Zurich Opera House modernized with Lawo IP audio consoles

This Swiss theater has undergone a profound technical renovation that has included new audio equipment from Lawo, modernizing your workflows and renewed approaches to sound reinforcement.

The Zurich Opera has opened the season with a profound technical renovation that has included new audio equipment, modernizing your workflows and new approaches to sound reinforcement.

The mixing console Theirs mc²66 that was previously installed in the sound control room has been replaced by a mc²56, while in the auditorium more others have been implemented, accompanied by an mc²56., making the sound control desk and auditorium mirror the consoles.

In this way, in a mirror-like operation, the configurations, Snapshots and parameter adjustments made on one console can also be recalled on the other. This ensures efficient preparation of interpretations, especially as Microport systems are increasingly used. Managed this way, musical and children's opera projects will be easier to mix in the room.

The new Lawo mixing consoles offer 48 faders in the control room (a console 32 faders with an extender 16 faders that can also be connected to the lobby console) y 16 faders en FOH, with both sharing a common core.

Previously installed with a mc²66, This core remains the heart of the system and has been expanded with Wave SoundGrid with Gold Bundle, along with an additional Dante card. The capacity of the redundant routing card is 8,192×8.192 mono channels while four DSP cards provide 192 DSP processing channels.

Versatility in configuration

Both consoles can be used independently or dually so that, For example, recordings are activated and controlled from the sound control room while the auditorium console is used as part of the sound reinforcement system.

Zurich Opera uses Wave Field Synthesis (WFS), in which they are controlled 32 listening positions possible through Lawo consoles.

Large matrix allows easy integration of 3D Sound SSW (Spatial Sound Wave) of Fraunhofer IDMT for surround and spatial acoustic applications (Fraunhofer IDMT for surround- and room acoustic applications), currently with 88 canales. IDMT's SpatialSound Wave technology enables object-based audio playback and generates an extended sweet spot compared to conventional playback systems, as well as the ability to create audio productions compatible with any speaker configuration.