Allen & Heath’s flagship dLive S Class system was selected for a special gig by Argentinean rock band, Airbag, accompanied by an orchestra and staged at the iconic Usina del Arte venue, a converted electrical plant, in the capital, Buenos Aires.
Selected by the band’s front of house engineer, Fernando Parra and provided by rental company, Show Room Live, the dLive system comprised the S7000 surface and DM64 MixRack fitted with Waves SoundGrid networking cards.
The system was required to manage live sound reinforcement in the venue, as well as provide redundant multitrack recording and a broadcast feed. AES inputs on the S7000 surface were used by Parra to connect his favorite outboard equipment.
“I use 64 channels from the MixRack and 8 analog channels from the surface to cater for the live front of house feed and provide 80 channels of multitrack recording at dLive’s 96kHz sampling rate,” comments Parra. “The immense capacity and flexibility of dLive made this complex and ambitious event possible, and the huge processing power of the system meant it went without a flaw, producing the finest sonic quality.”
