DiGiCos Tatabanya Trio

For the past two years, the Hungarian government has been funding a special project to bring regional theatres up to date and into greater community use. The town of Tatab nya has been one beneficiary, where three DiGiCo SD9 consoles have ensured that further capital investment will not be needed for many years.

Titled Agora, the project aims to modernise the venues and help them to stage a greater range of multicultural events. In Tatab nya it has included a complete technical refit of the town's theatre, which has featured three new DiGiCo SD9 consoles - two for the venue and a third as part of a mobile audio system, which can be used at events in different locations throughout the area.

Supplied by Budapest-based Chromasound, the SD9 was chosen thanks to its perfect mix of channels, outputs and onboard processing for the events that Tatab nya stages, plus the regular software updates issued by DiGiCo, which ensure a large degree of future-proofing.

This is a one off project and, as there will be no chance within the next ten years to get further investment, the very best of today's technology was needed, says Chromasound's Imre Makkay. DiGiCo continuously upgrades its consoles with many new features, which is the kind of future-proofing that was essential to Tatab nya.

We also know that the sound quality is the same on every DiGiCo product, so whichever console was chosen, we knew we would be supplying the best equipment.

The theatre mainly hosts plays, with the audio system predominantly used for speech. But musical events are also staged, ranging from jazz trios, through world music to rock, for all of which the consoles needed to be versatile enough to handle equally well.

Some of the local engineers already knew DiGiCo consoles, but after just one day of training even those who had no previous experience were fine, Imre continues. We stood behind the beginners on the first shows, but to be honest we had nothing to do. The guys were instantly happy thanks to how intuitive the SD9 is to mix on and the clear overview of its control surface. The shows went really smoothly from the start.

The theatre directors and technicians are all really happy with the consoles. Having three of the same type has made things easier, so it doesn't matter if they are working in the theatre or on the mobile system.

For a company like Chromasound it is pretty rare that we have the opportunity to supply three high class digital consoles like the DiGiCo SD9, so it is an achievement we are very proud of!

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