Martin Audio’s Wavefront Precision PA was deployed for the recent concerts of the famous all-female Mexican vocal groups, Pandora and Flans, who recently undertook a 17-city theatre and arena tour of the US, mostly visiting the southern States.
The Inesperado (‘Unexpected’) tour, in June, was supported by a large inventory of Martin Audio WPL line array, provided by New Mexico-based rental partner, High End-RG Productions.
Wavefront Precision PA was deployed with 12 boxes per side for the group’s FOH sound engineer, Luis Quiñones. Enrique Ortiz, president, High End-RG Productions, confirmed that the PA set-up was designed in collaboration with system engineer, Orlando Calzada, with the 12 SXH218 subwoofers set in an l/r cardioid configuration, six enclosures per side, providing the LF extension.
Eight W8LC on each wing were responsible for outfill dispersion, with eight Martin Audio FlexPoint FP8 acting as front fills. There were eight WPS on top of a pair of SX218 subs providing sidefill coverage.
This was all powered in 2-box resolution by a combination of four Martin Audio iKON iK42 four-channel amp racks, while a pair of Linea Research M48-20 racks, from the company’s Focusrite Group partner, powered the W8LC outfill hangs. With just two exceptions, the full complement of speakers was deployed at all venues.
From a sound perspective, the tour was split into two, with Orlando Calzada taking on system tech duties for the first half, to be replaced by Enrique Ortiz for the latter part.
Ortiz explained: “Between us, we made the design and prediction in DISPLAY 3, and Luis Quiñones then optimised the alignment of the PA. We used the ‘hard avoid’ [function] whenever it was needed, and I must say what a beautiful tool this is.”
Ortiz’s production team had worked closely with Martin Audio tech support to achieve the optimum result, and win the satisfaction of both Miriam Rodriguez, the group’s production manager, and Felix Ovalles, production manager of the promoters. Ortiz said the high energy show itself had never previously been presented, and it picked up 5-star reviews wherever it played.
