Sound company C. Vilar was recently tapped to provide sound reinforcement for the Justin Bieber concert held at Estadio Menesio Camacho El Campin in Bogota, Colombia.
One of many dates on Bieber’s “Believe Tour”, the artist performed for a crowd of 40,000 in the outdoor venue.
“Gordon Mack, the FOH engineer on the tour was given the choice between a d&b audiotechnik, Meyer or Adamson E15 system for the concert and he chose the E15,” explains Mauricio Vilar, owner of C. Vilar. “He has traveled all over the world on this tour, using a variety of systems but when given a choice he chose Adamson – I think that speaks volumes for the Energia system.”
C. Vilar provided left-right line arrays for the house PA, each consisting of 15 E15s and 4 SpekTrix. Outfill hangs of 24 Y18s covered seating on each side of the stage. Front fill was handled by 16 SpekTrix spread out across the lip of the stage. Adamson M15 monitors – 12 in total – were in use on stage.
Low end was driven by two left-right clusters – groundstacked below each array – comprised of 7 Adamson T21 subwoofers, along with four additional subs for outfill.
Left-right delay mains covered the elevated seating in the back of the arena roughly 150 meters away from the stage. Each array consisted of 12 Adamson Y10 enclosures . Two hangs of 8 Y10 enclosures were employed for outfill delays to cover remote upper balcony side seating.
“After using the Adamson P.A in Colombia I was blown away,” adds Gordon Mack, FOH engineer. “The P.A had balls, in your face-ness, and cutting vocal clarity. It was absolutely awesome.”
The C. Vilar team along with Adamson representatives on site utilized both the Adamson Shooter and Blueprint software. “The accuracy of the Blueprint software in terms of calculating 3D coverage of all arrays present was instrumental in landing the account,” adds Vilar.
The system was powered by an assortment of Lab.gruppen fP 3400, fP 6400 and PLM 20,000Q amplifiers. Lake LM26 processing offered the flexibility to drive the E15 systems along with monitoring and control.
“Since we added the E15 system to our inventory we have heard nothing but positive reviews from everyone that has used it,” concludes Vilar. “Once again the people involved in the event were absolutely thrilled – it was another successful Energia event.”
