TobyMac and Blackhawk tour with ADAPTive
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“The tour is a large and complicated audio deployment; the sound system has to be up and out of the way of the many video screens, yet still provide massive power and clarity to the audience,” says Rick Shimer owner of Blackhawk Audio. “We knew EAW’s ADAPTive could handle our needs and consistently deliver the coverage we needed regardless of the size or shape of the venue. The system has delivered and the sound that we are getting is amazing."
The Hits Deep 2020 tour travels with 24 Anya modules, 24 Anna modules and 12 Otto subwoofers. Both the Anya and Anna feature individually powered and processed transducers; each Anya consists of 22 while each Anna has 14.
Time and cost savings extend into the tuning and setup. “Because it hangs straight and doesn’t need physical angles between boxes, it saves a great deal of time during load in and load out,” says FOH engineer Pat Haapanen. “Before we load in we create a model of the venue in EAW’s Resolution software. Once we define the coverage area and enter the array locations, the software optimizes the processing for each transducer to fit the audience area with no physical angle calculations or moving pins between the boxes. If something changes or we need to adjust coverage, we just click and drag the coverage area and within seconds, it’s ready to go.”
Haapanen has also been very impressed with how the system sounds. “I think the Anya, Anna and Ottos sound fantastic. The very front rows are so much more accurate/equal to FOH and the rest of the venue, more so than I’ve ever been able to achieve with any mechanically aimed system. Everyone’s mixes sound great. You can pick out individual instruments easily and everything fits together nicely. The EAW’s shine in the big, noisy rooms that are known to be awful for audio.”
(Jim Evans)
