MIAMI — The recent grand opening of Will Castro’s Unique AutoSports South was hosted by Miami Heat’s Jermaine O’Neal and featured appearances by Fat Joe, Busta Rhymes, Jonathan Vilma of the New Orleans Saints, Shawn Merriman of the San Diego Chargers, Dorrell Wright of the Miami Heat and Miami’s DJ Irie, among others.
Produced by Gary Grocher’s KGP Services, with an assist by Harold Cummings’ Drummer Boy Sound Productions, the event underscored the expansion of Castro’s automotive enterprise, recently featured on the Speed Channel’s “Unique Whips” and in national newspapers and magazines.
Originally based on Long Island, Castro has built a national reputation for designing and building “whips” for athletes, actors and recording artists including 50 Cent, Sean Combs, LeBron James, Kanye West, Marc Anthony and Timbaland, among others.
“Obviously, the audio was really important, so we needed a system that would be powerful, clean, sound great, easily fill up the large concrete space and handle national-caliber acts,” said Cummings.
Faced with the challenge of the large space where the event was held, Cummings opted for a Martin Audio Blackline H3+ horizontal 3-way enclosure on each side of the stage, two Blackline S218+ subs, and four Blackline F12+ units, all powered by Martin Audio MA2.8 and MA4.2 amps.
With four Martin Audio LE1200S monitors on stage, the rest of the sound system consisted of an APB-DynaSonics H1020 mixing console, an Ashly Protea 4.24C processor and Klark Teknik EQs.
Cummings opted for Martin Audio because he needed the “most power and clarity for each side. We used about 6,000 square feet of the entire 10,000 square foot area and those speakers made the entire room vibrate. When you walked into the space, you could hear the stage speakers, but with the F12s for the surround, the sound was perfectly balanced throughout the room.”
As to his and the client’s reaction after the event, Cummings said he was “pleasantly surprised at the power and easy setup. Afterwards, Will Castro told us that he loved everything and the sound was amazing.”
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