VUE brings concert clarity to historic Golden Gate Theater in San Francisco

The old vaudeville theater opened in 1922 and became a Cinerama movie theater in the 1960s. Today it is owned by SHN where they have proudly presented Broadway productions at the Golden Gate Theatre including, Chicago, Hairspray, Mamma Mia! And Rent. With a capacity of 2,297 it is also a popular destination for touring plays, operas and live music.

Recently, legendary musicians Daryl Hall and Todd Rundgren performed at the Golden Gate Theatre. Sound Image Productions were tasked with providing a full system for both bands. Rundgren is no stranger to VUE. Todd toured with al-8 arrays in 2018 and obtained VUE hm-112 and hm-212 monitors with VUEdrive amps for his 2019 tour. For the Golden Gate Theatre, Sound Image provided 18 al-12 acoustic linearity line array elements – arrays of 9 al-12s flown each side of the stage. The orchestra pit held 8 hs-221 subs.

Sound Image brings Lizzo show to new sonic levels in Mountain View CA

Hip-Hop megastar Lizzo, will be hitting the road on an arena tour this fall. But this spring, she played the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View California for Google’s Return To Office Concert. Sound Image was provided a rider that spec’d a VUE al-system and deployed Winston Damme as FOH tech and Mike Brown as System tech from Sound Image’s San Francisco branch.

VUE Audiotechnik al-12 line array utilized by Big Time Affairs for music education fund raising events

The Carnival took place on February 5th, 2022 outdoors at a large private residence in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles with Big Time Affairs hired to provide a full sound system for all performances. The DJs for the night spun through a couple of quad left-right clusters of VUE al-4 sub compact line-arrays. The main stage employed al-12 line-arrays with four hs-221 subwoofers. The side-fill was covered by al-8 line-array elements and hs-28 subs. A total of nine hm-115 monitors were utilized on stage to cover the various positions needed for each band.

Access Audio employs al-8 arrays on Kari Jobe – The Blessing Tour 2021

Twice Grammy nominated contemporary Christian music artist, Kari Jobe, has been on tour supporting her 2020 release “The Blessing”….When Kari Jobe’s tour played Gove City Ohio, Access Audio was hired to provide sound reinforcement. Kari Jobe’s tour recognized the inadequacy of the venue pa….The solution incorporated two ground stacks of six VUE Audiotechnik al-8 line array elements over al-8sb subs. Three al-8 elements were also used for front-fills along with four hs-221 subs. The ground stacked arrays were set-up to cover the floor level seats along with 2nd level seating in the auditorium.

Access Audio supports Crossroads Church Student Ministry Camp with VUE Line Arrays

Access Audio was hired to provide a full-stage production that relied on their VUE Audiotechnik al-8 line arrays. The system consisted of 4 hangs of al-8s with 6 elements per hang. This provided L/R FOH coverage along with L/R fill. Individual al-8 elements were placed on the front edge of the stage as additional fill for those standing up close. The low-end for front of house was pushed with VUE hs-28 subwoofers placed in a cardiod configuration under the main system. To add subs to the side-fills, hs-221 subs were also positioned in cardiod configuration under the fill al-8 hangs.