Presently marking its 50th year, the Berlin Philharmonic has refurbished Studio 11 at serving the Great Hall at its its 24-year-old Chamber Music Hall. Included in the project is a Studer Vista 9 digital mixing console.
The console was provided by Studer’s German distributor Audio Pro, who added 512 further audio channels via optical Madi interfaces. ‘The additional Madi interfaces allows 64 channels to connect to the digital workstation, while the remaining channels are connected to the Great Hall,’ says Mirsat Neziraj of the Berlin Philharmonic. ‘Even though Studio 11 production is not assigned exclusively to the Chamber Music Hall, it is used among other studios, as a mixing space for recordings or broadcasts from this venue.’
In addition to its 80 analogue and 24 digital inputs/outputs, The Studer Vista 9 console is fitted with 240 DSP channels operating at either 48kHz or 96kHz.
The auditorium hosts a wide range of concerts that are broadcast from the Studio 11 production room to communities beyond the borders of Germany. Not only is Studio 11 also in high demand from record companies and broadcasters for their own productions, it also serves the Philharmonic’s Digital Concert Hall, an Internet platform that the distributes the Philharmonic's concerts, either live or on demand. The Soundcraft Vi6, previously used in that production studio, has been relocated to the newly created Studio 12.
‘The consistent and fast operating concept of the Studer Vista has impressed us from the start,’ says Marco Buttgereit, a member of the audio team. ‘Because we often have guest sound engineers using our studios, it is important that they are able to familiarise themselves quickly with the technology. The intuitive, easy to operate Vistonics interface of Studer’s Vista range was the key reason why we chose this solution for the studio.’
In addition to local concerts, the Great Hall also hosts international events, recently including journalist Roger Willemsen’s series of concerts, providing a musical exploration of different cultures and regions of the world. These were mixed on the Studer Vista 9 in the newly refurbished studio.
