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Audio Mixing Consoles and Desks
but TV production and audio
infrastructure users as well."
The first major feature introduced
with Radio Software v6.6 is a new
licence package for Lawo's versatile
Power Core DSP mixing / routing
engine: Power Core EDGE. This licence
provides an entry-level configuration
designed specifically for deployment
as a high-capacity audio gateway,
where mixing surface control is not
required. It's perfect for NOC and TOC
installations where plenty of audio
ingest is needed, or for large-scale
conversion of legacy baseband signals
to AES67 networking.
Radio v6.6 software is applicable
to the entire range of Lawo radio
products, including ruby, sapphire,
sapphire compact, crystal and
crystalCLEAR
mixing
consoles,
Power Core, Nova17 MK2 and Nova
29 engines, VisTool MK2 GUI Builder
software, and the On-Air Designer
console customization tool.
While the live touring and theatre
worlds remain at a standstill, the
broadcasting/streaming
sectors
continue to offer opportunities for
mixing desk manufacturers.
Used worldwide for mixing live
concert audio, DiGiCo consoles are
finding additional life in the world of
live streamed events. One such place
is in Australia for The Cube, a premium
live streaming event space.
The Cube's design is the combined
effort of Melbourne AV retailer Concert
Audio Visual, lighting and visuals
specialists VizFx and Melbourne-based
online radio station LESH FM. A DiGiCo
SD9, supplied by DiGiCo's Australian
distributor, Group Technologies, was
chosen for mixing pre-broadcast
Radio v6.6 software is applicable to the
entire range of Lawo radio products

InSound
cont'd...

A DiGiCo SD9 is at the heart of The Cube in Melbourne

For SummAIR, Simon Münger from MSL Eventtechnik devised an integrated mixing
system spanning FOH, monitors, livestream and mastering matrix duties

audio, as well as handling the stage
monitor mix, DJ Booth audio and Front
of House mix.
The team's in-house engineer, Oliver
Coupe Sando, comments, "When we
stream, we're looking to introduce
as little tone shaping and colour to
the sound as possible, so that we
can translate what we're hearing in
the space, to people's headphones
and living rooms, with the maximum
amount of clarity available to us.
DiGiCo consoles are perfect for that."
On the new product front, DiGiCo
debuted the Quantum 5
console at NAMM 2020.
Quantum 5 follows on from
the success of DiGiCo's
flagship Quantum 7. As with
Quantum 7, the Quantum 5
engine slots into the existing
SD5 frame and, with its 37
faders and three 15-inch,
full-color TFT touchscreens,
provides
Quantum
processing features, power
and
connectivity
in
both new and existing
hardware.
"Quantum 5 makes
complete sense as
an upgrade path for
both new and existing

SD5 users," comments DiGiCo general
manager Austin Freshwater. "It allows
them to take advantage of all the new
Quantum features while maximizing
their ongoing return on investment."
Allen & Heath's consoles are also
making a strong showing in the
world of live streaming. Billed as
Switzerland's first open-air streaming
festival, SummAIR featured a tight
programme of live bands mixed on an
advanced Allen & Heath dLive setup.
With five bands performing on a
single stage and just a few minutes
for each changeover, the key

challenge for Simon Münger from
MSL Eventtechnik was to provide a
high quality, unbroken livestream mix
throughout the evening. Reinforcing
his own Allen & Heath inventory with
a pair of hired in dLive systems, Simon
devised an integrated mixing system
spanning FOH, monitors, livestream
and mastering matrix duties.
Simon mixed monitors from an
S5000 Surface and DM48 MixRack,
setting the gain structure for the whole
system. Another S5000 and DM48
pairing at FOH was supplemented by
an eight fader IP8 remote controller,
allowing FOH engineer, Tim Werner
to access presenter channels and
master levels when guest engineers
were mixing on the main Surface.
Oliver Deiss managed the livestream
mix, adding final compression and
level adjustments from a third S5000,
together with a CDM32 MixRack.
Finally, when sound engineer Paul
Cutler was asked to mix Captain
Tom Moore's much publicised 100th
birthday celebrations for a live
broadcast, his first move was to hire
a Calrec Brio 36 from Presteigne
Broadcast Hire via Calrec's UK
distributor Synthax Audio UK - and
install it into his old VW T4 campervan.
"The Brio took all radio mics, IEMs
and DA's, while output was sent
to a satellite truck for broadcast
and a radio van for feeds to other
broadcasters," reports Cutler.
"I had never used a Brio before, but
it was so intuitive that I took delivery,
installed, set it up and mixed the
broadcast in a matter of hours. It is
amazing to use; so simple I was adding
auxes on the fly and had no concern
about adding any facilities. Plenty of
ins and outs, huge capacity and a user
interface that's beautifully laid out and
a joy to use."

Sound engineer Paul Cutler mixed Captain Tom's live broadcast on a Calrec Brio 36
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