Case Study

Pro16 Digital Snake for Live 8 in Berlin

APPLICATION Digital Snake

MARKET SEGMENT PRODUCTS Sound Companies 2 AN-16/i Input Modules 7 AN-16/o Output Modules LOCATION 7 A-16R Personal Mixers Berlin, Germany 1 A-16D Pro A-Net Distributor PRODUCT LINES Pro16®

Live 8 concert in Berlin at Tiergarten Park

TESTIMONIAL “The ease of cabling a very large PA return system FEATURES AND BENEFITS like this with Aviom products was great. Everyone was impressed with the clear sound of the system.” Simplicity of setting up a very large system Heiko Breidenbach Fidelity of the audio, especially over long distances CEO of Sonic Sound Tour & Production GmbH

INSTALLATION DETAILS Sonic Sound Tour & Production GmbH, based in Kassel, Germany, Module for access to the outputs processed for the appropriate was in charge of the audio system design and installation for delay at that tower. The same is true for the mono PA at 300m. the 2005 Live 8 concert in Berlin. The event, which was held At 500m and beyond, mono PA towers all received the same to raise awareness of poverty issues in Africa, attracted over audio signals, with local XTAs at each tower used for processing 200,000 people to Berlin’s Tiergarten Park. Performers at the the delay required at each location. At each of these mono PA Berlin concert included , , A-Ha, Faithless, towers, an Aviom A-16R was used to select the appropriate and . output channel.

The audio system spanned 1100 meters through Tiergarten Park, An A-16D Pro A-Net® Distributor was used at 300m opposite the and included numerous audio delay towers and the distribution mono PA tower to extend the A-Net signal from the AN-16/o at of both stereo and mono audio signals. Sonic Sound specifi ed 200m to the one at 400m. The AN-16/o on the left side at 400m an Aviom digital snake as the audio distribution system to the is daisy chained to all the A-16Rs in PA mono towers 2-8. amplifi ers and delay towers for the entire event. The Pro16® digital snake simplifi ed setup and delivered excellent The system included two AN-16/i Input Modules at front of audio performance throughout the park. According to Sonic house that were used to distribute audio to the amp racks at Sound’s CEO and head of sound Heiko Breidenbach, “The ease each delay tower. Delay towers were positioned at every 100m of cabling a very large PA return system like this with Aviom up to 1100m from the stage. At 100m, 200m, and 400m, delay products was great. Everyone was impressed with the clear towers were placed at both the left and right. Each of these sound of the system.” six stereo delay towers was outfi tted with an AN-16/o Output System diagram on reverse

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DSP AT FOH

PA LEFT SIGNALS PA RIGHT SIGNALS

100m AMP RACK AMP RACK OUTPUTS 1-4 OUTPUTS 17-20

200m AMP RACK AMP RACK OUTPUTS 5-8 OUTPUTS 21-24

300m A-16D PRO AS AMP RACK SIGNAL EXTENDER PA DELAY MONO 1 OUTPUTS 25-28

400m AMP RACK OUTPUTS 9-12 AMP RACK OUTPUTS 29-32

PA MONO SIGNALS

500m PA DELAY MONO 2 LOCAL DSP USED FOR EACH OF 600m PA DELAY MONO 3 THESE MONO DELAY TOWERS

700m PA DELAY MONO 4

800m PA DELAY MONO 5

900m PA DELAY MONO 6

1000m PA DELAY MONO 7

1100m PA DELAY MONO 8

This Pro16 digital snake made it simple for Sonic Sound to distribute audio to all the delay towers set up in Tiergarten Park.

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