Buda Bar the Heart of City's Nightlife

Buda Bar is the largest venue located in the city of Eskisehir — a neighbouring city to Ankara which is the capital of Turkish Republic. Martin Audio was the preferred sound system supplier, in order to achieve perfect aural experience for its valuable customers in the city.

The Martin Audio system specified included four Martin Audio EM186’s, four W3P’s, four Martin Audio Blackline S18 and two S15 subs, four Blackline F12’s, two Martin F15’s — and a pair of LE400C wedge monitors for the DJ booth. The whole system is powered by Crest amplification.

Because of the unusually high quality of sound and lighting inside, the venue has become very popular in a very short period of time. Holding 1,500 people, Buda Bar is now the heart of the whole city’s entertainment and has
definitely introduced an injection of high energy to the nightlife of Eskisehir.

Panama Provides Another Amsterdam Showcase

There are almost as many channels of Martin Audio sound now flowing through Amsterdam as there are canals.

The Dutch capital’s two flagship venues — Paradiso and Melkweg — both reinforce their aural fare through Martin enclosures, which is one of the reasons for the owners of the newly-refurbished Panama, in the city centre, endorsing the brand. The other is the Blackline system’s pure sonic qualities.

The 450-capacity venue is a true nightclub — a live band/DJ hybrid, which is also equipped for taking television broadcasts.

With sound coverage needed from the stage area, Martin Audio’s distributors, TM Audio, hired acoustician Frans van Houten, and he in turn arranged a loudspeaker demonstration. Owners, Wouter Brave and Andre Van Gelderen, were delighted, and
the installation was duly carried out by local dealer,
Audio Amsterdam.

Specified were four full-range three-way Blackline H3’s run biamped — two flown on either side of the stage — accompanied by a pair of ground-stacked S218 (2 x 18 subs) on each wing.

“This is a very trendy venue, and a lot of TV broadcasters make their recordings there,” said TM Audio’s Jeroen van Keeken. He believes that Panama will quickly become established on the Amsterdam club scene.

EXIT Fest Debuts Three Products

The EXIT Festival took place recently in the Yugoslav city of Novi Sad, on the banks of the Danube, in front of 250,000 people. The event featured three stages of which Martin components dominated the Rock and DJ stages.

Among the acts who performed were Finley Quaye and Anastasia, Banco de Gaia and Roni Size (main stage) 4 Hero, Fluke, Tim Simenon and Bentley Rhythm Ace (DJ stage) and musicians from the Yugoslavian rock ‘n’ roll scene on the Rock Stage (including the Orthodox Celts).

This performance stage was equipped with a Martin F2/F1 combination, supplied by Novi Sad-based Audio Constructor, who have the only Martin Audio hire inventory in the region. However, the main point of interest was that this stage saw the introduction locally of three new products. The Martin DX1 is the first digital speaker management system to arrive in Yugoslavia, while Martin Audio WSX subs and LE400C monitors (for the DJs) were also seen for the first time.

The DX1 was able to match the WSX’s to the F2/F1, producing an extremely deep and powerful low end. All the DJs enjoyed playing through the LE400C wedge monitors — and for Audio Constructor, represented by Milan Kljun (sound) and Zdenko Gajta (lighting) the whole job went without a hitch.

The complete Martin Audio inventory (which was powered by Crest PRO series amplification), comprised eight F1’s,
six F2’s, two FSX’s, four WSX’s, a pair of DX1’s and a
pair of LE400C’s.

The promoters were so delighted that they have asked Audio Constructor to install the complete W8C/WSX system at this year’s EXIT Festival as the production moves up a gear.

Pics: Miljan Cubrinovic