L-Acoustics tours with P!nk

AUSTRALIA: P!nk’s FOH engineer Chris Madden has specified the use of a full L-Acoustics K1 system for the entire duration of the singer’s current 10-month The Truth About Love tour, which will visit Australia later this month.

Supplying the L-Acoustics gear is JPJ Audio, the merged operation of Jands Production Services, L-Acoustics’ long-time Australian rental partner, and Johnston Audio.

Mr Madden originally used a K1 system on P!nk’s Funhouse Summer Carnival tour of Europe in 2010. ‘We did quite a lot of shows in Germany for that summer run, all of which were supported by Black Box and their then-new K1 system,’ Mr Madden recalls. ‘We achieved fantastic results with the rig and P!nk’s manager Roger Davies was very impressed, so it’s been our system of choice ever since.’

The main arrays for the arena tour are comprised of 14 K1 plus six Kara per side for down-fill, with a small middle array of six Kara flown to cover the audience area between the main stage and curved thrust. An additional six Kara spread out under the front edge of the main stage helps pull the sound image down for the crowd at the front.

With 270 degrees of show seats completely selling out each night, JPJ is also deploying a total of 60 Kudo enclosures to deliver extreme left and right side coverage. Depending on each venue’s unique geometry, these are typically hung in either four arrays of 15 or dual arrays of 18 and 12 cabinets.

Low frequency reinforcement is primarily achieved via a combination of eight K1-SB per side flown adjacent to the K1/Kara hangs and 12 SB28 in six stacks of two across the curved front edge of the stage thrust. Ground subs are set up in cardioid mode with the bottom cabinets rear-firing to minimise LF bleed on stage. Additional two-by-three stacks of SB28 are positioned under the ramps on either side of the stage and fire out toward the far left and right sides of the room, while 19 LA-Rak touring racks containing a total of 57 LA8 amplified controllers drive the entire system.

‘From the very first time I heard it, I just thought the K1 was the best PA I had ever been put in front of,’ enthused Mr Madden. ‘The projection and detail were both immediately apparent. On other systems, certain elements of a mix will disappear off into a mush, but L-Acoustics preserves so much detail across the full spectrum – and at distances that are truly remarkable.’

System technician Ulf Oeckel maps out each upcoming venue with L-Acoustics’ Soundvision modelling software and keeps tabs on the system every night using LA Network Manager.

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