As a failsafe, all the cues, at the FOH and monitor mix positions, were backed up on a second Innova Son 48-channel Sensory desks while DM Audio also used TC Electronic’s state-of-the-art TC System 6000 to programme their reverb and delay settings. Finally, DM Audio used Rane’s RPM-88 10 x 10 DSP matrix, programmed with delay and EQ parameters, to feed the left and right main speaker systems, downfills, frontfills and extreme left and right.
Lars Wern, whose company produced the audio for the event in Stockholm two years ago, felt that they had again succeeded in working within the context of broadcasters, Estonian TV’s low-level auditorium requirement - without audio compromise: "It’s essentially a TV show and I’m delighted we were able to achieve such wide coverage, with perfect stereo imaging from the Martin Line Arrays - without affecting the TV sound."
(Lee Baldock)