PEORIA, IL – Advanced Audio and Lighting Systems, Inc. is using one of the first Dante MY16-AUD cards developed by Audinate for Yamaha with an M7CL-48 digital audio console at the CEFCU Center Stage at The Landing in Peoria. The amphitheatre, which seats 2,500, has hosted MOE, Government Mule, REO Speedwagon, The Doobie Brothers, Allison Krauss, Bela Fleck and others.
The Dante card is providing connectivity from front of house to house left and right, in fills and out fills, and separate monitor mixes when a side stage monitor console is not deployed. A tablet PC running Yamaha Studio Manager (and soon to be an iPad running the new Yamaha StageMix App) enables engineers to provide quality control over the monitor system, cost savings in manpower, and added equipment rentals.
"Dante is running via Cat5 to a host of Lab.gruppen PLM Dante-enabled amplifiers and provides house L/R, lip fills, and up to a half dozen monitor mixes in a typical weekend event," noted Trent Keeling, Advanced Audio's senior design consultant and vice president of operations.
"We are also using Dante to provide clocking. The difference in audio quality is impressive and the improvement in latency is astounding. The Dante MY16-AUD card really makes the onboard FX processing in the M7CL console achieves the performance of higher-end outboard units."
The rental system also includes a Yamaha PM5D and LS9 when required by the artist rider.
For more information, please visit www.yamahaca.com, www.audinate.com and www.advaudio.com.
