Carnegie Mellon University's largest annual concert takes place each spring during “Carnival Weekend.” For 2018, rapper and singer Wale was booked for an outdoor show, necessitating a new system design for the outdoor venue which had not been used before.

          The parameters of the design were the following: utilize a stock of L-Acoustics equipment with a limited supplemental rental budget, provide ample bass while minimizing spill behind the stage, and configure the console to mix both mains and monitors from front of house. None of the local vendors stocked additional KUDOS array cabinets, but we could source eight additional SB218 subwoofers. With twelve L-Acoustics SB218 subwoofers in total, I configured four cardioid triads. Once aligned, this sub array provided more punch and significant rear cancellation.