Taiwanese superstar A-Mei celebrated the arrival of 2021 with a free concert for over seventy thousand fans in her hometown of Taitung. Winly Sound, helmed the technical delivery of the massive show and used L-Acoustic audio solutions.
Mike Li, Winly Sound’s system engineer, said: “The concert venue is in a park just next to the Pacific Ocean, with strong winds that affect the sound performance.”
Li worked with L-Acoustics application engineers Chung Wah Khiew and Alvin Koh to design accurate angles of coverage for each speaker placement using Soundvision 3D modelling software. The main rig consisted of 12 K1 L-Acoustics per side, accompanied by stacks of 18 KS28 subs, with additional reinforcement from eight K1-SB flown behind the arrays. Front fill was provided by eight dV-DOSC, and delays consisted of 16 K2 per side.
Li said: “The most amazing thing about the L-Acoustics system is that it is suited for any type of music A-Mei and her band perform. A-Mei’s style can vary from acoustic ballads to rock, and even metal. L-Acoustics is suited to any type of music and reproduces with amazing clarity anything that A-Mei can throw at it. Furthermore, the K1 series amazed everyone at the concert, and the end results were just what Winly had wanted.”
Front of house sound engineer Tai Shan Chen said: “I often mix on K1 or K2 systems, and I appreciate the system’s power over distance and the flexible coverage angles. This concert was offered for free to all A-Mei fans, and the turnout was even beyond what we expected. We had to adapt to accommodate the massive audience. L-Acoustics K1 and K2 systems offered us the power and coverage we needed, and I was truly impressed by its capabilities, even in this challenging scenario.”