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Worship Facilities Expo
11/2/2010 - 11/5/2010
Atlanta, GA
"Be a Hit!" - 2010 Summer NAMM
6/18/2010 - 6/20/2010
Nashville Convention Center | 601 Commerce Street | Nashville, TN 37203
EMMA at Eissey Theatre
Flying Venues
Houses of Worship
AL10s on Genie Lifts
TESTIMONIALS - What the pros say about A-Line...
Curtis Craig
Assistant Professor of Sound Design, Penn State University
"Since we have now used the EMMAs on two very different types of shows, a musical - Parade & a play with music - Mother Courage and Her Children, I thought it would be worthwhile to give you some feedback as to what we thought of the speakers in what could be considered non-typical usage.
Parade
The EMMAs were used as a Left-Right music system for the acoustic enhancement of a full orchestra. Understand that this is likely the hardest thing for a speaker system to pull off -- transparently emulating acoustic instruments alongside of real acoustic instruments. That said, the results were very impressive, with the speakers being able to be forceful when necessary, and still not sound 'forced' or 'pinched'. We were extremely pleased with the overall transparency of the EMMAs sound - there were many times over the course of the show that amplified and un-amplified instruments acoustically blended without the typical differential in the quality of sound. For reference, the EMMAs were in a system that included components from Yamaha, QSC, Crown, EAW, and d&b audiotechnik, the pit had transducers from Earthworks, Rode, Sennheiser, AKG, Audio-Technica, CAD, Shure, and Audix; the Yamaha DM2000 was clocked at 96k.
Mother Courage
In a completely different style was Mother Courage and Her Children; a play with music that used the EMMAs as principle components part of a very large distributed surround sound system (forget 5.1, more like 18.4). The score consisted of sounds ranging from metallic bangs and clangs to the ever-present rumble of the war looming in the distance. Once again, the relative size of the acoustic image from the EMMAs was extremely effective and impressive; the ambient sounds and music were not confined to the 'box'. The sound image emanating from the speakers seemed much larger than the surface of the boxes, and allowed the sounds of the score to sound less like electronically amplified sounds, and more like acoustic entities. In using the EMMAs for the light amplification of speaking and singing voices, the sound could best be described as extremely lifelike - at times it became difficult to hear where the acoustic voice left off and the EMMAs took over. Once again the EMMAs showed they could work at very subtle levels and be able to effectively produce very musical and pleasing results.
For two very different projects in two very demanding applications
the EMMAs were very impressive alongside of some very well
established traditional performers in the sound industry. They more
than held their own, they flourished; I would not hesitate in using
them from any of our projects here at Penn State, or in my freelance work."
"Thank you"
Curtis Craig
Assistant Professor of Sound Design, Penn State University
Scott Dupre
Live Sound Engineer, Annie Moses Band
"The Annie Moses Band are a group of virtuosic instrumentalists and vocalists playing styles ranging from classical to bluegrass to pop. Their dynamic instrumentation and arrangements demand consistent sonic clarity in a huge variety of spaces, and their performances have really tested the limitations of many varied sound systems. I have found the A-line Acoustics EMMA Solutions-1 to be the defining tool in their performances, providing unparalleled clarity and high definition sound--pure sonic excellence. I never find them to be harsh or fatiguing, as I have found with other boxes. They set-up and tear down in Annie Moses Band with EMMA Solutions-1 minutes and they look great too. With the EMMAs, mixing has become a real pleasure and they have taken the Annie Moses Band's live performances to a new level."
Sean Patrick McGraw
Country Singer
My band and I first worked with an A-line system [EMMA Solution] last summer at an outdoor show. For a set up that took up so little real estate I was quite impressed (to say the least) with clarity and muscle of these speakers. I received many, many compliments that night—from folks who’s heard my group many times before with other P.A’s.
We recently tested out two other A-Line setups in different venues, setting one of the systems up ourselves and mixing from onstage. One of the venues we’d played many times before, knowing it was a difficult room to work with. I heard compliment after compliment from audience members regarding the quality of our sound that night (and may I add that we’d been there on previous occasions with much larger systems and the luxury of a front house engineer) . The A-Line system takes up much less room in our trailer than our old system, sounds waaay better, and could not be easier to set up. I LOVE it
Ken Olowin
Owner - Ken Olowin Enterprises
Read the Letter Ken sent us regarding his use of A-Line's EMMA and Elijah systems...
Gary Greyhosky
Alliance Audio & Event Technolgy LLC
Thoughts on A-Line Acoustics and an installation at St. Nicholas Eastern Serbian Orthodox Church:
As with any installation, a number of factors contribute to the
final design and implementation of a sound system. In this case,
speech intelligibility was the paramount factor for the performance of the sound system. The visual aesthetic was also of great importance and budget, as always, was a big issue.
The acoustics in the space leave much to be desired. The arched vault in the ceiling runs the length of the sanctuary and reflects acoustic energy back down into the center of the sanctuary, much like a parabolic dish reflects sound into a microphone on an NFL sideline.
We've installed systems in several difficult acoustic venues and this was no exception. It was alarming how much sound was being bounced into the center of the space. The difference in intelligibility
between the seats near the walls and those in the center was so pronounced that it was as if they were in different venues. Whatever we did, we had to keep as much sound as possible off the ceiling. The back wall is a combination of brick and glass, so we also had to consider the reflection there.
We attended an A-Line Acoustics demo not far from our shop over the summer and we were impressed with their products, both sonically and from a practicality standpoint. A-Line’s Eli system came to mind immediately as we designed the system for this church. Because we were dealing with a speech only situation, we didn't need a large extended low frequency component and we didn't need to generate high SPL (although the Eli rig will get quite loud!). What we needed was a small, full range speaker with well defined vertical pattern control. We thought an Eli rig might be a viable solution, but had only heard one in an outdoor space at the demo and we didn't really know how it would perform in this quirky space.
We called A-line and told them about our ideas for the design and they were generous enough to have a portable Eli rig sent to us to try out in the venue. We set the loaner rig up in the church for a Sunday service and it performed very nicely. Once we knew that an Eli system would provide the performance we were after, we started talking with Tony and Mark about some venue specific installation issues. In order to keep the installation as visually unobtrusive as possible, we wanted to eliminate separate subwoofers from the system. Since the subs normally house the amplifiers, this was a bit of an issue. That said, Tony took all of our needs and desires into consideration and came up with a series of design modifications that met all of our criteria and
exceeded our expectations for performance and ease of installation.
This is truly a custom rig, specifically designed for a difficult
space. It performs unbelievably well, it looks great, the budget
remained intact and the clients couldn't be happier. We consider our first installation of A-Line Acoustics products a huge success. There is no question that we will turn to A-line again in the future.
Chris Dickson
Recording Artist
I was recently given the opportunity to listen to and perform on an A-Line Acoustic's product at the recent GMA Conference, specifically the EMMA Solutions system. I have never played on a sound system that has matched it's ability to amplify sound with such natural quality.
It was effortless to sing with and amazing to listen to! Anyone who has not heard or performed on one of A-Line Acoustics' systems should contact them before purchasing any other speakers! Hearing is believing!