Yamaha's Rivage PM co-star in the premiere of the Audi Q4 e-tron

The world digital premiere of the new Audi Q4 e-Tron, a large-scale streaming, was produced with several Rivage PM systems from Yamaha.

The presentation of the new electric vehicles Q4 e-tron y Q4 Sportback e-tron It was a complex production composed of a total of 45 streaming signals live. Aimed at media outlets in 28 different countries, each signal was produced in three different languages.

The event base of operations, in which Yamaha played a fundamental role, were the Eisbach studies from Munich, where they were built five dynamic studies. From them, Audi offered a digital event packed with digital workshops and interviews, Q&A sessions, panel discussions, virtual photo sessions, live presentations and a press conference.

The technical person responsible for the event was NIYU.engineering (macomNIYU), based in Berlin, while technical services were provided by AVE Audio Visual Equipment Verhengsten.

Audio management

Con 60 inputs and 25 outputs to manage the front of house y 80 inputs, 46 mixes and 20 outputs direct for the issuance, AVE was facing an important challenge. To approach production with all the guarantees, he decided to rent the systems Honda Rivage PM3 and PM7 to the company Kohl GmbH. own the cabbage was the professional chosen to mix the sound of the event for the production team, the monitors and the communications routed in the Shore PM3. At the same time, the engineer Michael Simon, also part of the der Kohl company, created the mixes for streaming with the Shore PM7.

The production had multiple inputs from multimedia servers Pixera, 40 channels of wireless microphones series Axient Digital of Shure and 12 channels of multilingual interpreters. In addition to mixing surfaces Shore PM, der Kohl GmbH provided nine Yamaha I/O racks Rio3224-D2 and five Rio1608-D2as well as five input racks Ri8-D and five output racks Ro8-D. Yamaha studio monitors were also installed MSP3 y MSP5 in control rooms to supervise production.

New DHR and CHR speakers

Recently, Yamaha has expanded its line of professional audio speakers. Situated between the flagship DZR – CZR series and the affordable DBR / CBR series, all new units DHR (active) and CHR (passive) feature select custom transducers, plywood enclosures, and a durable polyurea coating.

The units DHR15 y CHR15 Two-way, 15-inch tubes have been designed for front applications. They include dual-angle pole-mount sockets, M10 rigging options, and “excellent” full-range performance. On the other hand, the DHR12M and the CHR12M They are Yamaha's first 12-inch coaxial floor monitors. They offer “precise and consistent” monitoring in a low-profile format. Finally, the DHR10 y CHR10 Two-way are 10-inch units designed for use as fills or delays.

All DHR models feature high-end class D amplification, DSP “in the box” flexibility, easily switchable line/mic inputs and a quick-access two-channel mixer on board. On the other hand, CHR models include connectors NL4 dual amplifiers and advanced DSP through custom amplification presets available on series amplifiers PX y PC-D de Yamaha.