass reflex enclosure and an 18-inch driver, and two Rf-15.64 2-way enclosures.
(Jim Evans)
