Sound.com has expanded its inventory of digital mixing consoles with the purchase of a DiGiCo SD5 from New Delhi-based Hi-Tech Audio Systems.

Committed to delivering ‘great sound’, Sound.com has evolved from small sound rental company to take a place among India’s foremost. ‘It is the most rider acceptable console globally,’ says Sound.com MD Warren D’souza. For me, the choice was simple, and there wasn’t any other console on my purchase radar. We were essentially investing in a SD7, but without the dual engine and an incredible worksurface, and Stealth Core2’s processing power increases the channel count to 243 inputs, 124 aux/sub groups and 24X24 matrix. And that’s just the beginning…

‘The ability to have Waves plug-ins is also a big advantage – the commitment from both DiGiCo and Waves to developing better products, plus the addition of DiGiGrid interfaces made it an obvious, future-proof choice. It’s not a secret that DiGiCo is the number one choice for all top touring engineers, globally.

‘The SD5 is not genre-specific,’ he adds. ‘It can be used for anything from concerts, televised events, sporting to global spectaculars. In my opinion, this is the only desk that can we wired to any end of an optical cable, whether it’s for FOH, monitors or broadcast.

‘We also have a tried and tested SD10 that we recently upgraded to Steath Core 2 and optics. In the past, we have had many productions that need two DiGiCo consoles and there is also a demand for higher buss counts and inputs channels, particularly on our top tier productions. This cemented our reasons for working with DiGiCo and investing in the company’s products.

‘We have been associated with Warren for a long time and have seen him investing only in the best,’ says Hi-Tech Audio Systems MD, Rajan Gupta. ‘He was very clear on his requirements and what the SD5 could deliver for him. We congratulate Warren on his purchase.’