RCF Provides the Sounds of Hockey in Shreveport

History has it that the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana had a reputation for being known for the worst sound for live concerts in the 1970’s. Because of that, the renowned Texas trio ZZ Top would use the venue for their tour rehearsals knowing if they could get the sound good there, it could sound good anywhere they went.

In 2016, the Shreveport Mudbugs, a new North American Hockey League expansion team, signed a 12-year lease agreement with the facility. As the new team prepared for their debut season, plans were put into place to upgrade the facility’s audio system to increase the fan experience.

With that, team owner Tommy Scott called on regional event production company Paxton Sound to explore and evaluate the best solution for the venue.
 

“Usually a system like this gets hung for the first time, there is some minor angle adjustments and tweaking necessary,” says Paxton. “With the RCF (Shape Designer) software, I found no changes were needed.” The system called for two aiming positions, as the east and west arrays called for a longer throw in the rectangular shape of the arena. And, as reverberant as the building was known to be, “we only had to do some hard EQ on some of the low frequencies to tune the system.”