Shuttered since March 2020, Greenfield Lake Amphitheater in Wilmington, North Carolina recently enjoyed a spectacular reopening, with the first performance of Florida-based blues rock band, the Tedeschi Trucks Band.
Martin Audio MLA Compact PA was selected by the artists themselves for control technology that would afford the capability of avoiding slapback from the highly reflective building fascia behind the FOH position. The system was supplied by local Martin Audio rental partner RMB Audio, based in Raleigh.
The 1,200-capacity amphitheatre seating rises 11.6ft above the stage, and at a distance of 95ft, directly behind the audio engineer, is a cinema booth whose sound reflections impair the engineer’s assessment of the mix.
Martin Audio’s Display predictive software was employed from the stage position, the audience start and elevation to the mix position in order to ‘hard avoid’ the cinema booth.
RMB Audio owner, Cooper Cannady, explained that there was no means to fly the cabinets, only wing or groundstack. Thus six MLA Compact elements were ground stacked on 5ft-high decks, positioned on the stage wings. Six DSX subwoofers were set in a broadside time aligned arc behind the barricade for the audience. Further Martin Audio DD12 networkable cabinets were applied as in fill (and a single DD12 for out fill).
The venue was fully sold out – much to the relief of facility manager Jenny Dubois – who expressed her delight at finally having returned to live entertainment, in front of an extremely grateful audience.
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