Brit Row's Bryan Grant said: "Knowing that it was a multi-band bill, and knowing that with a show like this the sound requirements of the artist can change right up to the event, we opted for the flexibility of the DiGiCo D5 Live. We had one desk on FOH and one on stage. Both desks performed well for us in an ever-changing situation."
Grant continued: "It was a difficult site because it was in Donegal Square facing down Donegal Street: T-shaped with lots of wonderfully reflective buildings at the top of the T. During set up the traffic had to flow normally. This meant that our windows for rehearsals etc were quite limited - from 6pm onwards - so we needed consoles that were able to be fully recallable and that we were able to set up and patch really quickly. The D5s are perfect for this. And the audio from them is superb!"
The performers were magnified on stage via a 45sq.m Barco DLite 7 Daylight screen, in widescreen format, and four strategically-positioned 18sq.m 25mm LED relay screens in peripheral areas ... all provided by CT Screenco. Working under the direction of production manager Robbie Williams, CT Screenco relayed all feeds from the BBC in either 16:9 widescreen or 4:3 aspect ratio.
(Lee Baldock)
