MIAMI — The fifth annual "Unity in the Community" celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was held the day before Barack Obama's Inauguration as the 44th President of the United States at Carol City Park in Miami Gardens. Drummer Boy Sound, a local production company, provided audio for the event, led by Harold Cummings, who recently purchased a number of Martin Audio’s LE1200 monitors. "I've been buying more of the LE1200's, trying to get up to eight or ten monitors. For now, I want to feature the monitors as much as possible because they sound so good,” Cummings said.
The “Unity in the Community” event is family-oriented, free, and attracted some 5,000 people with children’s rides and attractions, and a concert featuring an eclectic mix of artists. They included comedian Larry Dogg, rappers Piccalo and DJ Khaled, Miss Kimmy, R&B artist Casely, CrossOvah, Caribbean Music Farm (pictured here) and local gospel groups such as Unspeakable Joy and Marian Terry.
Cummings, who is still getting established, hopes to add more Martin Audio gear to his inventory in the future. "I'm a young dealer and times are hard,” he said. “I’d love to go out to be using a whole Martin Audio rig, but I'm building it up gradually because I want to be one of the sound companies still in business when the recession turns around.”
In terms of the show itself, Cummings said the LE1200’s performance are pretty self-explanatory: “They sound ridiculously amazing. To me, they are the best monitors I've ever come across with everything a monitor should have. The differential dispersion horn is amazing. You can walk away from it and it still sounds as loud as when you're close up to it.
“We also used a Midas Siena console for the monitor system and the preamps worked really well with LE1200s, making them sound even cleaner and fuller,” Cummings added. “And the monitors look good too. The guys who work with me can't get over how the connectors are under the speaker and how light it is. Bottom line, it's a strong, powerful-sounding speaker. My stage was louder than the house. In fact, my engineer could hear the stage from 70 feet away!”
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