The contract for the audio was fulfilled by Ital Cida, and according to Audiosales’ Mauro Codeluppi, one of the reasons his company was nominated as the supply source was its proximity to Parma - they are based just ten minutes outside the town. When it came to equipping the former sugar refinery - which had stood empty for years - Ital Cida specified four WT3s, six WT2s, a pair of WS2A subs and eight WT15s - ideal for the multi-purpose nature for which the theatre will be used. The system will be powered by Lab Gruppen amplification, and the loudspeaker management system will be provided by a digital network of XTA DP224s, DP200s and a DP226 - all linked together on Audiocore. Stage monitoring consists of two F12 Martin Audio Blackline F12s, arranged as floor wedges, powered by Lab Gruppen iP2100 amplification and EQ’d through an XTA GQ-600.
Mauro Codeluppi explains: "On the main outboard, eight DP324s give the sound engineer the opportunity of having 16 channels of dynamic processing that can be configured as compressor, limiter, gate and expander, depending on his needs, while 48 channels of mic/line splitter are available through six XTA DS-800s." In a separate rehearsal room a further pair of Martin Audio Blackline F12s have been specified.
Planning for the project was handled by Flat Renzo Building Workshop (Paris) and the acoustic consultants were Muller-BBM GMBH (Monaco di Baviera).
(Ruth Rossington)
