The new show Luzia came into Royal Albert Hall this year.
The system we designed as "in around" system with 270 degrees total dispersion. The main key for design was to minimise as much as possible reflections in the venue as the actual hall is very critical to the room reverberation. At the same time it should be powerful enough for the live band performance of the show and should deliver smooth coverage across the audience and must be less visible as possible. Also, system must be enough away from the performer's stage as the show has flying acrobats and metal wires goes all the way around to support their flown equipment. So, it's quite a big challenge.
As the main system we choose KARA which best fit for those requirements. An accurate sound prediction plot and system coverage was possible by Soundvision L-Acoustics simulation software where I was able to put all relevant venue's and show's details on it.
To make sure that all sound arrays fit into the cirque set 3D CAD drawing was created
Below is the photo of the real setup.
In terms of subs, I combined 3 sub arrays into single source and placed them in the centre above the cupola. This produced very powerful and even sub coverage around the audience at the same time it's invisible for the audience.
The coverage of this subs array was designed and mapped on the L-Acoustics Soundvision software.
Very new and unique thing I've done this year, was using L-Acoustics new M1 measurement software tool integrated into L-Acoustics P1 processor. This tool gave me possibility to tune system more efficient without producing lots of continuous noise. A good number of quick sweep tones were enough to analyse system, apply some system EQ, make system alignment and see immediate effect after applying all of these without taking measurements again.
And as always, some photos from the show below:
FOH desk for the show
And finally, sound engineers team!