Sa DingDing delights Hong Kong
Published: ASIA
HONG KONG: Grammy nominee and BBC Radio 3 World Music Award winner, Sa DingDing, recently used a Meyer Sound Milo line array system for two concerts at the Hong Kong Star Hall for the 38th Hong Kong Arts Festival.
Named by the London Times as the Asian Björk, Sa DingDing sings in Tibetan, Sanskrit, and Mandarin. By mixing traditional Chinese melodies and Buddhist prayers with electronic instruments, she has inspired many with a spiritual musicality.
‘Milo was used because it not only provides the power we needed for the size of venue but also gives us the dynamics,’ stated Roland Chan, concert engineer for Shalom AV Technology Ltd, the company that provided the system.
To cover 3,600 spectators in the four-level 30,000-sq-ft Star Hall, a system with 16 Milo and four Milo 120 line array loudspeakers was configured. Low frequency was supplied by four 700-HP and four 650-P subwoofers. Four UPA-1P loudspeakers provided front fill. A Galileo loudspeaker management system provided signal processing and an RMS remote monitoring system offered extensive real-time status and system performance data. Mapp Online Pro acoustical prediction software was used for system design.
‘System setup is simplified with the help of Mapp,’ explained Mr Chan. ‘The prediction of sound level and coverage area is accurate. We save a lot of time in system tuning because the sound quality is already optimised for singing performances. Meyer Sound products make our life as concert sound engineers much easier.’
Miso Technology Company Limited provided musical instruments and a Venue mixing console for the concerts. ‘We are all satisfied with the whole system, which helped us deliver a great live performance of Sa DingDing,’ said So Wang Ip, Miso’s sales and marketing manager.