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DIGICO WINS ACROSS THE BOARD AT THE BRITS

DiGiCo consoles provided comprehensive audio coverage for the 2019 BRIT Awards, staged at the O2 Arena, London.

Acknowledging the world’s best musical talent, this year’s BRIT Awards boasted The Carters, Drake and Ed Sheeran amongst its winners. The evening’s live mixes, which were also broadcast live on TV, saw Hugh Jackman, George Ezra, Jess Glynne and The 1975 amongst other top artists perform with the sound of DiGiCo.

“The BRIT Awards is always a tricky show; being able to balance artists’ needs with simplicity and continuity throughout is hard to achieve,” stated Colin Pink, the BRIT Awards longstanding Live Sound Supervisor. “This year, every sound desk was a DiGiCo, which allowed the production to feel much more elegant than in the past.”

The consoles, deployed by Britannia Row Productions, who have been the Awards audio supplier for over 20 years, featured 2 DiGiCo SD7s

at FOH with an SD7 Quantum surface. A further 2 DiGiCo SD12s at FOH for the presenters, hosts and acceptance speeches, as well as a pair of SD7s in monitor world flip-flopping between live performances. “The advances that the Quantum Engine bring to the flagship SD7 allow so much more flexibility and simplicity to these multi-band gigs,” Pink continued. “It’s a great asset to the DiGiCo brand.”

The 1975 brought in an SD5 for their monitoring duties, whereas P!nk’s pre-recorded section was handled via the artists’ travelling D12 by FOH engineer Dave Bracey, a long-time DiGiCo user.

Lez Dwight, Britannia Row Sales Director, joined the conversation: “This year’s BRIT Awards really benefited from a unique and brilliant production design from Misty Buckley. Her set was very favourable for an emphasis on

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quality live audio.

“The show went very well, with no technical issues whatsoever, in no small part due to DiGiCo’s expert presence. DiGiCo artist liaison manager, Mark Saunders, and product specialist Dave Bigg, provided instant, on-site support.”

Dwight was keen to highlight the benefits of working with DiGiCo kit. He said: “As well as the show being completely DiGiCo this year, it was also the first time we’ve ever used 32-bit cards across the whole range of consoles on a live production.”

He concluded: “Britannia Row has worked with DiGiCo for a very long

time, as has our worldwide network within Clair Global. It’s the console that the majority of engineers are very happy to use, which is important for a multi-act show like this. The 1975 requested to bring their own monitor desk in, and as their preferred console is an SD5, it worked with the production perfectly. The Live sound quality this year was truly exceptional.” TPi Photos courtesy of DiGiCo. www.digico.biz www.britanniarow.com www.brits.co.uk

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