Philippe Barguirdjian of French sales and rental company Arpège Son Lumiere carried out the specification and installation of the system. "We specified the D1 because it is a great sounding console, because the space it has to fit into is very tight so the small footprint of the D1 is good and because of the price," says Barguirdjian.
Another factor in Barguirdjian's console decision was that the engineers at Monaco SBM (Société des Bains de Mer) were already familiar with DiGiCo consoles.
"During the summer, an SD7 and a D5 were used at Monaco Sporting Club," he explains. "We needed a console with the capabilities of the SD7 there because there is a resident show that runs for the whole summer and that uses around 60/70 inputs.
"We chose the DP448 because we know XTA by heart," adds Barguirdjian. "It's also a great sounding device and it's fully patchable regarding inputs and outputs, so it's very easy to switch from mono to stereo. In addition, it has a general graphic EQ on the inputs which is very useful when we have visiting engineers who want a graphic EQ that is external to the console."
(Jim Evans)
