Global hire company, Wigwam Acoustics, has purchased Allen & Heath‘s Qu-Pac rackmount digital mixers as the hub of new shout systems, which were used throughout the 2015 festival season.
Wigwam initially purchased two Qu-Pacs but soon purchased another four.
Installed in several new rack shout systems, the Qu-Pacs manage communications between front of house and monitor position on the main stages of many of the season’s top festivals, including the Isle of Wight and the Big Church day.
Qu-Pac is a faderless mixer with built-in touchscreen, front panel soft keys, and iPad remote control.
The fully customizable Qu-Control screen can be set up with ‘widgets’ for channel levels, mutes and assignment switches, and the 15 soft keys allow further customization.
Wigwam set up combinations of Qu-control touch widgets and soft keys on their Qu-Pac units to handle audio routing, muting and status.
“Qu-Pac presents a clutter free interface perfect for the festival environment, while offering all the mixing and processing tools if needed via the touch screen,” explains Allen & Heath’s touring manager, Leon Phillips.
Following the successful use of Qu-Pac at key festivals this summer, the shout systems are being further developed to incorporate Allen & Heath’s ME-1 personal monitor mixers for listening station duties.
