The event featured Amadeus' PMX, Diva and Maestro speaker systems, delivering a Hi-Fi sound to the outdoor audience who enjoyed internationally renowned jazz artists Kelvin Jones, Thomas Dutronc and Michel Legrand. This is the third year for the Palais en Jazz event and the sold out crowd enjoyed every minute of the music performances, responding with enthusiastic applause throughout the evening. The event was co-sponsored by Amadeus, Solid State Logic and Sonic Emotion and produced by Rocksquare, a French production company.
Philippe Guerinet, director of international sales for SSL and CEO of SSL France, said about the event, "True to the high quality standard of the Palais en Jazz event, the synergy between high-end digital equipment worked to the fullest extent possible, whether it was the digital SSL, Sonic Emotion's Wave 1 processor or Amadeus's DIVA sound reinforcement system. The whole system was easily and quickly set up by the technical staff, in spite of very challenging weather conditions.
"With partners of such quality as Amadeus and Sonic Emotion, and the support of excellent technicians, we knew that a exceptional technical event was to come, on top of an exceptional musical event. The performances by the musicians on stage allowed us to appreciate the musical excellence of the digital chain set up for the occasion, as well as its reliability, in view of the exacting operating conditions imposed by the weather."
Offering some background on the new SSL Live console, Guerinet adds, "From the onset, the SSL Live L500 console caused an exceptional stir, whether in France or abroad."
"The 'Sonic Wave I 3D' sound processor maximizes the listening experience of a live show by creating spatial sound reinforcement to entertain the entire audience, no matter where they are positioned," explains Etienne Corteel, chief science officer at Sonic Emotion Labs. "This experience of producing a pure high definition 3D sound experience complemented by Amadeus loudspeakers is a simplified adaptation for any live venue transitioning from a stereo format with the ability to precisely position and move sound sources allowing even further control over the audio environment."
"Our goal was to create a popular event that would bring alive modern music in a historical setting ordinarily very removed from the genre," says Emmanuel Starcky, director of the National Museums and the estates of the Compiègne and Blerancourt castles.
"The success of Palais en Jazz rests, among other things, on the quality of the team of partners behind it and the support they provide. In addition to the festival's established associates, public and private, several equipment manufacturers stepped in and acquired prominent roles in the event's production," explains Hugo Brugiere, co-producer of the festival. "The quality of the solutions and technologies implemented by Amadeus, Solid State Logic and Sonic Emotion, some of which were specially developed for the occasion, makes this great human, entrepreneurial and artistic adventure also a technological one," adds Brugiere.
(Jim Evans)
