To assure the experience will be as intense and immersive as the films themselves, the sound is mixed using the Studer Vista 5 SR digital live mixing console featuring the Vistonics user interface. The Vista 5 SR is handling 110 inputs per night for a massive symphony orchestra playing beneath a 60x30ft high-definition projection screen. In the words of Steve Colby, the FOH mixer for the touring show, "Everything about this production is big, and the Vista 5 SR has not skipped a beat."
Colby, who has been the primary FOH mixer for the Boston Pops Orchestra for over 30 years and who is often called upon for his expertise with symphonic ensembles in very large venues, was introduced to the Studer Vista 5 SR for this project by Fred Vogler, sound designer for Star Wars: In Concert.
Colby is very happy with the introduction. "The console sounds terrific, very clean and musical," he says. "We're at 100 inputs at 96 kHz and the DSP can handle it with no trouble at all." Colby has quickly become a fan of the Vista 5 SR's Vistonics touchscreen technology. "The Vistonics user interface is really powerful," he says. "It's really nice having soft encoders embedded within the screen."
Other members of the sound crew on Star Wars: In Concert include: Matt Fox, PA crew chief; Patou Lemay, PA systems tech; Jeremy Walls, PA tech; Hilario Gonzalez, PA tech; Greg (Chico) Lopez, stage sound tech; Richard Morris, stage sound tech.
(Jim Evans)
