Every year on 24 June, Turin is crowded with thousands of people, not only from
Turin but from other cities such as Florence and Genoa, where it is an annual public
holiday. Its purpose is to honour the Feast of St. John (La Festa di San Giovanni).
Shows, games, concerts, sport events and wonderful exhibitions take place, with
people dressed in traditional costumes and spectacular fireworks over the River Po,
this year watched by up to 200,000 in the city’s biggest square, Vittorio Veneto
Square.

This is where Martin Audio’s technology partner, Corsinotti Sas, had fielded its new
MLA Compact system, which was being deployed for the first time. The company
has handled this event since 1986, using a Martin Audio W8LC Martin Audio compact
line array since 2004. However, Rinaldo Corsinotti, the eponymous rental company
owner, said that this year they had made an important breakthrough with the MLA
system, which displayed “an extraordinary and surprisingly powerful sound.’

Visiting the venue with Stefano Rocchi, owner of Martin Audio’s Italian distributor,
Audiosales, Corsinotti said, “After undergoing intensive Martin Audio training with
the MLA Compact system, I was very curious to hear it performing at one of the
most important events of the year for us. And it was a real pleasure to do so.’

Just as in previous years, the Turin sound rig was set up to provide coverage not
only for Vittorio Veneto Square, but also Lungo Po Diaz, Lungo Po Cadorna and
Murazzi.

To achieve this, Corsinotti fielded 16 MLA Compact (in two hangs of eight) and eight
of Martin Audio’s complementary DSX subs, which were ground-stacked in two
rows, four stacks per row. There were also further delays and L/R side fills to throw
the sound to Lungo Po Diaz.

The assembled multitudes expressed equal satisfaction. Many of them arrived at the
square early in order to get the best seats and help build a movie style atmosphere.
And while a number of local tribute bands and cover bands performed on a side
stage, connected to the main stage’s MLA system, popular songs such as Yesterday
and Let It Be by Beatles, Another Brick In The Wall by Pink Floyd and New York,
New York by Liza Minnelli rang loud and clear into the night air through MLA.

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