The TV show has eight 'finals' shows broadcast live on Dutch TV network RTL and VTM in Belgium, from Studio 1 at Aalsmeer, just outside Amsterdam. The first of the live finals took place on 10 October, with the grand final on 28 November.
Eventec supplied all sound and lighting for the show, with the audio system based around Seeburg Acoustic Line Galeo XT tops and subs, powered by racks of Lab.gruppen PLM and FP+ and controlled via Dolby Lake DLP and Lake Controller software, running off PC but controlled from an Apple iPad running VNC (remote desktop control). Two racks each containing a single PLM 10000Q and PLM 20000Q are all that's required to comfortably drive a total of 12 Seeburg Acoustic Line Galeo tops and eight Galeo subs. A third rack comprising of the same units is being used to drive some additional elements such as a loudspeaker cluster for the judges' position.
Monitor wedges and some additional fills around the studio floor area are powered by a pair of racks each containing Lab.gruppen FP 10000Q and third party processing and control.
Eventec's Wijnand Mol comments, "With the Lab.gruppen amps, we can do everything. Whether it's a small system like two tops with two 18" subs or whether it's a large line array with subs, just one rack does the job. For the studio setups like this, it's great to have full control that Lake provides, and it can all be driven on an iPad."
(Jim Evans)
