DiGiCo Tackles Sound Challenges at Awards Galas

Let us console you 7, 852 y 338 of DiGiCo take on the challenge of managing audio at two major European awards galas: the MIA Awards and the Golden K.

Both ceremonies were held at ING Arena, an enclosure with capacity for 15.000 people located in Brussels, for two consecutive weekends. Los MIA They are the most important music awards in Belgium, while the Golden K Awards They are celebrated to recognize the best Belgian children's entertainment programs, voted by the children themselves.

Peter Philips and Pieter “Pita” Tanghe were the engineers room for both MIA as for the Golden K Awards, while the experienced monitor engineer Marcel Cortleven completed the mixing team in the monitor position. Engineers were provided by Mono, while the team and project management were carried out by It shines, under the supervision of the production manager, Tom Logghe.

DiGiCo: the option of engineers… and artists.

Each of the galas had a powerful roster of artists who was in charge of lightening the development of the galas. One of them insisted on using a DiGiCo Quantum 852 for his performance, what he did ended up being chosen as the reference console for the performances. Audio for presenters was managed through a second room table, a Quantum 338, while the monitoring for the artists was controlled with a Quantum 7.

“All DiGiCo systems were connected via an Optocore loop, sharing SD-Racks, including MADI splits necessary for mobile broadcast and multitrack recording units. It was a live production with more than 150 tickets and 142 Departures. “Waves Extreme servers were used to provide the necessary plug-ins for the DiGiCo consoles”, explains Logs about the productions, that brought with them important challenges to guarantee not only the correct performance of musical performances, but the intelligibility of the presenters.

Las DiGiCo They also responded to the challenges of broadcasting the galas. As explained by the engineering team of the MIA Awards and the Golden K, the console Quantum 852 was “more than capable” of managing the signals, with the adaptability and reliability What to expect from this type of event: “A FOH, everything was recorded on multitrack for virtual soundcheck or post-production control, so the integration of timecode and Snapshot was essential for everything to go perfectly. La Quantum 852 It is a great table with many faders on the surface and, thanks to programming options, offers you the flexibility you need”.

“DiGiCo consoles excel in automation thanks to powerful Snapshots and advanced macros, enabling precise and efficient control during complex productions. Since the video of both shows was controlled by CUE Pilot, It was essential to have a timecode integration reliable. DiGiCo's robust timecode support ensures audio changes are perfectly synchronized with the video, lighting and other elements of the show. The MIA are one of the most important television programs in Belgium, so there is no room for error, and that's why we chose DiGiCo”, concludes the production manager.