German event technology company Atlive has expanded its audio inventory with additional VIO L1608 line array modules from dB Technologies to bring greater production flexibility and easier handling.
Atlive is adding a total of 32 active three-way VIO L1608 line array to its stock, along with accessories and two Control 24A system controllers with A2Net connectivity via USB and Ethernet. The L1608 takes the lead role in the inventory, with lower weight per cabinet.
‘The VIO L1608 line array delivers the same results as comparable larger line arrays, at noticeably less weight and size, that is enormous,’ says Atlive MD, Jens Szczygielski. ‘We feel it in logistics, transport, and handling on the floor. Rigging points and permissible loads come up repeatedly on productions. That is exactly where the lower weight gives us room to move – and that room often decides whether a design can be realised the way it was planned.’
A second consideration behind the investments was commercial – the VIO L1608 works with the rigging and transport accessories Atlive already has in stock. The DRK-28 flybar is designed for the VIO L1608 and other dBTechnologies systems, and the DT-28 dollies are matched to the same cabinet geometry.
The two new Control 24A units integrate the line arrays via A2Net, so that monitoring, preset management and status feedback from every module run over a single, network infrastructure, either via USB or via Ethernet over a single cable. In combination with Aurora Net, system states and parameters can be monitored and changed in real time during the show.
Since the purchase, the VIO L1608 modules have been in extensive use, most recently at the Rheinkirmes in Düsseldorf (Germany), the largest funfair on the Rhine, with Atlive covering the Uerige tent with VIO L1608 and other VIO components in a novel configuration. The DJ booth sits at the centre of the tent, with the subs directly beneath it, radiating in a circular pattern. Four line arrays of four VIO L1608 each are arranged in a circle in the truss to cover the tent.
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