DUBLIN — Rental company Sound Design provided Nexo’s 45° N-12 wedges as stage monitors to support the TV talent competition, The Voice of Ireland. The N-12s complemented the Nexo GEO S8 PA system installed in The Helix, the venue where the shows were recorded.
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Although singer Pat Byrne won the grand final and a 100,000 euro recording contract with Universal Music, the real stars of TV talent show, The Voice of Ireland, were NEXO’s distinctive 45°N-12 stage monitors, playing a prominent role at the center of RTE’s stage set.
Together with a substantial NEXO GEO S8 PA system for The Helix venue where the shows were recorded, Dublin-based rental company Sound Design provided audio equipment and 12x N-12 wedges to set designer Fiona Cunningham and production company Screentime ShinAwil.
The unusual triangular shape of the N-12s was exploited in full by arranging them in two circular groups between the judges’ armchairs and the performers’ position on stage. Out of each group of six speakers, three were delivering stereo monitor mixes forward to the performers, while the other 3 were providing foldback to the judges.
The NEXO systems were installed in the 1,260-seat Mahony Hall at The Helix venue in Dublin for a period of nine weeks, handling the production of nine live shows. The competition whittled down the final 24 contestants from a starting total of nearly 2,000 at the beginning of the year.
