MONTREUX, Switzerland — It didn’t take Patrick Vogelsang, head of audio for the Montreux Jazz Festival, to put new sponsor DiGiCo’s gear to use for the diverse music event. “We were up and mixing on the demo console in 15 minutes — and for a festival, the shortest learning curve is crucial,” Vogelsang said. “We then asked a lot of questions as to how flexible the system could be and both consoles remove a lot of the work we had to put in place in the past.
“When we saw the SD7 and SD8 with the FPGA design, it was clear that for once we had a platform that would exceed our requirements at the Festival,” Vogelsang added.
Festival founder Claude Nobs was bullish about the gear as well. “We are up in the mountains, up with the cows and up in the sky,” Nobs said. “But for me it is so important that the Festival remains leading edge, that we adopt new technologies that bring improvements to the audience’s experience.
“I’m excited about the Festival this year as we have an amazing line up and I’m looking forward to experiencing the DiGiCo difference over the Festival,” Nobs added. “I’d like to thank the Festival audio team and DiGiCo for making it happen.”
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