"We recently provided sound reinforcement for a major US-based agribusiness company's worldwide town hall meeting, held in the large auditorium at their headquarters in Decatur, Illinois," reports Benny Oldenburg of EAR. "Various executives presented on lavalier mics, including the CEO, so impeccable vocal reproduction, as always, was critical. Complete audio coverage was needed for the 'in the round' audience, bearing in mind they would be participating in an inbound and outbound Q&A discussion translated into eight languages. Basically, the sound quality needed to be consistent with the tone and content of the event."
Engineered Audio Rentals deployed a combined total of 22 Phoenix PX1122M and PX1152M boxes: "The room was arranged 'in the round,' and we used the PX1152M boxes for the main PA, flown on the circular lighting truss overhead," says Oldenburg. "The strong-arm rigging hardware made it simple to hide the boxes discreetly overhead, creating a nice 'heard but not seen' effect."
(Jim Evans)
