Stewart Chaney’s London-based Plus 4 Audio handled the audio at the venue, specifying the MLA for the main system. Having a self-powered cabinet meant that MLA (Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array) distro racks could be concealed in the roof of the venue, dramatically cutting down cable and mains distribution requirements.
The company had adopted an ‘alternative’ approach to the array design after talking through the system capabilities with Application Support specialist, Andy Davies: ‘Key to the design was finding a system that could deliver consistent audience coverage, while dramatically reducing the on-stage sound,’ Davies says. ‘With most of the acceptance speeches given from an open lectern position gain before feedback was critical to the live sound mix.’
MLA achieved this, even allowing system tech, Mark Edwards, to reduce reflections from the glass-fronted VIP sections through the advanced optimisation software.
The Plus 4 team fielded 22 MLA enclosures and two MLD Downfill cabinets for the main system, with in fill and out fill handled by the company’s existing cabinet stock.
The event, which was first held in 1995, moving to the O2 in 2010. The19th National TV Awards saw Dermot O’Leary host a celebration of the most popular TV shows of the past year.
‘The MLA really proved itself to us on the very first challenging show we had used it on,’ says Plus 4 Audio Senior Engineer, Mark Ballard. ‘We pride ourselves on achieving excellent sound quality in difficult situations and this year’s NTA show was a great result for us.
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