Complete HARMAN mixing solution offers exceptional speed, ease of use and seamless integration for a wide range of productions at one of Europe's busiest cultural centers
MUNICH, Germany-The Gasteig cultural center, home to the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, recently upgraded its aging mixing console to a complete mixing solution by HARMAN Professional Solutions, including a Studer Vista X mixing console, Studer I/O systems, Lexicon Processors and AMX control systems. The Gasteig hosts more than 2,500 productions each year, and in order to meet such a demanding production schedule, the facility needed a cutting-edge mixing solution that would streamline workflows and enable guest audio engineers to achieve great sounding mixes with ease. The new HARMAN mixing solution offers excellent speed, flexibility and ease of use, and enables Gasteig to deliver excellent sound quality for a wide range of concerts and productions.
We have a very short timeframe between productions, said Peter Br mmer, chief audio engineer at the Gasteig. There could be classical recording on Thursday, and then a jazz recording on Friday. Or we could have four performances in a single evening. I'm a really big fan of the Studer Vista X, and the Vistonics technology provides the best user interface on the market. I can turn a knob and see it happening, without having to deep dive into a computer. It reacts like an analog board.
The complete HARMAN mixing solution at the Gasteig was provided by Audio Pro, HARMAN's official distributor in Germany. In addition to the Vista X console, the system includes 2 Studer Infinity Core 800 processing engines for redundancy, a Studer D21m remote stagebox with 48 microphone preamps and a Studer D23M I/O system with AES/EBU, Dante, MADI and more. The Vista X is also compatible with the Gasteig's old Studer D19 digital preamp system with 48 microphone I/O.
2 Lexicon PCM 96 Surround processors are interfaced with the Vista X via the D23M system to provide the studio with a wide range of high quality surround effects. Parameters are controlled directly from the Vista X via the Vistonics user interface using HiQNet IP protocol, and settings can be recalled instantly using the console's snapshot feature. Finally, an AMX control system with Modero Touch Panels enable Gasteig engineers to simplify day-to-day operations in the studio, seamlessly control lighting and power and quickly switch between different DAWs.
Each hall in our facility is connected to the Vista X console via Dante, which gives us the flexibility to record performances throughout the building, remarked Br mmer. The Vista X allows us to use our old preamps, which is really important to us. We now have 96 channels of high quality I/O, which gives us the flexibility to record any performance.
With such a busy schedule, it was important for Br mmer to select an audio console that guest engineers could operate with as little as ten minutes of preparation before each show. Three of Europe's leading console manufacturers brought in a console for a one-week trial period, which allowed Br mmer to determine which console would enable him to mix the fastest.
I loaded up a live multi-track recording from a pop band to determine how fast I could dial up a nice mix, said Br mmer. The Vista X was the fastest by far. The flexibility and mixing speed were impressive, and it was a very easy console to mix on. Now when we have a freelance sound engineer, we can show him the board in 10 minutes and have him ready to mix the performance.
For more than 20 years, the Gasteig has recorded each and every performance by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. The recordings are stored in an archive for posterity or released commercially to the public. They also record performances by famous jazz orchestras, big bands, chamber music and more. For orchestral recordings, they typically record with 96 kHz, 24-bit sound quality using approximately 30 microphones. Orchestral performances are currently mixed in 5.1 surround sound, but Br mmer has been experimenting with creating mixes 9.1, which convey three-dimensional height, depth and width.
With the Vista X, I can create 9.1 mixes by setting up two surround-master busses-one for the lower layer in 5.1 and one for the upper layer in 4.0, Br mmer concluded. Each incoming channel from Pro Tools is routed to two mixer channels: the main channel one is routed to the 5.1 bus, while the second one gets signal from the pre-fader direct out from channel one and is routed to the 4.0 bus. With 800 channels and the AutoTouch Plus Dynamic Automation System, the Vista X makes the whole process fast and easy. The best part is, I can accomplish all of this without ever having to use a mouse or a computer screen!
Products Used:
Studer Vista X Console
Studer Infinity Core 800 Processing Engine
Studer D21m Remote Stagebox
Studer D23M I/O System
Lexicon PCM96 Surround Processors
AMX Modero Touch Panels
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Complete HARMAN mixing solution offers exceptional speed, ease of use and seamless integration for a wide range of productions at one of Europe's busiest cultural centers
