Built on the site of an old school, La Stella is a new cultural venue in La Trinité in the Alpes-Maritimes department of Southeast Franceable to stage drama, dance, comedy and music performances. Such a flexible venue requires a sound system capable not only of handling a range productions from spoken word to live bands, but also to provide consistent audience coverage in the various standing and seated audience configurations.
The venue can adapt to accommodate an audience of 500 in a classic stage configuration, 350 with a larger stage, or up to 1,000 standing in ‘concert mode’, making it a highly adaptable space. Designed by local architects Février Carré with Marshall Day Acoustics responsible for the acoustic aspects of the project, Montreal-based consultant Dominique Coulaud of Scenevolution called on event production and A/V specialist Megawatt-Sono who worked with Nexo’s Engineering Support team to design a system that could meet the brief, both in terms of performance and budget.
‘The full system comprises movable left and right arrays of six Nexo Geo-M12, with three-per-side stacks of L18 subs in omni-mode’ reveals Nexo ES team member Melvin Frerot. ‘Delays are provided by P10 cabinets from Nexo’s point-source P+ Series, with additional P8s for front and in fill.’
Amplification and processing are by two each Nexo NXAmp4X2Mk2 Powered TD Controllers and NXAmp4X1Mk2s.
Following on-site system commissioning and tuning, Frerot provided training on Nexo’s NeMo system control and monitoring app for the technical team at La Stella.
‘The Geo-M12 delivers excellent sound quality and coverage at La Stella,’ says Megawatt-Sono CEO, Christian Ellena. ‘And we certainly appreciate the support of Nexo’s ES team throughout the project, from design through to final tuning and operator training.’
‘We’re pleased to welcome La Stella as the latest Geo-M12-equipped venue in the South of France, where this versatile and cost-effective line array is increasingly becoming the mid-size system of choice in fixed installations and for rental companies,’ adds Nexo, French Sales Manager, Stéphane Brocard.
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