Teaming up with Antonio Banderas’ television production company, Teatro Soho Televisión (TST), national state-owned public-service television broadcaster Spain’s RTVE has produced the ten-episode Las Tres Puertas, a new arts and culture show for its flagship TVE La 1 channel.
Presented by María Casado, a distinguished journalist and news presenter, and a key member of Banderas’ production team, the show features guest interviews with luminaries from the worlds of culture, science, politics, business and sport, together with live performances by artists from Spain and around the world.
The weekly programme was produced live in RTVE’s Studio 6 in Sant Cugat, just north of Barcelona. A striking feature of the production is the stark visually arresting set, the appearance of which changed every week. In keeping with the set design, the sound stage required an especially low-profile, high-performance PA system.
Sound designer Roc Mateu and Amate Audio Industrial Designer Guiu Llusà specified an active, self-processing system comprising compact, point-source models from the Amate Xcellence series.
‘For the main PA, two of the new X102FD dual 10-inch systems are pole mounted on X18T subs,’ Llusà says. ‘They were chosen for their small size in relation to their quality and power.’
Additionally, five of the latest X14FD low profile, single 14-inch coaxial models are deployed in floor-monitor mode. A dual purpose design, the X14FD is both a highly effective FOH cabinet and a premium performance monitor system, featuring Amate Audio’s latest Active+ integrated self-power and 64-bit DSP system management platform.
‘These were chosen to test the application of Amate Audio’s latest on-board technologies in a high performance floor monitor,’ continues Llusà. ‘In particular, the Active+ system preset phase aligns the X14FD perfectly with the X102FD main PA systems, and provides enhanced voice control with zero microphone feedback issues.’
‘One of our goals at the show was to make artists feel comfortable when they performed on our set,’ adds Teatro Soho Televisión Executive Producer, Carmen Escalante. ‘Amate Audio systems provided us with that confidence; good sound and versatility that the artists have appreciated.’
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