D.A.S. keeps the All-Star party tempo upbeat
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This was both a concert and a party for the celebrity-filled crowd in town for one of baseball’s major events. To ensure the best possible sound, loudspeakers from Valencia, Spain-based D.A.S. Audio were placed into service.
The Design Oasis, specialists in lighting, video, audio, staging and related AV equipment and applications, were contracted to provide sound for this year’s MLB Allstar Pre-game Celebration. The event’s designer, Marc Gambello from Event Management Group and Producer Barry Kates of Innovation Group were very clear on the need to have excellent audio quality during the show, along with clear, even coverage throughout the rest of the event while the DJ was playing.
After speaking with them, Abbas Ritscher, Design Oasis’ co-founder and CEO, specified an impressive assortment of loudspeakers drawn from D.A.S. Audio’s UX and Aero Series 2 product lines. This included eight Aero 40A powered, three-way line array enclosures, 26 Aero 20 powered line array elements, along with six UX-221 hi-power, ultra-low frequency sub bass enclosures. Ritscher discussed the project and his reason for deploying D.A.S. Audio loudspeaker systems.
“This year’s party was held in a very large tent,” Ritscher reports. “There were roughly 3,000 people in attendance - many of them celebrities - so it was critically important that the sound system be capable of addressing the crowd while also having consistent coverage throughout the area along with good music reproduction qualities and articulate speech characteristics. This is precisely why we used our D.A.S. equipment.”
The system for this year’s event used the Aero 40A line arrays as the house mains -with four enclosures each flown for the left and right sides. The 26 Aero 20A elements were used for several functions, including side-fills, out-fills, and front fills -as well as four stacks of delay loudspeakers. For low frequency support, the six UX-221 subwoofers were deployed three subs each for the left and right sides in a cardioid stack.
Ritscher concluded, “We couldn’t be happier with the result. We experienced crisp, clean sound throughout the venue - with more than enough bass to fill in the low end. It sounded great in front of the stage and it also sounded clear - but not overpowering - throughout the entire venue. The band’s management and my clients where all very happy with the results. To sum it all up, I’m really glad I went with an all D.A.S. rig for the show. It was perfect for this high-end event.”
(Jim Evans)
