The Adamson Fletcher Machine platform as well as the company’s loudspeakers facilitated a recent live immersive audio concert attended by 1,800 at the ICE Krakow Congress Centre in Poland that featured a performance by regional artists offering new interpretations of the music of popular Polish rock band Republika.
The concert, presented by former Republika member Leszek Biolik as well as the band Czarno-Białe Ślady (Zbigniew Krzywański, Jakub Nowak, Jacek Bończyk) was part of the Obywatele Republiki [Citizens of the Republic] music project. “We are working in every region to showcase to artists, audiences and engineers how immersive audio experiences can engage audiences,” says Jochen Sommer, Adamson director of operations, EMEA. “The simplicity of Adamson’s solution is just as important as the overall quality of the sound.
ProAudio AVT supplied the PA and Fletcher Machine. The venue was fitted with 45 S10 cabinets mains joined by seven S10s for front fill and CS10p for auxiliary fills, with a sub arrangement that included eight S119s. A FletcherMachine Traveller delivered immersive processing, with outputs connected with the DiGiCo Quantum 5 house console (which was supplied by rental company Airpol).
System engineer Jakub Mikołajczak said, “I didn’t expect that working with the Fletcher Machine immersive system would be so easy and friendly. After one day of training with Jochen Sommer, we were able to set the sound system and be ready to work in what is a very difficult venue.”
FletcherMachine Traveller and Stage versions vary in channel count, the number of processing layers and VCA support, however, both units offer Dante and AVB/MADI connectivity. Fletcher Machine Virtual is a free version of the rendering engine that allows engineers to experiment with immersive audio and the Fletcher Machine platform.
