DIVA DELIGHTS
Yamaha mixing desks were much in evidence at the recent Soul Divas concerts in Germany. The three Divas - soul legends Whitney Houston, Natalie Cole and Dionne Warwick - thrilled fans at three separate concerts in Hamburg, Munich and Oberhausen.
Augsburg-based Yousound Showtechnik rigged the shows as well as providing trucking and full logistics. "We used a PM1D just for the monitor system with 96 input channels and 32 outputs," said Stefan Heinicke of Yousound. "That's a lot but well within the capabilities of the desk."
Much of the FOH mixing was provided by a Yamaha PM3500 mixing desk to provide the Divas with the finest quality sound through an impressive PA system using around 100 speakers.
"We were really working the desk," said Heinicke. "We had everything hooked up to it - every input and output we had. It worked like a dream."