Ministry of Sound Expands Capabilities with Dante and Vi3000 Upgrade
Ministry of Sound, London United Kingdom
The Ministry of Sound London has streamlined its Harman tools and distribution network, including an upgrade to the Soundcraft Vi3000 and Realtime Rack plug-in engine, supplied by Sound Technology.
“We had seen great service from our Si2 console, but we’ve been looking to upgrade for a while now to something with more screen real estate, and a platform which touring engineers are more comfortable with,” stated MoS production manager, Chris Thoms. “The Vi3000 is a great trade off for its size and features, and of course the sound quality, steeped in Studer technology, is stunning.”
The Realtime Rack plug-in engine connects directly to the Vi3000’s built-in MADI interface, and MoS has installed a proprietary BSS BLU-Link card in the console, allowing a 32 x 32 digital interface between the console and their BSS Soundweb London audio network, also part of the Harman Professional portfolio, and also recently upgraded to Dante-compatible BLU-806 processing.
“With a BLU-806 for the Dante break-in and BLU-Link card for the Vi3000 it allows us to free up a lot of our outputs and bypass many of the traditional digital to analogue conversion process,” said Thoms.
This integration also accommodates the installation of a Dolby Atmos sound system for specific club events featuring a line-up of top electronic artists.
Ben Todd, who leads the project team at Sound Technology, added: “With the new console and DSP we have been able to expand their existing system in a straightforward and elegant manner. This provides MoS the option to control the Dolby Atmos multipoint surround via the desk or the installed DSP backbone. The result is a hugely powerful and flexible interface for Chris and the team to dream up yet more innovative ways to push the boundaries.”
Soundcraft’s VM2 Vistonics Microphone Monitoring enables all channels of the club’s AKG DMS 700 system digital wireless microphone system to be monitored and controlled directly from the Vi3000 console.
Thoms concluded: “We could not be happier with our new console, and the upgrades to our infrastructure. The support we have received from Sound Technology throughout the process has been outstanding as always.”
Ministry of Sound upgrades workflow with new Soundcraft console