The live stage production is similar to a television variety show, with many elements from Late Night With Conan O'Brien including sidekick Andy Richter and members of the show's band. The tour also includes video bits, musical and comic performances and cameo appearances by celebrities, while O'Brien himself performs music throughout the production.
Before shipping out the Vertec line arrays to Los Angeles for initial rehearsals, Audio Analysts fine-tuned the entire system at its headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. "The reliable performance of the Vertec line arrays enabled us to pre-design Conan's touring system with confidence," said Mario Leccese, VP of oOperations for Audio Analysts. "As a longtime Vertec owner, we are confident that we can achieve even coverage and controllable sound in any environment."
The main PA system consists of 24 JBL VT4889 full size line array loudspeakers flown in left and right columns, 12 ground-stacked JBL VT4880 fullsize, arrayable subwoofers and four JBL VT4887 compact line array elements placed as front-fills. Seventeen Crown I-Tech 4000 and 11 I-Tech 8000 amplifiers power the system, which is configured via Harman HiQnet System Architect software for remote control and monitoring.
(Jim Evans)
