EUGENE, OR – Celebrating 40 years in the business, Relles Sound, Inc. has purchased an SSL Live. L500, used most recently for the Eugene Ballet Company’s Tommy the Ballet, featuring music from The Who’s classic rock-opera Tommy and original choreography from Artistic Director Toni Pimble.
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Relles Sound owner George Relles utilized the console to mix FOH for the show at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, Oregon. The sole audio vendor for the Center since it was built in 1983, Relles has also been the main audio supplier for many local events, such as the Britt Festival, the Grass Valley Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, the River Rhythms Series and The Festival at Sandpoint. Relles’ symphony clients include Mason Williams, the Oregon Bach Festival and Osvaldo Golijov’s ‘LaPasion’ world tour, as well as the Utah, Spokane, Eugene and New World Symphonies.
The Eugene Ballet Company’s Tommy rehearsals were Relles’ first project with the console, which was supplied through collaboration between Hi-Tech Audio and Delicate Productions. “First of all, I have to say that the SSL Live sounds great,” he remarks. “I haven’t mixed on a console that sounds this good since my old Gamble, which I still take out on occasion to remind myself of what a great console sounds like. Like that board, the new SSL, also uses a servo input with no electrolytic capacitors in the signal path. It gives me that same feeling like, ‘wow this is different than anything else.’ “
