AUSTIN, TX — Austin City Limits Music Festival featured 130 bands one eight stages in three days of performances. Robert Ausmus of LD Systems (Houston, TX) and his crew relied on an Electro-Voice X-Line line array loudspeaker system to provide sound reinforcement for the Xbox 360 stage. The Xbox stage saw crowds of up to 35,000, and featured a diverse range of headliners, including Them Crooked Vultures — a supergroup featuring John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) and Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and also Girl Talk, STS9 and Raphael Saadiq, among others.
LD Systems deployed a main FOH rig comprising two arrays of eight full-range X-Line elements (Xvls & Xvlt) over eight Xsubs. Xn boxes were used for out-fills.
The PA was powered by EV TG and PL series remote control amps running IRIS-Net control and supervision software and optimized with EV’s latest FIR-Drive FIR filter-based processing.
“While a stretch, bearing in mind that the crowd swelled to 35,000 and that we didn’t use any delays, this configuration covered the entire venue and provided all the punch and definition you’d want from a rock show, with all the dynamics you’d want from a DJ set,” said Ausmus.
“Them Crooked Vultures was amazing — like seeing Cream play again. This was the perfect system for them. X-Line just sounds good, and that’s why it’s our flagship system.”
stillLD Systems crew included Kelly ‘Lil Rustler’ Jones (Chief), Chris Neimeyer, Gerry Diaz and Mark Thompson.
