AMNEVILLE, France — Adamson Energia beta partners MPM and Waveform Audio provided Energia e15 speakers for the Sonisphere Festival, which was staged here July 7-8. The lineup of rock and metal artists included Faith No More, Marilyn Manson, Wolfmother, Machine Head and others.
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Chief Audio designer, Waveform’s Julien Poirot comments, “The E15 is just a perfect PA. There is amazing headroom and precision in the low frequency with a very powerful and clean mid/high section. This is just the Adamson touch.” Julien’s design was executed with Adamson’s new software suite, Blueprint AV.
Machine Head FOH Engineer Craig “Bozz” Porter commented, “I’m really interested in the E15 now, I love the Y18’s with the T-21’s (Subs), but the E15 with the T21’s is the best Adamson rig I’ve heard.” Bozz had some time to evaluate and test the E15’s: “I got to feel it out and make some changes to see how it reacted, just basic stuff I normally do and specific things I do to specific PA’s. I was very happy with the fidelity of the E15”. Bozz also mentioned how it’d be fantastic to have the system out on tour, to really familiarize him with it.
The main “Apollo” stage was setup inside an arena, with the B stage setup outside surrounded by amenities and camping.
The Apollo stage was covered by 12 E15’s per side with 2 Metrix 15-degree enclosures as down fill and 20 Y10 enclosures for each out fill array. The stage measured 20 m (66 ft) wide by 19m (64ft) deep and utilized a stereo center fill, with two arrays of six 5 degree SpekTrix enclosures. On the ground 9 T-21 Subs were stacked per side in columns of 3, with an additional 2 T21’s placed in the center. Between the center subs and side subs, 4 risers were erected with a single SpekTrix Sub and 2 SpekTrix 5 degree enclosures stacked for fill. Additional Metrix cabinets were also placed on the main T21 columns for fill. On the stage 2 M15’s with 2 stacked Metrix subs were used for line check, another 24 M15’s were used for stage monitoring, as well as 2 double 18” SpekTrix subwoofers for drum fill. Side fills on stage consisted 4 flown Y10’s with 2 ground stacked T21subs per side.
The B stage featured 8 E15’s per side and 6 T21 Subs per side with 4 SX18 Front fills, and 2 Metrix W for Lip fills. The PA was set-up for an audience of 6000, but on the second day of the festival, the organizer decided to move as many acts inside as possible, as incredibly heavy winds battered the stage. Unfortunately some bands did not play, but given recent tragedies around the world, it was the responsible action to take.
