Canegreen has underlined its position as a leading concert sound company - and one of the biggest Meyer Sound users - by specifying a 40-cabinet Meyer Sound Labs M3D Line Array system for this year’s Capital FM Party in the Park for the Prince’s Trust in London’s Hyde Park. The system was supplied by Meyer Sound Labs’ UK distributor, Autograph Sales Ltd. A total of 24 international acts, including Tom Jones, Ricky Martin, Gerri Halliwell, Jamiroquai, Usher and Wyclef Jean, entertained an estimated 100,000-strong crowd through a Canegreen-specified system that comprised 16 M3D cabinets per side on the main stage, with a further eight M3Ds and six M3D-Subwoofers behind the mix tower. This impressive rig was augmented with eight Meyer SB-1 parabolic soundbeam systems, six MSL-2, 36 x MSL-4, six MSL-6 and 24 x 650-P Subs, confirming that the new Meyer system is completely compatible with their existing range of self-powered Concert Series products.

Canegreen’s managing director Yan Stile has no reservations about the performance of the M3D system on the day: "The M3D is a lovely-sounding system and worked better than we could have expected. With all Meyer’s innovations, a line array configuration and 145dB per box, it can throw forever - so we had more than enough headroom, although I have to admit we had to back the level off at times during the show."

Yan states that the coherence with Canegreen’s considerable inventory was another good reason for choosing the Meyer array. "As one of the world’s busiest concert sound system suppliers, we have to choose new systems carefully. I make no secret of the fact that we got the M3D line array without even hearing it, but as it was guaranteed to work with all our other Meyer gear, it was the obvious choice. Also, John Meyer is a fantastic loudspeaker designer and never compromises - so we knew it would be the best. Of course people would expect me to say good things after 17 successful years using Meyer systems, but it’s guys like Capital Sound who’ve decided to switch to the M3D after in-depth independent research that tell the full story."


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