SURROUNDED BY DIGICO
For the second year, a DiGiCo console was selected as the core of the sound system used during the Surround Sound symposium at the AES Convention in San Francisco in October. The D1 Live, launched at the recent PLASA and LDI shows, was used to manage the extensive input and source routing needs of the presenters, totalling more than 100 channels of audio, and to provide delay.
All of the 20+ live Shure microphone feeds were handled using the D1's internal dynamics, EQ and signal processing capabilities. The complex 10 channel output matrix feeding the Meyer Sound-supplied CQ-based playback system was fed by the D1 through an Out Board TiMax processor. On-site support for the D1 Live was provided by DiGiCo's MD, Bob Doyle.
Pictured clockwise from left back: Buford Jones, Meyer Sound; David Claringbold, Sydney Opera House; Fred Ampel, Organizer; Kurt Graffy, Multi-channel audio concepts in Sound Reinforcement; Michael Leahy, Software writer of Spatial Ambisonics programs (ERG); Jonathan Laney, Millennium Park Chicago; Mark Hood, Theatrical Production system designer - Blast & CyberJam; Mark Herman, Live Sound International magazine; and Robin Whitaker, Out Board.