The Opening Ceremony for Malaysia’s 2016 Sukma Games – claimed to be as ‘one of the most excellent ceremonies in the history of Sukma’ by Youth and Sports Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin – was staged in Kuching’s Sarawak Stadium infront of 45,000 sports fans. The display involved 3,000 performers, and was broadcast live on Malaysia’s TV1.
The even also saw Midas Pro9 audio consoles used by Premier Echo Sound & Lighting for FOH live sound and monitor mixing. At FOH, the console was connected to a DL371 audio engine via a 300m fibre-optic cable with inputs from a DL451 I/O stagebox, which was configured in 16 analogue inputs and eight analogue outputs.
For monitoring, the second Pro9 consoles served a 13-piece band – providing 12 wedge mixes for the band, six stereo IEM mixes, four mono IEM mixes for the singers and as well as a violinist. Using a DL371 linked to the FOH DL471 via Cat5e, inter-console soft patching of bidirectional signal routing was enabled for three-way talkback between stage, monitor and FOH.
‘Myself and Premier Echo are long-time Midas console users,’ says monitor engineer, Desmond Lee. ‘With as little as a Cat5e cable and a DL451, we can route absolutely anything to anywhere we want. Additionally the work flow on the Midas surface is straight forward and it produces a unique sound.’
Premier Echo Sound & Lighting is a major contractor for the Malaysian Government national events, and has served the Rainforest World Music Festival and Penang World Music Festival among other events.
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