{"id":134949,"date":"2024-02-23T17:40:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T16:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/?post_type=press-release&p=134949"},"modified":"2024-05-08T13:03:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T11:03:47","slug":"very-much-a-laughing-matter-avl-productions-takes-l-acoustics-k3-professional-audio-system-on-the-road-with-comedian-theo-von","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/press-releases\/very-much-a-laughing-matter-avl-productions-takes-l-acoustics-k3-professional-audio-system-on-the-road-with-comedian-theo-von\/","title":{"rendered":"Very Much a Laughing Matter \u2013 AVL Productions Takes L-Acoustics K3 Professional Audio System on the Road with Comedian Theo Von"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With L-Acoustics K3 professional audio system, every seat in the house gets the joke with K3\u2019s focus on speech intelligibility<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JACKSONVILLE, Florida \u2013 February 2024 \u2013<\/strong> Here\u2019s a punch line: the Top 30 comedy tours in 2023 pulled in over a half-billion dollars, up over 40 percent from the year before, per Pollstar<\/em>. With even bigger dates expected this year and touring comedy ticket prices approaching those of concerts, audience experience expectations are way up. In a comedy performance, if you miss the punchline, you miss the show, which is why these tours put as much emphasis on quality sound as they do on music tours. It\u2019s also why Jacksonville, Florida-based AVL Productions sent iconoclastic comedian Theo Von out on his current \u201cReturn of the Rat\u201d tour with an L-Acoustics K3 concert sound system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important that every seat in the house have the exact same experience, whether it\u2019s the first row or the last, and that every seat have the same high degree of intelligibility from the PA system,\u201d says Nate Martine, Audio Engineer at AVL Productions and on the Von tour. The system, designed using L-Acoustics Soundvision software for the wide range of arenas it would visit, comprises a dozen K3 per side as mains and nine Kara II per side for out-fill coverage. The arrays are buttressed by eight SB18 subs and four X8 front-fills, all collectively powered by a dozen LA12X<\/a> amplified controllers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AVL Productions is carrying an L-Acoustics K3 concert sound system out on tour with comedian Theo Von<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe K3 is voiced perfectly for spoken word,\u201d adds AVL Productions President Stephen Unkelbach. \u201cThey have a lower crossover point, around 500 Hz, and the directivity from the horizontal steering that you can get from Panflex in the 70-degree mode makes it the perfect fit for comedy shows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martine points out that some comedy shows now incorporate a band, and the full operating bandwidth of the K3 speakers makes it a good choice for those kinds of hybrid performances as well, able to provide full impact for the music without reducing speech intelligibility for the comics. K3 also brings with it some extremely useful and unexpected ergonomic advantages for touring comedy. \u201cK3 is a very compact box, and we\u2019ve been able to achieve some awesome truck packs,\u201d he says. \u201cIn fact, the entire Von tour is able to fit into a single semi-truck, which has a huge impact on a tour\u2019s bottom line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Main arrays of 12 K3 per side are complemented by nine Kara II per side for out-fill coverage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And the college-campus arenas that shows like these frequently come with their own challenge: a new crew of freshman and sophomore volunteer stagehands every semester. \u201cK3\u2019s compact size makes it easier for them to handle; it\u2019s very user-friendly, and that makes it easier for me to show them what needs to be done to get the rig up,\u201d he says. \u201cIn so many ways, K3 makes a huge difference before the show even begins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These were the kinds of advantages that Unkelbach had in mind when AVL Productions officially became established as an L-Acoustics Certified Provider for rental (CPr) last year. \u201cWe started with L-Acoustics in 2017 when the new Daily\u2019s Place Amphitheater opened in Jacksonville, and we were seeing a new level of touring come through town,\u201d he says. \u201cWe wanted to step up what we could offer. We started out with 24 K2, bumping up to 48 K2<\/a> when we became a Certified Provider in 2019. In 2021, we added a batch of K3<\/a>, and this past year we also added K1<\/a>, so we\u2019re very much an L-Acoustics house now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coaxial X8 enclosures on the stage provide monitoring and front-fill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Unkelbach says the value of the L-Acoustics reputation has helped burnish AVL Productions\u2019 own brand value. He credits it with an increase in work at ever-higher levels of touring, including providing the sound for many of the Danny Wimmer Presents (DWP) shows in the area, like the Rockville and Louder Than Life festivals. It\u2019s also broadened AVL\u2019s reach, allowing it to cover events like Panama City Beach\u2019s Gulf Coast Jam and the Jacksonville Jazz Festival easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s increased our range and our scalability, for sure,\u201d he says. And that has one more unexpected but very desirable outcome: \u201cWe can reach for bigger shows and events now and can let some of the smaller shows go to newer start-up sound providers,\u201d he explains. \u201cIn that way, L-Acoustics very much helps the entire industry evolve.\u201d And that\u2019s no joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Comedian Theo Von (center) flanked by the production team from his \u201cReturn of the Rat\u201d tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For more details on Theo Von\u2019s tour itinerary, visit here<\/a>. AVL Productions can be found online at ww<\/a>w.avlproductions.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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