"The introduction of FPGA design and the benefits for the engineers are quite impressive. DiGiCo are frontrunners in this change in audio processing and it is a great result for the Festival that DiGiCo has chosen to become part of the sponsorship programme."
DiGiCo had already won half the battle with Patrick Vogelsang, head of audio for the Festival, before he'd even experienced its consoles firsthand. "It's refreshing to me that the company is so in tune with the industry and the engineers' needs," he says. "When we saw the SD7 and SD8 with the FPGA design, it was clear that for once we had a platform that would exceed our requirements at the Festival.
"We were up and mixing on the demo console in 15 minutes - and for a festival the shortest learning curve is crucial. We then asked a lot of questions as to how flexible the system could be and both consoles remove a lot of the work we had to put in place in the past."
"I'm excited about the Festival this year as we have an amazing line up and I'm looking forward to experiencing the DiGiCo difference over the Festival," Nobs concludes. "I'd like to thank the Festival audio team and DiGiCo for making it happen."
(Jim Evans)
