Back Stage Indie Report

The Zurich Opera House entered the 2017/18 opera and theater season following an extensive technical renewal that included new audio equipment, audio consoles for modernization of its workflows, and fresh approaches to its sound reinforcement. The Lawo mc²66 mixing console that was previously installed in the sound control room has been replaced with an mc²56, with a second an mc²56 also installed in the auditorium – making the sound control desk and auditorium desk mirrored consoles. Operated in mirror mode, the configurations, snapshots and adjustments of parameters that are performed on one console can also be recalled at the other. This ensures efficient preparation of performances, particularly where Microport systems are increasingly being used. Managed in this way, musical and children's opera projects planned for the future will be easier to mix in the hall. The new Lawo mixing consoles offer 48 faders in the control room – a 32-fader console with a 16-fader extender tha...

Rastatt, November 13, 2017 Lawo Launches Online Academy for mc 2  Console Trainings Lawo, German manufacturer of pioneering audio, video and control solutions, supplements its Lawo Academy training programs with a new online product training opportunity. The new Lawo Online Academy provides in its first course a free mc² Audio Console Tutorial. “In this video-based tutorial, new users can learn how to operate a Lawo mc²56 console. And as the workflows of all Lawo mc² consoles are very similar, this course will also help operators to work with any mc²36, mc²66 or mc²96 console”, says Christian Struck, Senior Product Manager Audio Production at Lawo. The course is structured into six chapters, the complete course takes about 3-4 hours. Participants can interrupt their lessons at any time and continue at a later stage. To enhance the learning experience, every chapter is followed by a short test. At the end of the mc² Audio Console Tutorial, participants can pass an exam ...