An Allen & Heath DM64 MixRack and 36-fader dLive S7000 surface are the centre of a major sound upgrade at Vantaa’s Vernissa Culture Factory in Finland.
Converted from a historic nineteenth century varnish factory building, Vernissa is a cultural hub for the surrounding region, hosting around 200 music and theatre performances each year. As part of the venue’s 2020 renovation programme, technical manager Timo Itkonen decided that its existing second-generation digital console no longer met Vernissa’s growing needs.
‘I chose the S7000 mainly because I liked the big surface with enough faders and the flexibility to arrange the channels as I want,’ Itkonen explains. ‘It sounds good and the onboard FX and dynamics are great.’
Multitrack recording and the ability to run time-saving virtual soundchecks were high on the list of priorities, so a Dante option card was added to the system to provide both features.
In addition to managing FOH audio in Vernissa’s main events space, the dLive system is also used to mix monitors for live band performances. The dLive MixPad app allows Itkonen to adjust monitor mixes from an iPad onstage during soundchecks, taking much of the legwork out of the process. A pair of stagebox format DX168 expanders rounds out the setup for Vernissa, granting the flexibility to deploy additional IO according to the demands of the events schedule.
Supplied by Allen & Heath’s Finnish distributor, F-Pro, Vernissa’s new dLive system has recently been busy mixing livestreamed events filmed in the venue in line with current restrictions on live performances.
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