L-Acoustics goes to the circus
L-Acoustics goes to the circus
After two years of designing, construction and preparation by Stufish, the Chimelong Theatre has become the latest addition to the Zhuhai Changlong Resort in China. This circus-themed theatre has put on the Dragon Show, with the use of an L-Acoustics system, designed by distributor Rightway Audio Consultants.
‘Early in the process, the theatre's production and sound design crew had a good idea of what they wanted to achieve,’ said WenZhen Zhan from Rightway. ‘They wanted to enhance the audience experience by providing audio that tracks the moving stage positions of the performers and the ability to move sound objects across the comprehensive overheads and surround system. They also wanted exceptional clarity and intelligibility.’
Due to the humidity of the venue and the water-based elements that were needed for the show, Rightway chose the L-Acoustics K2. The full system contained 48 K2s in four hangs across the front of the stage with 12 KS28 subwoofers flown in the centre. A total of 55 X12s were used for monitoring with LAX12 amplified controllers powering the system. For the front of house and monitor duties, DiGiCo SD10 consoles were chosen. With the use of the console’s L-ISA Source Control, the system can be controlled from the console’s surface.
‘It is the first time that we have used L-Acoustics products, but they provided excellent system training, which helps us to be even more professional,’ added YuLong He, sound supervisor at the Chimelong Theatre. ‘It is the dream of every sound engineer to own and use the world's cutting-edge audio system and L-Acoustics is indeed the world's top professional audio system manufacturer. The Zhuhai Changlong Resort is a very special place. In its first nine months it attracted over 8 million visitors and the Dragon Show at the new Chimelong Theatre will surely keep them coming back for more.’