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With an L/C/R line array hang (and 54 distributed Martin Audio Effect 3R cinema speakers), the audio is run in 5.1, with two suspended five-box Martin W8LCs taking care of the two flanks and the vocals coming as a mono signal through the center cluster. Autograph used a custom frame to fly the Martin WSX subs above the W8LCs. “They screw into the dolly boards and ensure we can rig them on trusses,” explains Lidster. “We have one WSX each side in the air and another each side on the ground.” Six more W8LCs are ground-stacked on each side of the stage with the WSX sub and strategically placed delays and front-fills. Effect 3Rs are spread throughout the different levels.
















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