Samuel Songis, production manager at Meudon performing arts and culture centre reports, "We had 10 years of great service from our trusty APG DS15s which were flown in pairs from the proscenium arch. They've always performed exceptionally well, apart from the more 'rock 'n' roll' shows where, it has to be said, they lacked a bit of power and dynamic, especially for the vocals. That said, rock 'n' roll was never meant to be the principal application for DS15s, and they performed impeccably for everything else, so it was perfectly logical to go back to APG to see what they'd been cooking over the last ten years."
AV integrators D6BEL, who have been working with Meudon for a number of years, assisted by APG's product manager Matthieu Delquignies, organised a demo of the Uniline compact line array system in the theatre. "The results were more than satisfactory," confirmed Songis. "The sound was homogenous across the spectrum, and the horizontal and vertical coverage was extremely impressive."
The full system comprises four UL210 mid/hi cabinets and two UL115B bass cabinets per side, flown from the proscenium arch, and two SUB238S subs beneath the stage. A pair of DS15s (one per side) act as side-fills supplemented by four APG DS8s for front-fill. A further four DS8s are deployed as balcony-fills on a delay.
Processing is courtesy of three APG DMS26 digital system processors and amplification from Lab.gruppen C Series amplifiers. The monitor system utilizes six DS15s, four DS15Rs and four APG Micro Series MC24 loudspeakers designed specifically for vocal reinforcement.
(Jim Evans)
