In partnership with Greek distributor Telmaco, Stage Tec has provided audio equipment for the Greek National Opera House and National Library of Greece at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens.
Built for art, education and entertainment, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) is a multi-purpose complex that is home to the Greek National Opera House (GNO) and the National Library of Greece (NLG), surrounded by the Stavros Niarchos Park. Three recording studios were installed in the National Library, one of which is equipped with radio broadcasting equipment – using an IP-based On Air flex console from Stage Tec.
The On Air flex features 40 input channels, 32 output buses and four monitoring paths, and is used to mix radio programmes and presenters, for example. When music sessions are taking place in the recording studios, the On Air flex mixes the musicians’ audio and feeds the live recording directly into the radio programme.
The On Air flex is connected to an extensive Nexus network comprising 15 Base Devices and three routers. A Nexus Star router acts as the hub, linking all the Base Devices. The routing network provides more than 400 TrueMatch microphone inputs with the XMIC board.
The National Opera House has the lion’s share of the Nexus audio network, with three Crescendo consoles and two Nexus Star routers serving the 1,400-seat auditorium. Main stage sound production features a 40-fader Crescendo, while the second 40-fader Crescendo is installed in the sound production unit of the Performance Hall, a smaller stage for experimental productions. The third Crescendo has 48 faders and is used for mixing duties in the opera’s large recording studio.
The SNFCC was developed through a grant made by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop. It was presented as a gift from the Foundation as a gift to the Greek State in 2017.
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