BOGATA, Colombia — For Justin Bieber’s Believe tour stop here on Oct. 29, which drew 40,000 to the open-air Estadio Menesio Camacho El Campin, soundco C. Vilar provided L-R hangs with 15 Adamson E15 and four Spektrix elements per side along with 24 Y18s for side fill, 16 SpekTrix for front fill and 12 Adamson M15 stage monitors.
For low-end reinforcement, C. Vilar also provided two L-R clusters — ground-stacked beneath each array — each with seven Adamson T21 subwoofers, with four additional subs for outfill.
Mauricio Vilar, owner of C. Vilar, noted that Gordon Mack, the FOH engineer on the tour, was given the choice between the Adamson E15 system and competing sound systems for the concert. “He chose the E15,” Vilar said. “I think that speaks volumes for the Energia system.”
More details from Adamson Engineering (www.adamsonsystems.com):
Left-right delay mains covered the elevated seating in the back of the arena roughly 150 meters away from the stage. Each array consisted of 12 Adamson Y10 enclosures . Two hangs of 8 Y10 enclosures were employed for outfill delays to cover the remote upper balcony side seating.
“After using the Adamson P.A in Colombia I was blown away,” adds Gordon Mack, FOH engineer. “The P.A had balls, in your face-ness, and cutting vocal clarity. It was absolutely awesome.”
The C. Vilar team along with Adamson representatives on site utilized both the Adamson Shooter and Blueprint software. “The accuracy of the Blueprint software in terms of calculating 3D coverage of all arrays present was instrumental in landing the account,” adds Vilar.
The system was powered by an assortment of Lab.gruppen fP 3400, fP 6400 and PLM 20,000Q amplifiers. Lake LM26 processing offered the flexibility to drive the E15 systems along with monitoring and control.
“Since we added the E15 system to our inventory we have heard nothing but positive reviews from everyone that has used it,” concludes Vilar. “Once again the people involved in the event were absolutely thrilled – it was another successful Energia event.”
