[ATTACH=CONFIG]199691.vB5-legacyid=11498[/ATTACH]The long days see the Norwegian port of Langesund play host to the annual Skjærgårdsgospel worship conference, a weekend-long festival of music, meetings and spiritual togetherness. Alcons equipment has helped to overcome the event’s difficult acoustics for the past three years.
The event takes place at Langesund’s Skjærgårdshallen, a multi-purpose arena and conference facility on the waterfront.
“It is a difficult event for sound reinforcement, because the side and rear walls of Skjærgårdshallen are highly reflective. It’s made worse by the fact that the Skjærgårdsgospel stage is located on one of the ‘long’ sides,” says Eivind Fossnes Dahl, general manager and sound engineer at Audiopol Live, the company tasked with the event’s sound production.
Founded in 2007, Audiopol Live is a sister business to recording facility Audiopol Studio, based in Skien. “We supply all kinds of events, but mainly jazz, acoustic music, worship, choir, theatre and musicals, all of which require high resolution and speech intelligibility,” says Eivind.
“We have no attachment to any manufacturer. When we buy equipment, our only criteria is that we want systems that can do the job in the best possible way.
“We listened to many different loudspeaker systems and chose the Alcons LR16 compact pro-ribbon line-array system purely because we knew it would be the right choice for the events we service. It has been such a success that we have since supplemented it with LR7 micro line-array, VR12 and VR8 compact monitor systems. We have never regretted choosing Alcons!”
The LR16 compact line-array comprises double 8” vented woofers and the proprietary 6” RBN601 pro-ribbon mid/high frequency transducer.
Having known the Skjærgårdssgospel worship leaders for many years, three years ago Audiopol Live was asked to supply the audio system for the event. They – and an Alcons system – have been fixtures ever since.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]199692.vB5-legacyid=11499[/ATTACH]“They were well aware of the audio quality that Alcons systems deliver before they asked us to get involved and now every year it is just assumed that Alcons is what we will use,” smiles Eivind.
“Alcons is an excellent solution; because of the very fast transient response of the pro-ribbon’s mid-and high frequencies, the intelligibility is excellent, even with such difficult acoustics. Meanwhile, the horizontal spread is so clear and sharp that you can be very accurate with which zones you want the speakers to cover, while other zones will be silent.
“Setting up the cardioid subs as a end-fire array also means that the rearward low frequency reflections don’t cause a problem.”
This was the first year that AudioPol live had used Alcons Sentinel amplified loudspeaker controllers at Skjærgårdsgospel and Eivind was really pleased with how they performed.
“We have used Alcons ALC amplified loudspeaker controllers from the beginning and been very happy with what they provide,” he concludes. “So, we have been excited about how the new Sentinel amplifiers could compare to the ALCs. We found that the sound quality was every bit as good, but with the weight of an amplifier rack being about 10% of an ALC rack and the integrated digital system-drive processing, it made our job a lot easier!”
For more information visit: [url]www.audiopol-live.no[/url] or [url]www.alconsaudio.com[/url]
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Alcons background information;
Alcons Audio is a Dutch company, active in development and manufacturing of professional sound systems for quality-conscious clients in the cinema, installation and touring industry.
Alcons sound systems excel in HiFi sound quality at concert sound pressure levels; Basis for this quality is Alcons’ proprietary high-power pro-ribbon technology.
Recent Alcons ambassadors include: Tuschinski Cinema Amsterdam, Lucas Theater Savannah GA USA, Soldier of Orange the musical The Netherlands, Hope College Holland MI USA, but also LucasFilm Singapore, National Theatre Finland, Stuttgart State Opera house Germany, NBC Universal Pictures London UK, State Opera House Hamburg, Jazz at Lincoln Center Doha, QFX cinemas Nepal, Red Bull’s Hangar-7 Austria, Volkswagen Gläserne Manufaktur Germany and members of The Ribbon Network, Alcons’ global rental network.
