TORONTO, ONTARIO — The Modern is a new nightclub located on Alexander Street in Vancouver’s thriving Gastown. Modern Club’s new owners decided that in addition to a complete architectural overhaul, a new sound system was in order as the Modern prides itself in making music a top priority, selecting top local DJ’s to partner with Canadian and international DJ talent.
LTS Professional Sound & Lighting had done a sound design for the client at another club with similar architectural components using Adamson products with great results. The decision to use Adamson for the Modern Club wasn’t even under discussion.
Alan LeTexier explains, “We found that using Adamson speakers at a previous installation at another popular nightclub in Vancouver, the customer was very pleased with their performance and consistency and we decided to keep a similar combination in the new club.”
The venue’s public space is divided between two levels and within both levels there are distinct dance floor and lounge areas. Alan LeTexier used two M15’s flown horizontally due to the club’s ceiling height restrictions using the MASS rigging system single axis with c-clamp method and 2 SX Subs on the ground for the larger first level dance floor. The first dance floor’s system is placed strategically to double up as a DJ monitor rig without creating overlap.
The second dance floor is filled with sound reinforcement provided by 4 M15’s also flown and a single SX Sub. The upstairs lounge houses four CB-1’s while the downstairs intimate lounge features two. Lab.gruppen’s amplifiers power the entire installation with their C 16:4’s, C 48:4’s and C 68:4’s, and all Adamson M15’s use proprietary M-Series processing.
Tony Heaney, general manager of The Modern, commented on the sound system. “I’m impressed with the overall sound quality in the club; the reviews on sound quality have been incredible and more importantly, we are getting compliments from all of our customers: The dance floor pounds,” he says.
The Modern club is located within a heritage building, and has also been a club in the past. As in any thriving district, venues revamp and switch hands at a steady pace, each time reaching for ever more dazzling designs in order to attract the much sought after clientele.
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