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Gand Concert Sound Provides Yamaha, NEXO Audio System to ELCA Event

The Evangelical Lutheran Youth of America (ELCA) gathering at the Mercedes-Benz Super Dome in New Orleans

The tri-annual gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Youth of America (ELCA) took place in late July at the Mercedes-Benz Super Dome in New Orleans, where more than 35,000 teenage attendees participated in praise activities, as well as theatrical and musical performances. Gand Concert Sound (GCS) of Glenview, Ill., provided a Yamaha and NEXO audio system for performances by Christian music acts including Rhema Soul, Lost and Found, Jimmy Buffet guitarist Peter Mayer, and the Grammy Award–winning band Switchfoot.

For its fourth time supporting this youth group event, Gand provided a flown system comprising 60 NEXO GEO T speakers, 18 GEO S12, eight RS18 Ray Subs and 30 ground-stacked CD18 subs. Fifteen NEXO 4×4 amps were used to power dozens of NEXO PS15 and PS10s used for stage monitors and front fills, and PS8s used for under balcony delay speakers, as well as S12s and RS18s.

“This was the first time the event was mixed totally digital from front of house to a pair of Yamaha M7CLs used for monitors on the A and B stages,” states Gary Gand, president of Gand Concert Sound. “A Yamaha LS9-16 was used for audio to video feeds to the Internet and an LS9-32 was put in place for the audience aux island stage. The use of all digital consoles allowed national acts such as Switchfoot, who flew from Seattle to New Orleans to make the show, call up their previous shows with GCS and get right down to business.”

Additionally, GCS used the new Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5045 processor developed specifically for Yamaha on specialty mics for added clarity. “We were able to achieve a great sound in one of the USA’s largest venues,” says FOH engineer Adam Rosenthal.

Gand bought its first large NEXO GEO T system in 2003 for an ELCA event held at the Georgia Dome. Since that time, it has continued to expand its inventory with new NEXO products while adding to its GEO T stock.

“NEXO is constantly updating their software to improve the performance of the gear,” Gand says. “Now we have the integrated 4×4 amp that will work with every NEXO speaker in any combination enabling us to configure amps onsite for arrays, monitors, subs, in any combination and for any model.”

In addition to the July ELCA event, GCS also supplied audio production for the Pitchfork Fest in Chicago and dozens of other events around the Midwest.

For more information on NEXO and Yamaha products, visit www.yamahaca.com.

For more information on Gand Concert Sound, visit www.gandconcertsound.com.

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