Four hundred years of Spanish-Japanese relations sound with Yamaha CL consoles

Yamaha consoles make the best audio possible at the opening of the Dual Year, in which throughout 2013 and 2014 Spain and Japan will celebrate four hundred years of relations.

On the occasion of the meeting of heads of Government of Spain and Japan that took place in September 2010 in Tokyo, both countries agreed to hold a “Year of Spain in Japan” and a “Year of Japan in Spain” in 2013 and 2014. Since these years coincide with the four hundredth anniversary of the sending of the Keicho Embassy to Europe (Spain and Rome), both years are conceived as a commemoration of the 400 years of exchange Spanish-Japanese.

The inaugural gala has been one of the most important events that mark the beginning of the Dual Year. Under the title “Hasekura's great journey”. The Japanese composer and pianist Mine Kawakami was inspired by the great journey made by Hasekura Tsunenaga to compose a melody that was performed at the Teatro Real in Madrid on June 11, under the presidency of the Crown Prince of Japan and the Princes of Asturias.

Supporting the composition of the Japanese pianist, there was the Barbieri Symphony Orchestra composed of 70 musicians, and a large cast of flamenco musicians with Miguel Poveda at the helm.

In the presence of their Highnesses and in an environment as demanding as the Teatro Real, everything had to sound perfect and without a single error. For this, the digital consoles of Yamaha CL5 in PA and CL1 in monitors together with two Rio3224-D stage racks showed that this system more than meets the very high demands of the event. Furthermore, everything was recorded... Nuendo Live, with a simple laptop and a single CAT5 cable, was responsible for recording the entire show in multitrack format in a simple way. Even the national anthems of Spain and Japan were reproduced stellarly through the CL5 console's internal USB player/recorder with expected accuracy.

Of course, the controls of the CL5 were governed by one of the most prestigious sound engineers on the current scene, Luís del Toro, with extensive experience in the music sector, member of the team that won the 2011 Grammy Award with the work Tango by Diego El Cigala (he did the 5.1 Blu-ray Mastering) and nominated for the 2011 Grammy with CLAZZ by Paquito D´Rivera.

According to Luís del Toro, the CL5 console stands out for its ease of use, line/data management capacity and its processing power. In the words of the technician himself: "One of the things I liked most about the CL5 table is the ability to integrate with its Rio's preamps, which sound great, very clean and transparent. The system's gain management and the use of preamps on the stage shared with the monitor table have helped us a lot, which in events as delicate and acoustic as this one, has been essential to take care of. Without a doubt, I can recommend Yamaha's CL5."