{"id":28794,"date":"2023-02-22T21:03:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T20:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/?post_type=press-release&p=28794"},"modified":"2023-02-22T21:03:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T20:03:11","slug":"l-acoustics-l-isa-brings-a-new-level-of-intimacy-to-weekends-with-adele","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/press-releases\/l-acoustics-l-isa-brings-a-new-level-of-intimacy-to-weekends-with-adele\/","title":{"rendered":"L-Acoustics L-ISA Brings a New Level of Intimacy to Weekends With Adele"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 16-time Grammy Award-winning artist places a high priority on the sound of her shows, and L-ISA delivers the sonic quality and immersive experience that best match her performance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LAS VEGAS, Nevada \u2013 February 2023 \u2013<\/strong> Everyone wants to get close to Adele. The 16-time Grammy Award winner\u2014whose arms have also held an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Primetime Emmy Award\u2014has a knack, through her lyrics, vocal delivery, and vulnerable-yet-strong personality onstage, of bringing concertgoers into her world. And she\u2019s been doing just that during Weekends With Adele<\/em>, her current residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, a five-month series of weekend-night shows running from November 18th through March 25th. Helping to enhance her artistic flair is a fully immersive sound system using L-ISA technology from L-Acoustics. USA Today<\/em> called it \u201ca spectacular two hours,\u201d while the venue\u2019s \u201csound matched Adele\u2019s flawless vocals,\u201d wrote the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAdele is very aware of the importance of sound quality\u2014it\u2019s always been a high priority on her earlier tours,\u201d says Johnny Keirle (pronounced like \u201ccurl\u201d), the production\u2019s system engineer, who began touring with Adele in 2016 and has also worked on past tours with Billie Eilish and P!NK in similar roles. \u201cWe began the conversation about using L-ISA early on with Adele and her management team.\u201d Although there had been some initial caution on the subject of budget, he recalls, a demo of the system in London followed by further discussions with production manager Paul English very quickly led to a decision that the immersive environment that L-ISA brings would add a valuable and unparalleled sense of intimacy to her performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith tight load in and out times of only 72 hours, this production is quite literally a 40-truck stadium show being staged in a remarkably intimate 4,100-capacity theater each weekend,” says English. “But the size of the room is only part of the equation. L-ISA gives us the best quality sound for this show and perfectly helps foster Adele\u2019s personal connection with her audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supplied by Clair Global, Weekend With Adele<\/em>\u2019s L-ISA Scene system, which comprises the body of the mix and the focal point of the performance, features L-Acoustics K2<\/a> loudspeakers configured in seven arrays. Kara<\/a> in two hangs make up the Extension arrays and out-fills. KS28<\/a> subwoofers, in two columns, are hung directly behind the center K2 array, and more ground-stacked subs are deployed in a distributed line across and underneath the downstage edge. Compact 5XT<\/a> spatial fills are distributed across and in front of the downstage edge, along with larger X8<\/a> that are deployed as out-fills. All are powered by LA12X<\/a> amplified controllers, and the system is managed by an L-Acoustics P1<\/a> processor and L-ISA Processor II<\/a> units. The signal is distributed over a Milan-AVB network via a combination of L-Acoustics LS10<\/a> and Luminex AVB switches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keirle was new to L-ISA himself, but he says the online training he took while home in New Zealand got him up to speed and confident quickly. \u201cThe L-Acoustics Application team were very accommodating,\u201d he says. \u201cWe did the training online over Teams, where I learned the practical and theoretical aspects of immersive audio, and I felt comfortable with L-ISA as soon as I walked into rehearsals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keirle and FOH engineer Dave Bracey quickly established a workflow for themselves. Keirle created a combination of automated and manual movements for each song in the processors, while Bracey concentrated on perfecting the mix of the vocals, band, and orchestra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adele\u2019s current residency, Weekends With Adele at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, is the hottest ticket on The Strip and features L-Acoustics L-ISA technology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fresh off of her recent 16th Grammy Award win, Adele is wowing audiences and critics alike with her five-month series of weekend-night shows in Las Vegas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJohnny and I collaborate through L-ISA in a very unique way\u2014it\u2019s not the typical relationship between a front-of-house and system engineer, and he\u2019s not doing a typical system engineering role,\u201d Bracey explains. \u201cHe has creative input into the show\u2019s sound. We discussed how we should approach every song in the set, and he created a series of automated and manual snapshots that fit the song and the production. He takes my mix and places it into the Scene, creating an immersive template that I\u2019m mixing into. It\u2019s a very new way to approach a live music mix, and it\u2019s thrilling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keirle says the mixing and system engineering roles are distinct but integrated into the immersive L-ISA environment. \u201cWe haven\u2019t worked in this kind of environment before, so we developed our methodology as we went along,\u201d he says. \u201cIt needs people dedicated to each role. I\u2019m focused the entire time on the processing and positioning of the sound\u2014taking 96 post-fader feeds from the FOH console and determining parameters like depth and width\u2014while Dave is completely focused on the console and the mix, not worrying about the processing behind it. It\u2019s a workflow we established during rehearsals, looking at how L-ISA befitted each individual song and building around that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keirle has plenty of engineering to manage at FOH. From Bracey\u2019s DiGiCo Quantum7 house audio console, he has Optocore DD4MR-FX digital I\/O and interface units as part of the optical control loop. Channels are sent from the console, via direct outs, to the DD4MRs, where they output as optical MADI. The optical MADI is received by an RME MADI Bridge, which outputs MADI over BNC to both the primary and secondary L-ISA Processor II units. For output signal distribution from the processors to the amplified controllers, the LA12X takes Milan AVB from a series of LS10 and Luminex GigaCore 26i and 14R AVB distributed network switches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAVB also feeds directly from each L-ISA Processor into my AVB V-LAN, and I have each L-ISA Processor outputting MADI into a second RME MADI Bridge as well,\u201d Keirle explains. \u201cThis outputs optical MADI to various Ferrofish A32 converters. The RME MADI Bridge acts as an input matrix, and the Ferrofish A32s convert the chosen MADI stream to analog, which feeds the analog inputs of the LA12X amplified controllers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of philosophy, Keirle and Bracey follow Adele\u2019s dynamic cues, generally starting songs quietly\u2014often with just a solo piano and voice\u2014keeping the immersive soundstage relatively tapered and focused center stage. The soundscape then widens and deepens as additional musicians and sounds are introduced and revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a good approach to immersive sound in general, Keirle believes. \u201cThis is something we discussed early on: the key to making an immersive mix effective is using the technology sparingly and subtly,\u201d he explains. \u201cYou allow the audience to get accustomed to one level of it, then you increase the intensity, changing and broadening the image. Once the audience\u2019s ears and eyes are settled, they\u2019ll notice the slight changes you\u2019re progressively making to the sound, moving her voice back into the instruments and then pulling it forward. Even small moves can make for a very emotional and effective contrast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, Keirle and Bracey form a model of a workflow that will likely become increasingly common in the live sound industry for immersive productions, particularly for high-profile events such as Weekends With Adele. At the same time, the initial novelty of immersive live sound will give way to it becoming a more customary way of working. \u201cOnce you\u2019re comfortable with the technology, you find that it\u2019s an easier way to mix music,\u201d says Bracey. \u201cIt\u2019s easier to place a vocal in with instrumentation instead of using EQ and dynamics to try to squeeze it in. In fact, with L-ISA, it\u2019s easier to find a place for everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clair Global has supplied an immersive L-Acoustics loudspeaker system with L-ISA technology for Weekends With Adele<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cThis production is quite literally a 40-truck stadium show being staged in a remarkably intimate 4,100-capacity theater each weekend,” says PM Paul English<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For more details on Weekends With Adele<\/em>, visit www.adele.com<\/a>. Clair Global can be found online at www.clairglobal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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