LOS ANGELES — Pro Media/UltraSound supplied a Meyer Sound MILO line array system to support the return of The Dead with the band’s first concert tour in five years. The 2009 outing, with 22 shows in 17 cities, is taking place more than 45 years after the original band, the Grateful Dead, performed their first concert.
The line array system used for the tour is designed to provide up to 360-degree coverage for the tour’s multiple arena dates, included main left and right arrays of 16 MILO and two MILO 120 line array loudspeakers each.
Left and right side arrays of 10 MILO and two MILO 120 loudspeakers each were augmented by identical arrays covering far left and far right areas, for a total of 72 MILO and 12 MILO 120 loudspeakers in all.
The rear areas were served by left and right arrays of 12 MICA line array loudspeakers each. Low frequencies were ably handled by 16 700-HP subwoofers, with eight each flown below the main MILO arrays.
An additional nine M3D-Sub directional subwoofers were groundstacked at the stage. Left and right frontfills of three CQ-1 loudspeakers each and a pair of UPJ-1P VariO loudspeakers for centerfill completed the setup.
“The Meyer Sound system provided us with a consistent, clean, and powerful image across a wide range of venues,” said FOH engineer Derek Featherstone, who used a pair of HD-1 audio monitors at the mix position. “Even with more than 90 open microphones on the stage, we had very little leakage back onto the PA system.”
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