ATLANTA – AEE Productions provided the P.A. for this year's graduation ceremony for Spelman College at the Georgia International Convention Center, where First Lady Michelle Obama served as keynote speaker. The setup included EAW's KF740 line array and SB1000z subwoofers.
Held in a 200-by-420-foot hall that holds more than 10,000 people, AEE Productions provided 16 EAW KF740 three-way full range line array loudspeakers flown in two line arrays on both sides of the 60-foot-wide stage. The crew also set up and stacked 16 EAW SB1000z large format subwoofers on the stage.
In addition, AEE used a pair of the EAW's new KF394 line array modules as an outfill on the wings of the main line array, positioned three feet behind and two feet to the side of the line array hangs. They also set up eight EAW KF730 compact line array modules as delay speakers, set approximately 225 feet back from the front of the stage.
The P.A. system was processed and controlled using EAW's UX8800 Digital Signal Processor with proprietary EAW Focusing.
"The entire system sounded fantastic, particularly the new KF394 speakers," said West Brothers, co-owner of AEE Productions. "You could hear every word clearly, and the 394s really filled up the sides of the room smoothly and evenly."
"Even at the FOH position, I could still hear the 394s," said Gregory Skeete, AEE's head systems engineer. "The great thing about them was they offer high volume but are never harsh-sounding," he added, calling them "an excellent complement for the KF740s."
Skeete noted that the audio signal was all-digital, from the processors to the Avid Profile FOH console, and that the EAW UX8800 processors kept the sound controlled and even-sounding. "It was a system that did everything it was called on to do – deliver great, intelligible sound and distribute it evenly. Everyone heard every word Mrs. Obama said."
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