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Ricky Martin Thrills Manila
MANILA - When Latin pop superstar Ricky Martin took the stage in Plenary Hall of the Philippines International Convention Center, the packed house of fans reacted with predictably unrestrained emotion. "The screaming was incredible," says Robby Lopez of Manila-based EFX Light and Sound, audio rental company for the show. "And it was practically nonstop. Ricky's FOH mixer, Steve Guest, told me he was temporarily deafened in one ear by shrieks from one girl standing right behind him." Fortunately, EFX had brought a system with ample power for rising above the ecstatic din. Except for a dozen custom subwoofer cabinets, it was an all-Meyer Sound system: sixteen flown MSL-4 self-powered cabinets supplemented by a total of six Crown-powered UPA-1 and UPL-1 fill cabinets for covering some marginal seating areas tucked away in corners of the odd-shaped venue. "The Meyer system gave us plenty of headroom," says Lopez, "and it provided clear penetration of every instrumental sound through the crowd noise." According to Lopez, engineer Steve Guest had tipped the rental contract toward his company largely on the basis having the MSL-4 system available. Martin's vocals originated through a Sony UHF radio system with (Shure SM-58 capsule), and were blended with his energetic 14-piece band on a 40-input Soundcraft Europa. For monitoring, Future Sonics in-ear systems were supplemented by Crest-powered Meyer Sound 650-R2 subwoofers for subsonic bass "feel". Monitor mixing was on a Yamaha PM-4000M. The December 1 show was Martin's first appearance in the Philippines as a solo artist, though he had played Manila years earlier as a member of the international teen-pop sensation Menudo. The show marked engineer Guest's third round working with an EFX-supplied package in Manila (previous tours were with Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson), and after the screaming subsided, he pronounced EFX's new MSL-4 system "easily the best one yet." December, 1998 |
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