AMSTERDAM – The Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) trade show reported 28,489 attendees at the 2010 trade show, a 14 percent gain from 2009. For DiGiCo, the show ended with three more of SD8 mixing consoles added to the inventories of Dutch rental companies.
Purple Group, which already owned three SD8s, increased that number to five to meet demand for the gear tours by Dutch acts such as VanVelzen and Kane.
"For VanVelzen we use a double SD8 setup, a standard console and SD8-24," said Purple Group's Robert de Loey. "In venues with small Front of House position, the 24 channel console is used at FOH with the standard console on monitors, while in venues with small stages the consoles are swapped over."
For VanVelzen, Purple Group uses an RME Madiface for recording and virtual soundchecking, which is integrated with the RME MADI bridge. Purple Group also provides the SD8 at FOH for Kane, with a D5 at the monitor position.
"Being able to soundcheck before a band arrives makes touring so easy," said Robert. "The great sound quality, flexibility and small footprint of the SD8 is the ideal way to work for our engineers. The DiGiCo family continues to grow at Purple Group and these latest purchases are definitely not the last."
Klaproos Cultural Support also invested in an SD8 and a 56 input Digirack at ISE, with the unit's sizable list of features and small footprint serving as key selling points. Klaproos Cultural Support specializes in musicals, choir events and corporate parties, and is well known in the Dutch contemporary music industry.
"The amount of channels used in musicals gets higher and higher, which means mixing consoles and racks of outboard also have to get proportionally bigger," said managing director Teun Oskam. "But with the SD8 we can do more mixing, have more FX, dynamics and EQs that we ever dreamed of, all in a much smaller footprint.
"Combined with the RME Madiface for multi-track recording and virtual soundcheck, we can offer the best possible service to our clients. We are now ready for when future productions get even bigger."
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