Argentinean rock band Airbag took to the stage with a full orchestra at the Usina del Arte, and an Allen & Heath flagship dLive S Class system in the hands of engineer Fernando Parra at front of house.

Rental company Show Room Live provided the dLive system for the one-off performance at the converted electrical plant in the country capital, Buenos Aires. The mixing set-up comprised an S7000 Surface and DM64 MixRack, fitted with Waves SoundGrid networking cards. The system was required to manage live sound reinforcement in the venue, as well as provide redundant multitrack recording and a broadcast feed. AES inputs on the S7000 Surface were used by Parra to connect his preferred outboard equipment.

‘I use 64 channels from the MixRack and eight analogue channels from the Surface to cater for the live FOH feed and provide 80 channels of multitrack recording at dLive’s 96kHz sampling rate,’ Parra explains. ‘The immense capacity and flexibility of dLive made this complex and ambitious event possible, and the huge processing power of the system meant it went without a flaw, producing the finest sonic quality.’