Sound designers Steve Kennedy and John Shivers specified Aviom personal monitoring gear for this project. The audio setup, which was provided by Dispatch, consists of a Yamaha M7CL digital mixing console with a 16-channel Pro16 A-Net Interface card installed. The A-Net card is connected to three A-16D Pro A-Net Distributors and 19 Aviom A-16II Personal Mixers to provide 16 channels of monitor mix content to the orchestra's 10 musicians as well as providing a monitor feed to the main audio desk. The production uses headphones for most of the musicians and Genelec monitors for the string, flute and horn sections.
"At Stage Entertainment we run several shows simultaneously, so to simplify things I try to use the same brand of gear whenever possible," says Bertrand Billon, audio manager at Stage Entertainment and backup to the main sound mixer on the production. "This way, I'm really familiar with the equipment and can also switch it out from show to show if needed. I've used Aviom on several projects because it's easy to use and gives musicians their own customized monitor mix."
(Jim Evans)
