ATLANTA – The no-joke PA system on Conan O'Brien's recent 30-city Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour, provided by Audio Analysts, Inc., included JBL VerTec line arrays.
The live stage production was similar to a television variety show, with many elements from Late Night With Conan O'Brien, including sidekick Andy Richter and members of the show's band. The tour also includes video bits, musical and comic performances and cameo appearances by celebrities.
Before shipping out the VerTec line arrays to Los Angeles for initial rehearsals, Audio Analysts fine-tuned the entire system at its headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo.
"The reliable performance of the VerTec line arrays enabled us to pre-design Conan's touring system with confidence," said Mario Leccese, VP of operations for Audio Analysts. "As a longtime VerTec owner, we are confident that we can achieve even coverage and controllable sound in any environment."
The main PA system consists of 24 JBL VT4889 full-size line array loudspeakers flown in left and right columns, 12 ground-stacked JBL VT4880 fullsize, arrayable subwoofers and four JBL VT4887 compact line array elements placed as front fills. Seventeen Crown I-Tech 4000 and 11 I-Tech 8000 amplifiers power the system, which is configured via Harman HiQnet System Architect software for remote control and monitoring.
The tour took place mostly in soft-seat, proscenium environments, with capacity crowd levels ranging from 1,500 to 6,500 seats. "The VerTec system is easy to set up and configure in different types of venues, which also makes traveling across the nation and setting up each show a much easier task," Leccese said. "To date, we have received only positive feedback on the system and the tour has been a tremendous success."
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