Rapper Баста’s recent performance in front of a 35,000-strong crowd at Moscow’s Olympic Stadium set a new record for an in-the-round performance by a Russian artist. At FOH, Ruslan Dmitriev mixed the show on a Yamaha Rivage PM10.
The console has established a reputation as a stable, reliable system in the Russian touring market but Dmitriev also needed a console that was able to manage a complex, 360° format show and be absolutely certain that he wouldn’t have any problems. Alongside the console, he specified a PC with AIC128-D Dante interface for a 66-channel, 96kHz recording to Steinberg Nuendo Live.
‘This was the second time I had mixed a show on Rivage PM10 and both times I found it very easy to use,’ Dmitriev says. ‘I had used the Yamaha PM5D for many years, as well as the CL series. The Rivage PM10 user interface is very familiar if you know those consoles, so it took very little time to get used to it.
‘I loaded the show file from the previous time I used the PM10 and, although this was a 360° format show, it did not take long to update the settings and add the extra things needed.’
The greatest challenges facing Dmitriev were the acoustic reflections from around the venue and making sure that the whole audience enjoyed a big bass presence, without the SPLs from the 14 arrays of floor-mounted subs circling the stage being too high for the audience close to them.
‘The whole production was a really interesting experience,’ he says. ‘Rivage PM10 delivers incredible sound quality – the dynamic compressor with Rupert Neve Silk sounds really cool. I also love the big faders, screens, controls and the wood strip. The console both sounds and feels really high quality and it has enough “analogue” familiarity for veteran engineers. For every future big show I will be choosing Rivage PM10.’
‘We are pleased that Ruslan chose to mix such an important show on Rivage PM10 and were happy to support him throughout the production,’ says Yamaha Music Russia Senior Professional Audio Specialist, Andrey Popov.
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