Mechanical Design; Rigging - Martin Audio MLA User Manual

MLA System
USER GUIDE
The cabinets are elegantly styled with a wrap over grill and injection moulded rubberised end cheeks that as well as adding to
the visual aesthetic make for easy and stable stacking in trucks or warehouses. A large bar handle makes handling and rigging
the system an easy job and each cabinet is supplied with a front-mounted wheelboard and protective canvas cover.

Mechanical Design

MLA Compact is extremely easy to handle and deploy and it's astonishingly small size provides a very discreet and attractive
enclosure. It is constructed from 18mm multi-laminate birch ply with a very durable PU weather-proof coating. All rigging
metalwork and the wrap-over grill are powder coated steel and as with the MLA series the cabinets are finished with decorative
protective rubber end cheeks.

Rigging

MLA Compact Rigging is a simplified version of the array style rigging employed on Martin Audio line arrays and the MLA system.
As with these systems the rigging is a fixed front system with angles between cabinets adjustable from 0.5⁰ to 10⁰ by using the
rear rigging brackets and selecting the correct hole in the bottom half of the rear bracket;-
The rear bracket travels in a "parked"position when not in use and the cabinet is in transit;-
One issue with previous Martin Audio rigging system was the difficulty experienced flicking the rear linking bar out of its parked
position. This problem has been solved with the addition or a protruding tongue at the base of the bar where it pivots. This can
easily be used to rotate the bar out of its slot once the securing pin has been removed.
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