Doha, Qatar recently hosted the highly acclaimed Indian Bollywood pop singer, Sonu Niigam.
Niigam, best known for his singing in a number of blockbuster Hindi movies, performed at the Doha International Tennis Court to a crowd of thousands.
The venue, not designed for outdoor music events, threw up some challenged for tour manager Vincent Rodrigues and event manager Shafiq of Regency group, but Maestro Sound and Lighting Company from Bahrain solved the issues with high-tech sound, lighting and video backdrops.
Due to the quality and clarity of Maestro’s recently acquired Adamson speaker system, Promod, Sonu’s front house engineer, had an fulfilling first experience using Y-Axis series consisting of 16 Y18, 16 Y10, 10 T21, and 4 M15 monitors on stage.
Lab.Gruppen Amplifiers and XTA Processors were used with the entire speaker system, as well as a Yamaha PM5D RH desk at FOH, specked by Promod. David Dohrman, Adamson Europe’s applications engineer, created an exceptional PA design to solve the known problems of the venue, the worst of which is sound reverberation due to the architecture. Using Adamson’s shooter software David took on problem spots, and executed a final design.
The main PA was a L & R, low-flown system, each hang consisting of 4 Y18, with an 4 Y10 underhang. The side PA was made up of 4 Y18 per side which was held up by a hoist, but was set on the stage in a configuration similar to a ground stack, in order to achieve a heavily up-tilted orientation. A fill PA consisting of 4 Y10 per side was installed on the balcony to cover the upper bleachers, and T21 subs were distributed in multiple stacks on the ground. Due to the controlled radiation of the Adamson System Y-Axis series, the concert achieved even and excellent sound quality throughout, right up to the very back seats of the tennis stadium.