It was in this latter high pressure environment that a Yamaha M7CL digital mixing console was entrusted with ensuring that every word of each speaker was heard perfectly by both the delegates present and around the world via the media.
Bristol-based Revelation Event Management provided production crew for the conference and appointed Tim Headley to mix the front of house sound. Headley specified the Yamaha M7CL, which was also used for the event's accompanying Zayed Future Energy Prize awards evening. Both were events on a global scale and the brief was simple - there must be no problems.
"The M7CL is my desk of choice and it's incredibly reliable, which of course is paramount when you're dealing with such a high profile event," says Headley. "No expense was spared on the production, so it was a high pressure job."
German company Neumann and Müller was the main technical supplier for the event and the company's Middle East branch supplied the console, with programming aided by Tim Headley's use of Yamaha Studio Manager software.
(Jim Evans)
