Thierry Plenier, who runs the AV department with department head William Baruch, comments: "I was fascinated by the Muxipaire (digital snake) when it first came out, and when we bought our first digital console in 2002, if I'd had the budget, I'd have bought a Compact Live. As it was, we went for another solution, which has served us well until now, but we are reaching the ceiling of its limitations in terms of mix capacity, and our analogue console just doesn't offer us the flexibility we need to handle monitors."
Regarding the Sy80, Plenier notes: "From a technical point of view, first and foremost, the sound quality is excellent. Secondly, to our huge delight, you don't have to configure your patch to the console, but you can adapt your console to the patch - we are no longer limited by the architecture of the console, because you can designate any function to any fader. Finally, the speed and flexibility of the software, and the quality of the effects makes this console very easy to work on, and the quality of what you can achieve is just magnificent."
(Jim Evans)
