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First Meyer LYON system for OneRepublic tour
Nashville-based VER Tour Sound brings new linear line array to Europe for leading pop-rock act
MEYER SOUND’S latest line array, the recently revealed LYON, is making its world debut on the European tour by OneRepublic. The top-selling American pop-rock group has recently enjoyed a string of Top 10 singles and albums on both sides of the Atlantic. The band’s audio production is hopping across the pond as well, with the complete LYON system package – the first purchased and delivered anywhere – supplied by Nashville-based VER Tour Sound. Unveiled only a few weeks
ago, LYON is the newest member of the LEO Family of self-powered linear sound reinforcement systems. In a lighter and more compact package, LYON maintains the same design concept as LEO, with very high headroom and linear performance across all output levels. LYON comes in two variants: the LYON-M main line array loudspeaker and the LYON-W, with a wider coverage pattern for downfill applications. Both versions will be used on the OneRepublic tour. According to Ralph
Mastrangelo, director of business development at VER Tour Sound, the addition of LYON to the company’s inventory was largely prompted by VER’s success with LEO. “With its enormous
headroom and definition, the LEO system with the 1100-LFC has represented VER Tour Sound exceptionally well, as seen from the continuing
Bassnectar tour and other festivals, where fans have often come to FOH to congratulate our teams on the sound. For this reason, we’re thrilled that VER Tour Sound is the first company to provide LEO’s more compact sibling LYON on a tour. We look forward to bringing the LEO qualities to a much wider range of applications.” The factory-fresh LYON system will support OneRepublic for 22 shows in 21 cities, stretching from Bratislava to Dublin, beginning with a 13 February booking in Graz, Austria. Well-known mix engineer Zito (Backstreet Boys, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds) is manning FOH, with Matt Manix on monitors and Brett Stec as systems tech. Exact array configurations
will vary by venue, but the LYON touring system will be
(L-R) Ralph Mastrangelo, VER Tour Sound’s director of business development, and front of house engineer Zito
it can easily be adapted to a wider range of venues,” says Mastrangelo. “Its smaller form factor reduces transport costs, which get higher every year. Its self-powered advantages and well designed rigging features also make life easier for our crew.”
“With its enormous headroom and definition, the LEO system with the 1100-LFC has represented VER Tour Sound exceptionally well”
Ralph Mastrangelo, VER Tour Sound
anchored by the LYON-M loudspeaker, along with the LYON-W wide-coverage line array loudspeaker, the 1100-LFC low-frequency control element, and the Galileo Callisto loudspeaker management system. “LYON is a perfect fit for the
OneRepublic tour because it delivers LEO’s proven sonic performance and reliability, and
According to Mastrangelo, both the LYON investment and the OneRepublic tour underline VER Tour Sound’s long-range business goals. “At VER Tour Sound, our long-term business strategy involves building lasting relationships with clients that tour internationally. LYON supports that strategy perfectly, as it allows us to package the LEO performance and scale it to
any show, from theatres to the larger outdoor festival sites.” The LEO Family of linear line
array loudspeakers from Meyer marks a “significant shift in how sound reinforcement systems are utilised, particularly for high- level shows”, says the company. The loudspeakers have certainly proved popular over the last 18 months, with systems being deployed at the Way Out West Festival in Sweden, Sziget Festival in Hungary and Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, plus on tours for Peter Maffay, Michel Sardou and Rod Stewart, among other applications. VER Tour Sound is a
relatively new division of VER (Video Equipment Rentals), a diversified supplier of event production technology with 21 offices in North America, plus European offices in London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.
www.verrents.com www.meyersound.com
SOUNDBITES
Two EarthworksQTC40s were used to record a 5,000-person choir on the first anniversary of Zach Sobiech’s release, Clouds. The event was arranged and recorded in support of the Zach Sobiech Osteosarcoma Fund at the Children’s Cancer Research Fund. Producer Karl Demer says: “Earthworks mics kept coming up in my searches for realistic symphonic recordings from a stereo pair, so I reached out to Earthworks through their website.”
www.earthworksaudio.com
Coda Audio has appointed Viladco as its new Benelux distributor. Head of Viladco, Hans Engelen, says: “There is a lot of interest in Coda products throughout Europe, ViRay is proving very popular and we believe there will be a lot more opportunities opening up over the coming months and years.”
www.codaaudio.com www.viladco.nl
Oxford-based console manufacturer, Solid State Logic, have two new distribution partners for the SSL Live console. TSAMM will now act as the distributor for Austria and Audimonde will be taking care of distribution for Hungary. “Both companies’ experience and success in these territories is clear evidence that we are on the right track,” says Philippe Guerinet, director of international sales for SSL.
www.solidstatelogic.com
Sound reinforcement specialist Nexo hosted two workshops at the West Évènement open day, dedicated to the loudspeaker products, NS1 configuration and simulation tool and the NeMo remote monitoring app. The open day takes place every two years and the latest event was held at the Le Liberte function hall in Rennes. Concert sound specialist Val Gilbert and Nexo commercial director Jacques Vias presented the two workshops.
www.nexo.fr
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