750,000 CeLeBRATe CITIzen’S PARTy AT BeRLIn’S
BRAndenBURG GATe WITh MILO
BÜRGERFEST (CITIZEN PARTY) attracted pop stars, three months of preparation by
750,000 spectators to Berlin’s Branden- event managers, production managers,
burg Gate to celebrate the 60th anniver- sound and light designers, and one week
sary of Germany’s constitution. For this of setup, which culminated in a massive
“ThE AUDIENCE
national event, Bundespresseamt, Ger- celebration,” reports Marcus Mechelhof,
ENJOYED ThE EVENT
many’s federal PR agency, hired Berlin- Mediapool’s head of production for the
WITh A VERSATILE
based production company, Mediapool, event.
to provide sound reinforcement, with a
AND IMPRESSIVE
The sound system consisted of two iden-
massive Meyer Sound system comprising
SOUND REINFORCEMENT
tical main systems—one for each stage—
186 loudspeakers. The system configura-
including a total of 48 Meyer Sound MILO
SYSTEM WITh hIGh
tion was designed by IT Audio founders Til
line array loudspeakers and 42 700-hP
INTELLIGIBILITY
Schwartz and Ivo König with equipment
subwoofers. In addition, 24 MICA and
supplied and operated by Emsdetten-
FOR ThE TALK ShOW…”
16 M’elodie line array loudspeakers
based POOLsound (formerly known as
and numerous UltraSeries loudspeakers
— MARCUS MEChELhOF
Westfalen Sound). POOLlight provided
heAd OF PROdUCTIOn
were deployed as delays, along with 16
lighting, with event planning supervised
MEDIAPOOL MJF-212A and 12 UM-100P stage moni-
by POOLproduction.
tors providing foldback. The entire system
The large crowd was captivated by a star- was driven and controlled by a Matrix3
studded lineup split between two stages, audio show control system and a Galileo
including a political talk show hosted loudspeaker management system with six
by journalist Sandra Maischberger and Galileo 616 processors.
TV presenter Thomas Gottschalk of the
Mechelhof is extremely pleased with the
popular “Wetten dass..?” The outdoor
results: “The audience enjoyed the event
program also included the performances
with a versatile and impressive sound re-
of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 conduct-
inforcement system with high intelligibil-
ed by Daniel Barenboim, as well as Udo
ity for the talk show, powerful and clean
Jürgens and the German band Pur.
sound for Daniel Barenboim and the State
“The 12-hour TV live show was a very com- Orchestra, as well as groovy sound for the
plex production, which included numerous pop and rock acts.”
MICA MILO M’elodie 700-HP MJF-212A UM-100P Galileo 616 Matrix3 FEATURED PRODUCTS
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