What initially started out as a single-year performance contract was recently extended an additional three years prompting Knight's monitor tech, John Wrote, to specify an improved monitor system for the diva. As a result, Wrote, who also serves as concert touring operations foreman for ProMix Electrotec's Las Vegas office, spearheaded the early-June installation of a new loudspeaker set-up comprising half a dozen L Acoustics ARCS loudspeakers, flown three per side as side-fills for Knight, and eight 115FM floor wedges used by her band.
"The Flamingo Showroom actually hosts three different performances a day with Gladys' being the middle one, so our entire monitor system is portable and gets struck after every show," says Wrote. "That was one of the reasons we went with the L Acoustics' system - the compact size and weight of the ARCS cabinets allow them to travel in and out on stage pipes, yet their size doesn't come at a compromise to either audio quality or coverage." Elliott Peters, who has worked with Knight on and off for 16 years, is now once again back on-board serving as the production's monitor engineer, and aside from the ARCS and 115FMs, ProMix Electrotec also provided power and processing for the loudspeakers, as well as a new monitor console.
(Ruth Rossington)
