DiGiCo chosen for Wang Feng The Times Tour
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At the heart of the audio system for this ever-growing production lies a DiGiCo SD7 at FOH and an SD5 at monitors, supplied by Racpro, DiGiCo’s distributor for the territory.
Mr Shaogang Jin, Wang Feng’s chief FOH engineer and sound designer, is no stranger to such productions. He is one of China’s foremost sound engineers and has been involved with events such as the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony and The Voice of China. He has been working with Wang Feng for many years.
Mr Shaogang Jin and Mr Guobang Lu are making good use of the SD7 at FOH, with monitor engineers Mr Yong Shao and Mr Longfei Ai utilising the SD5. Mr Shaogang Lin comments that the choice of mixing consoles is based on their incredible sound quality and powerful processing.
The SD7 has a total of 72 inputs and 24 outputs, with monitors again using 72 inputs, but double the outputs. Whist neither console is maxed out, having the ability to easily increase the input and output channel count has proved incredibly useful.
“We have found the Waves Integration, DigiTube and Dynamic EQ on the consoles particularly useful,” says Mr Guobang Lu. “We have full access to Waves plug-ins and can adjust the plug-in parameters directly with the ‘touch and turn’ encoder on the console worksurface. It’s very powerful, really useful and makes mixing way more convenient.”
Adding authentic analogue style warmth to the show, DiGiCo’s DiGiTube technology has been of particular importance to Wang Feng’s production, bringing a classic rock sound to the show.
With the tour’s hectic schedule, having a system that is easy and intuitive to use is essential.
“As the signal processing is inside the console, it doesn’t need a DSP rack and means we just need to connect the fibre cables to the SD-RACK and the system is ready to go. It really couldn’t be easier,” concludes Mr Guobang Lu. “And that has the added advantage that we just need just two flight cases worth of equipment, which is a great saving on truck space.”
(Jim Evans)
