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Czech ‘Grammy’ Awards go Digital for First Time
Every year, the Akademie populární hudby (Czech Academy of Popular Music) stages the Andel Awards,.the Czech equivalent of the Grammys, which are presented at a glittering ceremony. The event is a major highlight of the musical year in the Czech Republic, staged at Ostrava´s CEZ Arena and broadcast live on Czech TV and Czech radio. In 2005, with 14 bands appearing live on stage, the event's promoter called on the extensive experience of Rental Pro for a PA system which featured, for the first time in the Czech Republic, the use of digital mixing consoles.
Apart from the broadcast audience of many millions, the crowd in the Arena numbered around 8,000. For Rental Pro, the choice of the PA system was clear: Nexo GEO T (10 x T4805 and 3 x T2815 per side), with Nexo GEO S cabinets (9 x S805 and 1 x S830 per side) for the sides of the arena. Powered by Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers, the system was controlled remotely by Nexo's new NX242 processors on a wireless network using a WLAN NXtension card and Camco's WinCai software.
On the stage, Nexo PS15s and PS10s were used as monitors, and more GEO S
provided sidefill: 6 x S805 and 1 x S830 plus 2 x CD12 subbass units, on each side of the stage. Tomas Ourednicek, the main sound engineer of the event, explains that this was the first time he'd used a system with GEO S as sidefills. "The results were excellent, it was like having headphones! The voices seemed so close … one couldn't believe that the GEO S arrays were was hanging at a height of 10 metres."
For the first time, InnovaSON digital consoles were used, Sy80 for FOH and Sy48 for monitors. "From the first tone each band had its great sound," reports Tomas. "It was like waving a magic wand, everything sounded excellent."
Rock group Tata Bojs were named band of the year. Male singer of the year was Dan Barta, while the female singer of the year award went to Aneta Langerova, the winner of a television talent contes
19th April 2005
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