receivers. The IEM system comprised SR 2050s and IE60 headphones. Additional kit was also provided for rehearsal and production crew, as well as press conferences. Markus Müller of MM Communications and a crew of 90 people planned the wireless system, which Müller said required 10,000 batteries to be shipped in from Germany. There was also more than enough equipment provided to detect news crews using wireless frequency users illegally “I had a long list of more than 40 (illegal frequency users) last year,” said one of Sennheiser’s RF experts, Klaus Willemsen. “This year, there are only about 20.” To distribute the live audio signals at the event the rental provider Cape Cross used a Riedel RockNet digital audio network installation. A total of four interface cards for digital Yamaha mixing consoles, 12 analogue input and 17 analogue output modules, as well as RockNet fibre converters distributed the audio
signals between the ‘splitter world’, FOH and the PA. Riedel’s MediorNet handled
distribution of 40 HD and SD video signals within the arena – among them the broadcast feed and the signals for the on-site videowalls and monitors. Riedel also provided the communications infrastructure once again for this year’s show.
The contest was watched on
television by over 100 million spectators with Brainpool TV taking on broadcast duties on behalf of national broadcaster Ictimai TV. Five OB trucks from Belgium provider Alfacam were used; four for mixing and one as a master control room. The trucks were equipped with Lawo mc266 consoles and Nova 73HD routing systems. Despite the enormous logistical
difficulties of pulling off the event in Baku, it was a spectacular night without a technical glitch (or sign or protest). In case you haven’t heard it on the radio (have you been away?), Sweden’s Loreen
150 wireless channels 175 microphones 300 crew members 470 loudspeakers 14.4km of cable
Talhaoui grabbed the top spot with Euphoria earning 372 points in total, and the country has confirmed it will host next year’s show. The Russian Grannies placed second and UK entry Engelbert Humperdinck finished a less- than-remarkable second to last – only five points clear of Norway’s seven-point humiliation. n www.brainpool.dewww.lawo.dewww.sennheiser.co.uk
MONITOR ENGINEERFrançois Pare has specified a DiGiCo SD7 for American indie pop band Foster The People’s current summer festival tour. Pare explained that working with Foster The People requires a lot of flexibility from its engineers. “In Mexico a few weeks ago, the band saw a Mariachi band playing on the streets one evening,” he
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recalled. “The next day, when they showed up for soundcheck an hour before doors, they announced that the Mariachi band was playing that night with them, so we accounted for that right away. As the set up changes a lot and as I want to be super flexible, I think the SD7 is an obvious choice.” www.digico.org
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