Robert Ausmus, director of production services, LD Systems reports: "We use our EV rigs for our most important projects and the new FIR filter technology has taken the system performance to a whole new level. We used NetMax N8000 (digital DSP/matrix controller) systems with FIR-Drive for the first time at our biggest annual event - the Houston Rodeo - and were very pleased with the results.
"On this tour we're running all DSP via NetMax, all managed with IRIS-Net control and monitoring software. We've cut down on hardware considerably - removing racks full of DSP from the equation -while optimizing the performance of an already great-sounding PA. Our investment in EV keeps evolving and keeps getting better, which is exciting. The system keeps getting more streamlined, while offering better control and performance. I've heard nothing but rave reviews about our system, both from our clients and from a number of my closest 'critical listener' friends in the business."
The Symphony Tour's sound system features members of all three EV line array families. The main PA consists of 32 Xvls (16 per side), 24 Xsub (12 per side), and 12 XLE181 (with their own custom FIR-drive presets) for front-fills. Eight XLD281 provide stage side fills; 16 Xvls (eight per side) act as side-arrays. The entire PA is powered by 80 P3000RL remote-control amplifiers serving up a secondary level of DSP for both time-alignment and finite EQ touch-up.
(Jim Evans)
