PARIS — L-Acoustics KUDO loudspeakers were recently deployed for the International Paris Air Show, which took place at Le Bourget airport. This year marked the event’s centenary, attracting 360,000 visitors to the daily flying demonstrations, vintage aircraft and new aerospace technologies. Pascal Rossat, head of the events department at Forclum (Groupe Eiffage), which handles sound for the show, relied once more on DSE, a member of the L-Acoustics Rental Network, to provide a sound system that could fly above the acoustic obstacles posed by the event.
The system consisted of a total of 93 L-Acoustics KUDO line source cabinets, with four clusters of six for the general public area hung from towers located behind the seating rows.
The refueling area featured three clusters of six KUDO cabinets, while North and South exhibit areas were covered by two clusters of six, seven clusters of three and two clusters of nine KUDO cabinets, all powered by L-Acoustics LA amplified controllers.
A key goal was to be heard but not seen.
“Despite carrying out Soundvision simulations during the 10-day setup, we faced huge constraints with the North and South exhibit areas due to the presence of the planes, which we were not allowed to obscure from view,” said Serge Weber, technical director for DSE.
“Furthermore, the system had to be powerful enough to be heard over the noise of the flying displays, and had to have exceptionally good long throw capabilities, with some of the clusters required to cover over 100 meters. With the KUDO system, the SPL reached an incredible level of precision, providing excellent sound coverage over the audience area, and we had an excellent response to the system.
“This operation was only possible thanks to the L-Acoustics Rental Network and its agents,” Weber added. “We were able to rent KUDO from: AED Rent and ADH in France, Rider in the Netherlands, and SF Sans Frontiere in Belgium.”
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