Currently ranked first in the country by audience share, STB needed a digital console that would withstand the rigours of moving around the country to regional heats of the Ukrainian version of Masterchef.
"The console had to be a reliable workhorse, able to work while constantly travelling - sometimes in hostile environments. As far as we were concerned, DiGiCo has the best protection against dust and shock resistance. There was also an urgent need for a MADI interface and we wanted the possibility of using fibre optic," says STB sound engineer for projects such as The X Factor and Ukraine's Got Talent, Anton Fedorov.
Together with Masterchef senior sound designer Andrei Petrik and engineer Alexander Pavlyukov, Anton chose the SD9, supplied by DiGiCo's Ukrainian distributor Real Music.
"Masterchef was filmed in all parts of Ukraine - Kyiv, Donetsk, Odessa, Lviv, Chernivtsi, so it passed the touring test easily," says Petrik. "It's now being used on The Bachelor and it has worked very well. The channel ganging is very convenient and everyone who needs to get a desired mix can without any problems. I think it will work perfectly as a monitor mixer on our big live shows."
(Jim Evans)
