LOS ANGELES – A recent concert at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles by Don Was and the Was (Not Was) band, featuring legendary performers Brian Wilson and Kris Kristofferson, served as the public debut of new EAW MicroWedge Series stage monitors.
Oxnard, California-based Rat Sound Systems Inc. supplied the sound reinforcement systems and support for the concert – including EAW MicroWedge MW12 wedges for all performers – under the direction of crew chief Tom Caraisco, with Andy Turner serving as monitor engineer.
“We really, really like the performance of these new wedges,” notes Caraisco. “Once Andy got things going on stage and went through all of the mixes, he was genuinely pleased.”
The MW12 is the first EAW MicroWedge Series product to be released since an agreement was reached between LOUD Technologies Inc. and MicroWedge developer Rat Sound Systems Inc. in late 2007, stipulating that EAW will serve as the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of MicroWedge products.
“The old MicroWedge was solid and performed well when compared to other wedges, but these new ones are night-and-day superior,” states MicroWedge Inventor Dave Rat, who is working closely with the EAW Engineering Group on the development of the new series. “This is a whole new deal. I knew the wedges were a big step forward, but what I did not expect was such an overwhelming embrace so quickly from our own engineers as well as the artists and band engineers."
Rat Sound had taken delivery of 32 MW12 wedges just prior to the concert and dispatched them immediately. “We already have a major tour going out with MicroWedges, and the first 32 were directly turned around and sent out on gigs, including the Ragga Muffins Festival in Long Beach,” adds Rat. "The reports from all gigs were stellar. We immediately put in an order for an additional 24 MicroWedges to further increase our touring inventory."
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