Right next door, DiGiCo was showing its latest digital console development, the new SD8-24, a compact powerhouse that checks in at less than 36 inches wide.
The SD8-24 takes advantage of all of the features currently available on the (larger but still compact) SD8, as well as including the newly developed OverDrive software.
The SD-24 offers 60 channels mono or stereo (equivalent to 120 channels of DSP), 24 buses mono or stereo + Master +12 Matrix and Dual Solo buses, LCR with Overdrive (equivalent to 67 buses of DSP), a 15-inch touchscreen for fast control, remote stage rack + local I/O, 16 x 12 Output Matrix (with Overdrive), snapshot control with relative update & offline facility, onboard effects and graphic EQs, script/laptop tray & second MADI I/O for open platform recording, and 25 touch-sensitive faders for instant control with full-size metering.
By far the largest and most dynamic display came via Yamaha Commercial Audio, based around the new “Rolling Showroom” – in other words, a 53-foot double-expanding trailer that offers an optimum environment to check out Yamaha PM5D, M7CL, and LS9 digital consoles, TXn amplifiers and NXAmps, DME processors, SB168-ES Stage Box units, AD8HRs, NAI-48ES units, the new MY16-AUD card by Audinate, and more.
But that wasn’t all – the expansive area in front of the trailer served as loudspeaker and line array central, where many of the models in the NEXO line were flown and on stands.
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Select your favorite size, color, and the ones you wanted to hear – an impressive and effective demonstration, to say the least.
WFX continues to grow in size and scope, not a surprise given the increasing use of production to enhance worship services and affiliated events like Contemporary Christian music concerts.
Expect the next show, slated for Chicago’s Navy Pier next spring, to continue to reflect that fact.
Keith Clark is editor of ProSoundWeb and can be reached at [email protected].