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APG’s Uniline Max debuts at French Pride festival

The historic town hall courtyard in Lyon, France, was transformed into a concert venue to host a blend of music, celebration, and community during the recent Bal des Fiertés festival, where APG’s Uniline Max made its debut.

Uniline Max was deployed by Moov’Event, a France-based event production and rental company led by Felipe Araya, and the first company in Europe to have invested in the new line array series. Working alongside Camille Vidal, a partner of the LGBTQI centre in Lyon as a technical manager for events and live performances, the team was tasked with transforming the ornate courtyard into a professional live entertainment venue.

The client’s brief was to set up the courtyard to host several concerts throughout the evening, while highlighting the architecture of this significant venue. Uniline Max allowed for a single, central line-array deployment that delivered consistent coverage across approximately thirty metres. It was selected to meet the preferences of the event’s headliner, French electronic music producer and artist Vitalic.

The setup consisted of two lifting towers supporting five heads per side, accompanied by ten subwoofers. The system was fully powered using Arbane Groupe amplification products, maintaining a 100-percent Arbane configuration throughout the installation. “The architecture of the City Hall courtyard formed a reflective corridor; the challenge was to be able to create a powerful yet pristine sound that would truly represent the music played by the artists in this reverberating environment”, says Araya.

Compared to previous years’ point-source setups, the team opted for a single Uniline Max line array deployment: Five heads per side and ten subwoofers, all lifted via a tower-and-hoist rig for optimal positioning and weather resistance. “Last year, we had to use delay speakers to reach the back of the courtyard”, says Vidal. “This year, we eliminated that complexity and achieved seamless sound projection from a single point.”

The age and fragility of the surrounding structure - including windows dating back centuries - required careful acoustic control. Uniline Max’s focused directivity helped avoid excessive pressure zones. Araya notes that the support from Arbane Groupe was instrumental to the system’s success: “Their team was with us during set-up and tuning, ensuring we got the best from the system from day one.”

“Uniline Max’s debut at the Bal des Fiertés wasn’t just a technical triumph - it was a meaningful contribution to one of the city’s most joyful and inclusive Pride celebrations”, concludes Vidal. The event’s organisers, including Lyon’s LGBT Centre, have already re-engaged Moov’Event for upcoming performances.

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