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There was a major change to the set-up during the few days’ interval between the Olympics CC and the Paralympics OC, as the FOP had to be freed to leave space for the delegations of athletes on wheelchairs, so the entire stacked set-up was removed and added to the flown systems, increasing roof clusters to twenty. To cover the FOP, 60 L-Acoustics 8XT monitors were installed on custom stands. For the Paralympics
Ceremonies, the dV-DOSC clusters for the featured ‘train’ were moved to the opposite side of the stadium, this time for sound effects accompanying the entrance of a huge icebreaker. Although 35 monitor enclosures were used for various areas of the venue, the majority of the performers used IEM system divided into three categories. The first level was for the headline performers (approximately 50 Sennheiser EK 2000 with Ultimate Ears 900 personal monitors); the
The entire Sochi Agoràteam
second for aerial artistes and acrobats and those in supporting roles (approximately 320 G3 bodypacks with UE 600). These were both controlled by the Agorà team, which included seven IEM technicians.
A Riedel MediorNet
infrastructure, supplied and coordinated by the German intercoms giant, facilitated programming, coordination,
and the execution of certain programme elements during the ceremonies: 90 discrete radio channels were established for the deployment of 1,300 radios and 1,000 headsets. Regarding the brand-new L-Acoustics K2 systems, Camporese explained, “We tested them at Agorà’s premises and in France, and took a limited number out on events in the field, the last of which
was in Rome with the Pope(!). On this project, they lived up to our expectations and L-Acoustics’ promises, and integrated perfectly with other products such the K1, which we had already used extensively. The level of precision and power output make them top-grade systems. “Installing a really interesting
redundant system for such a large event was extremely
instructive from an organisational and technical point of view.”
DeAmicis concludes: “The
enviable understanding between our crew members even surprised other companies at Sochi. Bringing home this excellent result, Agorà confirmed its role as a truly international player.”
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Flying the L-Acoustics arrays
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