The live broadcast of the Anugerah Juara Lagu (Champion of Songs) annual national music competition in Malaysia saw PA company MJ Events handling sound using an Allen & Heath dLive S7000 Surface with DM64 MixRack together with three S5000 and DM48 systems for FOH and monitoring mixes.
A Waves 3 network card was used for multitrack recording of 128 channels at 96kHz. Four GigaAce cards were used to split the 128 channels, with the split allowing the sound engineer to operate the system as two mixing desks – one board for the orchestra mix and the other handling vocals.
An A&H ME personal monitoring system was also used, comprising two daisy-chained ME-U hubs running 16 ME-1 mixers, providing personal monitoring for the musicians. All the mics, FOH sound system, monitor sound system and in-ears were patched through the dLive system
‘We could split the 128 channels digitally without using analogue splitters, enabling us to maintain the sound quality of the event. dLive also offers redundant power supply and connection, which is great for a complex set up like this.
The system is very user friendly, the Surface layout has everything easily accessible in front of us, plus dLive’s built-in FX library is of a very high standard,’ says TV3 FOH engineer, Zairi Arffin.
‘The ME-1 is an awesome unit – the whole ME system is very user friendly, plug-and-play and easy to operate,’ adds monitor engineer Hafizul Hafiz bin Hassan Ariff (Pjol).
First run in 1986, the event is organised and broadcast by Malaysia’s TV3 channel, and is held at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur. The event comprises performances of the most popular songs released over the year by artists from different music genres.
More: www.allen-heath.com
