When the time came to replace the mixing console in the Hotel de Ville's grandest reception room, the aptly named Salle des Fetes, technical director Dominique Dunesme selected an Eclipse digital console from Innovason.
"We host between 400 - 600 events per year," he says. "That's an average of about three or four per week, and it can be anything from fashion shows to conferences and conventions to theatre and of course musical concerts of every genre. Our old console had simply run out of resources and needed to be replaced. The question, of course, was by what?"
After many months of research and demos, Dunesme finally opted for an Eclipse from Innovason. "It was the only console that ticked all the boxes," he says. "Ergonomically it suited us perfectly - it is pretty compact, yet still has all the inputs and functionality we require. It's extremely easy to transport to another room when necessary - it fits onto a custom dolly and off we go, and you don't need to be Hercules to lift it."
He adds, "We have a lot of visiting engineers, so it needed to be easy to use. The fact that Eclipse is totally configurable is a real bonus. If we can get the configuration in advance, all we do is set up the console to the engineer's specifications, so that he has everything exactly where he wants, and he is up and running in no time. There is no scrolling through pages searching for things - everything is always right at your fingertips."
(Jim Evans)
