Emil Chau recently undertook a major Chinese tour to promote his new album Love Hotel — the 34th of his career.

Born in Hong Kong, Emil Chau, who has been one of the best-loved entertainers in Asia for more than a decade, kicked off at Shanghai Grand Theatre, before 8,000 people on August 8 before moving onto the Beijing Capital Indoor Stadium, which
holds 18,000.

The crooner’s opening show in Shanghai was the first held in the city since the SARS epidemic — and was a sell out.

It was also the first time the theatre had hosted a line array system. Powermax (Asia) sound engineer, Daniel Kwan, reports that in terms of power, coverage and dynamics, the Martin Audio W8L delivered on all fronts.

Powermax (Asia) Engineering fielded 12 x W8L and eight WSX sub bass enclosures each side of the stage, powered by 36 Martin Audio MA4.2S amplifiers, with system management via XTA’s DP-226. Other effects included a Lexicon 480 and Midas XL88 matrix mixer.

In Beijing Hui Feng Performance Equipment (Group) Co. Ltd took over the sound production duties and fielded a similar Martin W8L line array configuration, adding 24 Martin Audio LE400C stage monitors to the spec. With XTA again providing the DSP processing, Hui Feng fielded 48-channel Midas H3000 and XL3 mixing desks, with proprietary Klark Teknik

and Drawmer processing, assorted Shure and Beyer microphones, as well as providing various musical instruments.