Lawo chosen again for sounding 14 July celebrations

Two Lawo mc²36 were used for FOH mixing, one handling the orchestra, and the other the choirs and opera singers, and another mc²36 was taking care of the monitor mix. An mc² 66 in the OB truck was used for the live broadcast of the event on France 2 and France Inter, the main public TV and radio stations in France.

A Nova37 router connected mixing consoles and I/O systems through a RAVENNA/AES67 network, providing up to 1 536 x 1 536 crosspoints. Its plug-and-play operation means that an audio network is operational in moments – and running silently, thanks to noiseless cooling fans. Network user rights are managed directly from the console’s touchscreen using Lawo’s one-touch rights management system. Standard network presets are immediately available, but the router configuration can be tailored to a specific installation’s requirements.

“A 24-fader mc²36 was set up for mixing the choirs and opera singers and there was a 40-fader desk for the orchestra. Another 40-fader mc²36 was used for monitoring. All Lawo consoles and DALLIS I/O, and the audio recorders were connected to our plug-and-play Nova37 router,” explains Hervé de Caro, Lawo’s Live Sound Specialist. “The mc²36 features a very intuitive configuration page for setting up and managing the rights within the network, controlling the preamps and feeding the different outputs and recorders.”

The RAVENNA-based ‘all-in-one’ mc²36 mixing console also proved its flexibility at the Bastille Day celebration, meeting all of the demands of broadcast and live duties, alongside its reliability, high audio quality, and high channel capacity.

Having begun with the traditional military parade on the nearby Champs-Elysees, the day closed with the firework display and accompanying music – watched and heard across the nation, thanks to Lawo and the Radio France team. “The show was flawless and it’s been a new occasion to demonstrate the relevance of our solutions for such large-scale events” says Joffrey Heyraud, Lawo’s Sales Director for France.

About Lawo

Lawo designs and manufactures pioneering network, control, audio and video technology for broadcast and post production, as well as live performance and theatrical applications. Products include control and monitoring systems, digital audio mixing consoles, routers, video processing tools as well as solutions for IP-based A/V infrastructures and routing systems. All products are developed in Germany and manufactured according to highest quality standards at the company’s headquarters in the Rhine valley town of Rastatt, Germany.