During the evaluation stage, the Theatre's engineer, Jay Christie, approached PA company and installation firm, SRD Group, to request a demo of the iLive system.
"Jay was looking at various digital options but iLive came out on top because it is so flexible, easy to set up and install, has DCA groups, and unlike many other smaller consoles, has a Touchscreen," explains SRD's Stuart Roberts.
"I also liked the fact that the EQ, gates and compressors are all laid out on the front of the surface rather than hidden in a Touchscreen menu, making set up and operation quicker than other consoles we tested," adds Christie.
The Theatre selected an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-T112 Control Surface. The catalyst for the upgrade was the annual panto production, which was engineered in-house for the first time. The venue decided they needed a reliable and technically more flexible desk to manage the season.
"iLive's software enables us to recall parameters in different scenes, programme and save the show, and then recall the files each night, which makes running the production very easy," says Christie.
(Jim Evans)
