MARIBOR, Slovenia – The Lent Festival In Maribor, Slovenia took place from June 21-29. Called the largest open-air festival in Slovenia, the annual event draws tens of thousands of visitors to the former European Capital of Culture. National and international artists from all musical genres perform on the large and small stages, which are strewn about the city center. To cover the stylistic diversity in terms of event technology, the organizers – together with the numerous local service providers – relied on a MAILA system from LD Systems.
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Top stars of the Slovenian and national music scene, including Magnifico and the vocal group Perpetuum Jazzile, performed on the Main Stage in the center of Maribor. Smaller festival stages – such as the Večer Stage – have to manage a special balancing act: maximum flexibility with little equipment and weight. For the sound reinforcement of the Večer Stage, the Lent team relied on a combination of suspended MAILA XXL as the main P.A. and MAILA M ground stack sets for the out-fills and delay lines.
“MAILA really surprised me,” says Marko Jakopanec. “I would never have thought that such big sound could come out of such a compact system.” For Jakopanec, the quick and uncomplicated set-up plays a decisive role at a festival. “MAILA is extremely easy to configure and sounds fantastic even without major adjustments. The vocals are clear and present, and that with all types of music here on the Večer Stage.” In the bass range, the audio team utilized the MAILA subwoofers’ cardioid function to reduce rearward sound propagation in view of the nearby stone walls behind the stage.
Along with Adam Hall brand LD Systems on the audio side, the event also featured extensive use of Adam Hall’s Cameo lighting gear.
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