DALLAS, TX – Onstage Systems is one of the latest touring production companies to use L-Acoustics' K Standard platform. The company recently purchased 16 LA-RAK touring racks, each loaded with three LA8 amplified controllers. All 16 racks recently went out tour with George Strait.
The George Strait shows were performed in the round at 20 arenas and domes across North America. The LA-RAKs delivered power, processing and control for 72 V-DOSC and 48 dV-DOSC enclosures – split into eight arrays flown around the center stage – in addition to 16 SB Series subs and eight more dV-DOSC for front-fill.
The first leg of the tour wrapped up with a sold-out concert May 1 at San Antonio's Alamodome. More than 55,000 fans packed the venue to see Strait, Reba, Lee Ann Womack and the Randy Rogers Band.
To accommodate the size of the venue, Onstage cross-rented some supplementary gear from two other L-Acoustics Rental Network companies: US Audio and Sound Image.
"Between Onstage Systems and US Audio, we had nearly 80 L-Acoustics LA8 amplified controllers in use on our show at the Alamodome, and, like the rest of our tour, we had zero problems with them whatsoever," said George Olson, Strait's FOH engineer and lead system tech.
"I love the packaging of LA-RAK. We can stack them any way we want and they patch up perfectly every time with no ground issues, buzzes or hums. They're very solid and sonically pleasing."
"I'm also really enjoying LA Network Manager and the LA8's onboard processing tools, especially Array Morphing," he added. "I generally have quite a few 15s in the air, and, with this tour being in-the-round, the network software has provided a very quick means of tailoring out some of those low-mid frequencies. Plus, seeing that the LA8s are perfectly matched for our L-Acoustics loudspeakers, I've found that they provide a bit more brilliance in the mids and highs than our previous amplifiers, which is a nice improvement."
Like Olson, Onstage Systems' Charles Belcher had good things to say about the LA8-loaded LA-RAK. "The true beauty of this system really is the lightweight, four-channel LA8 amps with built-in processing," Belcher said. "They sound and work great."
For more information, please visit www.onstagesystems.com and www.l-acoustics.com .
