[USA] Outside Lands returned to San Francisco\u2019s Golden Gate Park 7-9 August for its 18th year, with more than 140 artists performing across seven stages. Charli xcx, R\u00fcf\u00fcs Du Sol and The Strokes topped a varied lineup, while the festival once again showcased the food, art, and culture of Northern California.<\/p>\n
Meyer Sound systems supported three of Outside Lands\u2019 seven stages \u2013 Lands End, SOMA, and Dolores \u2013 as part of a longstanding collaboration with fellow Bay Area companies UltraSound, LLC and festival producer Another Planet Entertainment. UltraSound provided audio systems throughout the festival, including 340 Meyer Sound loudspeakers deployed across main systems, delays, fills, monitoring, and other applications.<\/p>\n
At the flagship Lands End stage, the main system paired 18 Panther line array loudspeakers per side with nine flown 2100-LFC low-frequency control elements per side and 16 ground-based 2100-LFC loudspeakers, all in cardioid configurations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biggest change this year is that we are now deploying all 2100-LFCs for the low-frequency elements,\u201d says Josh Osmond, director of operations for UltraSound. \u201cIt just made sense. It is the right product to pair with Panther. They complement each other quite well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 2100-LFCs help us fill in the bottom end with a little more weight, while maintaining the upper range and crossing over into the lower range of Panther. They\u2019re very musical. They have fast transients and they\u2019re transparent, so it really works well with the diverse content.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another significant update came at the delay towers, where permanent underground foundations and conduit were installed during the offseason. The new infrastructure reduces the towers\u2019 footprint in audience areas while keeping cabling below ground.<\/p>\n
The change also led to a new first-delay low-frequency configuration: Six 1100\u2011LFC low-frequency control elements per side were flown alongside LYON line arrays rather than positioned on the ground. \u201cThe ground is really clean now, and there\u2019s a tiny footprint,\u201d says Bob McCarthy, Meyer Sound\u2019s director of system optimisation. \u201cWe\u2019ve got six subs on the delay towers instead of the three we used to have on the ground, keeping it really full and thick deeper into the space.\u201d<\/p>\n
Visiting front-of-house engineers also praised the system\u2019s clarity and responsiveness. Sean Delaine, FOH engineer for Audrey Hobert, says: \u201cIt was simply amazing. Transient response was amazing. All the mid-range was great. Nothing squashed out of the way. It allowed me to paint the air. I loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beyond Lands End, Panther mains and Lyon delays supported the SOMA EDM stage, while compact Mina line arrays powered the Dolores open-air dance club.<\/p>\n
For Another Planet Entertainment, the continued evolution of Outside Lands reflects a partnership that has grown alongside the festival. \u201cOutside Lands benefits from having three Bay Area teams that know this event, this site, and each other extremely well,\u201d says Mary Conde, senior vice-president of Another Planet Entertainment. \u201cOur partnership with Meyer Sound and UltraSound allows us to keep looking ahead \u2013 improving the infrastructure and production process while creating an even better experience for artists and fans year after year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[USA] Outside Lands returned to San Francisco\u2019s Golden Gate Park 7-9 August for its 18th year, with more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-441861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}