Based in Hobart and serving high-end touring, education and corporate events, Professional Music & Lighting Systems (PMLS) is among the first production companies in Australia to take receipt of DiGiCo’s Quantum 338 flagship mixing console. The new desk has already seen action with Holy Holy, Spiderbait and Pete Murray, and is now part of the PMLS rotation of production hardware.
The console boasts new mix and interface features, representing a step up in processing power and connectivity. According to PMLS Director Nick Morse, the company was seeking to fill the role of a touring and hire rig with extended I/O, and chose the Quantum 338 after being impressed by these features.
‘The three-screen workflow and 32bit local inputs are something we really like, and the improved screen brightness and GUI is very impressive,’ he confirms. ‘If we combine the Quantum with DiGiCo’s SD-Rack, we have something that can handle a large amount of I/O and which has the processing capacity to treat all that audio too.
‘We’re devoting time to getting up to speed with the new features, and from the short time we’ve had it, I can already say the 338 looks like the way of the future. The new Nodal Processing and Klang [IEM] integration are things I definitely see us making good use of. I think the technology behind Klang is an important development, one that might even become an industry standard. When that happens, we’ll be ready.’
PMLS considered adding a DiGiCo SD10 to its equipment line up (which includes an SD9 and SD12) before being won over by the Quantum 338.
Most recently, PMLS used the Quantum 338 along with an SD11 for the Basin-ish Concert 2021, which featured Bec Stevens, Kim Churchill, Boo Seeka, Spacey Jane and Ball Park Music.
‘The majority of clients specify a DiGiCo and we work a lot with Waves plug-ins, so our choice to keep upgrading in the DiGiCo realm was an easy one,’ Morse says. ‘The consoles have a transparent sound, and you can make the workflow as simple or as complex as you like. I feel we’ve now got something suitable for every scenario.’
