ATLANTA, GA — FiberPlex, Inc., the audio fiber optic supplier to the sound production and systems contracting industry, has announced that their LightViper audio transport system was recently deployed for the live stage production of Primerica’s 2007 Convention in Atlanta.
The corporate event drew 60,000 participants and was held Aug. 3-4 in the Georgia Dome. The “plug n’ play” LightViper fiber optic audio system was deployed by Syntonic Design Group, Inc., a Milan, N.Y.-based production equipment and services company that provides audio and communications systems to corporate clients.
“We used most of the LightViper’s 32 inputs for a critical house audio run of about 750 feet,” says Tom Clark, Syntonic’s managing director and project manager for the Primerica show. “Normally, a copper snake run this long would have taken four men and about an hour to get just this part of the system hooked up. With the fiber optic LightViper, two of our crew had the main console-to-house audio ready in less than a half hour.”
For the two-day production, Syntonic teamed with Florida-based, Gerber Acoustic Systems who provided the show’s audio production personnel as well as wireless mics, monitor consoles, stage effects racks and a Soundcraft Series 5 FOH console. Chas Gerber was also the client’s Sound Designer and main mixer.
In addition to the LightViper drive snake, subcontractor Syntonic Design Group provided the ‘Crown iTech 6000 amps and 86 cabinet JBL 4889 VerTec flying monitor arrays.
“Everything worked perfectly with the LightViper drive snake,” Gerber says. “There were no headroom issues whatsoever. When I was designing for this gig, I knew that I wanted a fiber optic link from the FOH console to the stacks that was as reliable as copper, didn’t require a dedicated guy with a computer to operate and would sound great. At no time whatsoever did we have any hum or buzzes, signal losses or distortion with the LightViper.”
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