The Voice of Finland

Advanced Live Sound Workshop Klas Granqvist Akun Tehdas / Oy Aku’s Factory Ltd Logomo venue info • A former railway machinery building that was transformed into an event centre in 2011 • Scalable concert hall with seating capacity of 750-1800 persons • Movable rear wall of concert hall • The main hall is equipped with an artificial adjustable digital acoustics system (Meyer Sound Constellation®) • Several smaller theatres, auditoriums and other smaller venues • Köydenpunojankatu 14, Turku The Voice of Finland • Song contest currently running its 7th season in Finland • International format conceived in the Netherlands • At the live phase the artists perform with a 11-person live orchestra • Live broadcast every week • Rehearsal day • Broadcast day • Also guest artists also performing The sound crew • Timo Virtanen • Sound designer and broadcast music mix • Jonas Törnblom • Broadcast sound engineer; wireless microphones and stage microphones • Jussi Tervo • Broadcast sound engineer; host, coach and ambience sound mix • Mikko Kreivilä • Front of house mix • Olavi Köykkä • Singers’ monitor mixes • Guest artist monitor mixes • Klas Granqvist • House band monitor mixes • Playback system arrangement and operation • RF coordination Other relevant people of the production • The band • Lenni-Kalle Taipale: musical director, conductor, piano • Jenni Lambert: background vocals • Osmo Ikonen: background vocals, synthesisers, cello, gtr and in general any thinkable instrument • Aleksi Ahoniemi: saxophone, flute, background vocals • Jukka Eskola: woodwind and brass arrangements, trumpet, fluegelhorn • Lasse Piirainen: keyboards • Tuomas Wäinölä: guitars, background vocals • Matti Oja: guitars • Timo Mynttinen: bass • Abdissa ”Mamba” Assefa: percussions • Kalle Torniainen: drums Other relevant people of the production • Sound-wise relevant people in the production • Nelli Uurtimo: musical coordinator • Niko Kokko: musical coordinator • Kiia Kullberg: singer coordinator • Sanna Loukkaanhuhta: head of musical production • Jennie Storbacka: vocal coach • Katrin Vaskelainen: choreographer • Elias Mikkonen: studio and floor manager • Tuomo Pihlainen: ob technical supervisor • Tomi Kolistaja: ob technical supervisor • Other directly relevant people in the production • Niko Nykänen: director • Heidi Musakka: script supervisor • Heidi Järvinen: EVS oeprator Rough venue layout

Foh Stage

Ob truck Mon A Mon B Split Monitor world layout

Stage rack A

Stage rack foh

Mon A Mon B Stage rack console console B (SD8) Iem tx & (SD10) Iem tx B amps A

Playback Split

RF mgmt. Wireless rx

Ob I/O racks Monitor world rough signal schematic

Analog sound Digital sound & remote Multitrack Analog misc Monitor Iem tx & DAW Analog / MIDI misc outputs amps A Signal splits Stage rack Mon mix A Console A inputs and Microphone inputs Communication (stage & wls Rx) outputs Stage rack Mon mix signals Splitter B B Monitor outputs Stage rack Iem tx B Switch gate foh signal Playback Playback tracks, click (main) Ob I/O and guide racks Playback tracks tracks, click and guide LTC to lighting and tracks video control

Playback SW8 (backup) Launch synchronisation Communications matrix (monitor B)

= always on = toggle, controlled by monitor B = toggle, controlled by monitor A = toggle, controlled by foh Matrix outputs = toggle, controlled by ob sound = toggle, controlled by script

MD talkback Band talkbacks Mon A talkback Mon B talkback Foh talkback Ob talkback Script talkback Mon B solo bus L Matrix inputs Matrix Mon B solo bus R

Mon A Foh Ob sound Script MD Cue L Cue R