HORSHAM, PA – Bauder Audio Systems, which has provided audio production services to the greater Philadelphia area for more than 30 years, recently expanded its rental inventory of NEXO line array products, including 22 GEO S1210s, two GEO S1230s, eight of the new RS18 Ray Subs and six NX4x4 amplifiers.
"We bought the quantities we did to be able to split it in two equal rigs or act as one large system," said Brian Naab, production manager. "The sound, price, weight and reliability were big factors, as was the U.S. distribution by Yamaha," Naab added, also crediting the RS18 for "the quality of the bass, SPL output, and flexibility. Being able to run them in Cardioid or Omni mode depending on the venue was a plus.
"As a production manager, one of the biggest benefits to me with NEXO is the software," Naab continued. "I can model a room after a sight survey and know what the PA will do for my client before sending it out with the crew." He credited GeoSoft2 as "amazingly accurate and reliable in the vertical plane. The NS1 has made it better by adding bass and vastly improving the horizontal prediction. Our guys love the PA and can walk into any venue and fly or stack it without guessing or wasting time with trial and error."
For a sold out show in late November held at the College of New Jersey's Kendall Hall, which featured Mute Math, Plain White T's, and All Time Low, PA consisted of six GEO S1210s ground stacked per side, two RS18s per side, two GEO S830s used for front fill and three NX4x4 amplifiers.
Bauder Audio's current inventory of Yamaha products includes eight PC9501N amplifiers, three Yamaha PM5D-RH digital consoles, three M7CL-48 consoles, three DM1000s, and the soundco will typically run a full EtherSound network using a Yamaha console for the events it supports.
"After years of reliability from our Yamaha PM4000s, PM5000 and racks full of effects processors, when the live audio world really embraced digital consoles 8 to 10 years ago, the logical choice was to stay with Yamaha," said Naab. "We started with a couple of DM1000s and as soon as the PM5D-RH came out, we bought two within the first year."
And of the 5D, Naab said, "the consistency of inputs and outputs made all the difference. For the first time, engineers wouldn't have to worry about what input modules or output modules you had and how they were configured. The mix they dialed up last week in another city would simply load in the next guy's 5D. We've since added a third PM5D-RH and DSP5D Expander to our inventory, and we can't keep them in the building. It's been, by far, the best choice of console we've ever made as a rental and production house. It sounds really good."
For more information, please visit www.bauderaudio.com and www.yamahaca.com.
