Described as a Symphonic Celebration, The World of Hans Zimmer has been touring since 2018. While initially focused on Germany, the tour has been extended several times, and is now enthusing countless fans in other European countries. In an impressive audiovisual experience, the German composer’s world-famous film themes of have been arranged for orchestra for the first time.
Zimmer himself made the music selection and is supervising the artistic development. The production is conducted by Gavin Greenaway, a long-time Zimmer collaborator.
From day one, the technical direction and implementation of the demanding concert event has been in the hands of Soundhouse Veranstaltungstechnik GmbH from Haßfurt in Bavaria, led by Project Manager Philipp Stapf. The company chose Andiamo for high-quality AD/DA conversion and ExBox.MD from German manufacturer DirectOut for uninterrupted provision of the output signal.
The ExBox.MD handles the conversion between Dante and Madi, while DirectOut’s proprietary EARS (Enhanced Automatic Redundancy Switching) feature ensures uninterrupted playback of the Madi output. One of two Dante streams with 32 channels each is transmitted from the ExBox.MD via Madi to the Andiamo for DA conversion. If the trigger signal fails in one of the two Dante streams, the audio channels of the other Dante stream are automatically switched to the Madi output. Additionally, the force function of EARS allows to manually select the Dante stream. Both devices can be easily monitored and controlled using globcon control software.
‘It is important for us to create maximum reliability with an automatic monitoring for the production and additionally be able to intervene manually if the situation requires it,’ says Soundhouse event technician, Jürgen Erhard. ‘An absolute killer feature is also the control of the Andiamo via ExBox.MD as network interface via globcon bridge, because you don´t need any extra connection between the two devices. Via globcon and globcon bridge we always keep the overview and have the chance to react immediately.’
‘The request from Soundhouse for a manually controllable redundancy switchover was promptly implemented with the force function in EARS, and we are very pleased that we have been able to realise a good idea in this way, which contributes to the success of this wonderful production,’ says DirectOut CEO, Jan Ehrlich.
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