Carlos Vives, currently out on tour promoting his latest album, Corazón Profundo, that’s dominated the Billboard’s Latin albums chart since it’s debut, recently performed in Colombia with concert sound systems provided by sound company C. Vilar that were headed by Adamson Systems line arrays. The back-to-back concerts took place at Macal Stadium in Villavicencio and Simón Bolívar Park in Bogotá.
“We used our full inventory of Adamson gear for these performances,” notes Mauricio Vilar, owner of C. Vilar. “Because the shows were held on consecutive nights, we provided two complete PAs. We set up for the Bogota concert while the Villavicencio show was taking place.”
Simón Bolívar Park in Bogotá, a space of more than 270 acres, offers a very large, shell-shaped are for major concerts and festivals. The C. Vilar team was charged with putting together a PA that would cover an audience area of 200 meters long by 90 meters wide (approximately 680 feet by 270 feet), deploying mains consisting of two line arrays made up of 18 Adamson Energia E15 modules followed by four E12 enclosures hung in scaffolding located to the left and right of the stage.
Front fill was handled by four stacks of four SpekTrix enclosures, 16 total. In order to ensure even distribution of sound throughout the area, two towers – with line arrays of eight SpekTrix enclosures – were placed to the far left and right of the stage for out fill purposes.
“It was a very big area to cover,” Vilar says. “However, we were so confident in the performance of the new Energia system that we only put together one set of delay stacks. We have seen companies setting up two sets of delays at this same venue, but knew that the power of the Energia System could handle the job.”
The two delay towers were erected toward the back of the park with line arrays utilized eight Y10 line array enclosures. Adamson T21 subwoofers were tasked with providing energetic low-end—specifically, 12 T21 subwoofers stacked in a three by four configuration under each Energia line array.
“Fernanco Perez, FOH engineer, was very pleased with the performance and coverage of the PA in both venues,” continues Vilar. “The consistency of the system throughout each location was very impressive and the audio quality amazing.
He adds, “The VIP section for the show at Simón Bolívar Park was full of artists and critical listeners,” concludes Vilar. “Everybody was happy with the show – comments on Twitter and Facebook were exceptional. The Adamson Energia system is being used by more and more extremely important artists – we are excited to be part of this progress.”
The concert Macal Stadium in Villavicencio was filled with 25,000 fans. Here C. Vilar deployed a main system with Adamson Y-Axis Series line arrays – left-right hangs of twelve Y18 followed by five Y10 enclosures. Four stacks of four SpekTrix enclosures were spaced along the lip of the stage for front fill.
Out fill was handled by two line arrays made up of eight Y10 boxes hung in scaffolding erected to the far left and right of the stage. Because of the size of the venue, as well as a desire to blanket the audience with sound, two delay towers were constructed toward the back of the stadium. Line arrays made up of eight SpekTrix compact modules were hung in each tower.
In order to ensure enough low end to cover every seat in the house, 24 Adamson T21 subwoofers were deployed. Left-right two by four stacks were located under each line array, while another eight subs were deployed under the center of the stage in a cardioid configuration.
Both systems were driven by an assortment of Lab.gruppen PLM 20000Q amplifiers. Perez manned a Yamaha CL5 digital console at front of house, while a DiGiCo SD8 console handled monitor duties.
“Adamson has been chosen as the main PA for the last three Carlos Vives’ tours in Columbia,” adds Vilar. “It says a lot about the quality of Adamson sound reinforcement systems when the artist continues to choose to tour using a system from the same manufacturer year after year.”
