After a two-year closure brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, and with a full programme of events planned after reopening, the management at the Nehru Science Centre (NSC) in India decided that it was opportune moment to bring the in-house audio system up to date, enlisting local audio consultancy OdBle to specify a system capable of serving facility’s needs well into the future. Central to the update is an Allen & Heath Avantis mixing console.
Avantis is a 64-channel, 42-bus mixer built around the XCVI FPGA processing core, delivering 96kHz operation with 0.7ms latency, and is compatible with the full Everything I/O range of audio expander hardware. Continuity UI offers immediate connection between the physical controls and displays – the faders react on touch to highlight the active channels for instant visual feedback; and each screen also features a FastGrab tab on the right-hand side, giving ready access to key freely-assignable parameters on the currently selected or specific channel.
The Avantis was called into musical action shortly after installation, mixing a show by renowned Marathi singer Rahul Deshpande and his band for the annual Vasantotsav event celebrated throughout India.
‘The in-house technical team enjoyed the on-site training we delivered and were quickly up and running with the console,’ says Sun Infonet Senior Application Engineer, Jagdish Mutke. ‘The staff at NSC appreciated the improved audio quality and ease of operation with the new mixer. The Avantis’ tag line, It’s a Small Step to a Giant Leap, seems very fitting for the upgrade at Nehru Science Centre.’
