For the 25th Anniversary of Audi’s Summer Concert series inside its factory in
Ingolstadt, Germany, Meyer Sound LEOPARD™ linear sound reinforcement and
Constellation® active acoustic systems formed the foundation of an extraordinary
audio experience for both the audience and musicians. The combination transformed
a cavernous space that normally stamps out steel side panels for the Audi A3 into a
temporary concert hall worthy of hosting the London Symphony Orchestra and
conductor Kent Nagano.

The concert was the first show where Constellation worked hand-in-glove with the
new Meyer Sound LEOPARD line arrays. While Constellation provided a virtual
orchestra shell to envelop musicians with the sonic environment of a concert hall,
twin arrays of eight-each LEOPARD loudspeakers projected the performance to
about 1,000 audience members.

The LEOPARD system also included eight 900-LFC low-frequency control elements,
with one element flown at the top of each array and two end-fire directional arrays
of three elements each under the stage. Ten UPQ-1P and six UPM-1P loudspeakers
were used for center, near fill, and delay, and system drive and optimization was
supplied by a Galileo® Callisto™ loudspeaker management system with four Galileo
Callisto 616 array processors.

The Constellation electronic shell was driven by a D-Mitri® digital audio platform
and delivered through 15 UPA-1P, five UPM-1P, and 16 M1D line array
loudspeakers. To provide the foundational acoustics for Constellation, Konig and
Schwartz prescribed passive acoustical treatments to control the room’s excessive
low-mid reverberation.

Denzler mixed the show on a Soundcraft Vi6 console, with group pre-mixes by
Philip Trieber on a Soundcraft Vi4. Principal supplier of the audio and video systems
for the event was Creative Technology of Stuttgart, Germany, and the entire event
was directed by NIYU Media Projects.

This event was the first Audi Summer Concert to be hosted inside factory walls. The
musical program opened with Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor,’ continued with
George Antheil’s “Ballet Mecanique’which featured orchestrated sounds from three
Ducati motorcycles, and concluded with Igor Stravinsky’s “Le Sacre du Printemps.’