Eurovision Song Contest 2021 comes to life with Lawo mc²56 and VSM

老挝 64-fader mc²56 consoles and VSM control system are a key part of the 2021 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Dutch hosts NOP, 一氧化氮合酶 和 Avrotros once again entrusted 新经济政策 和 United (EMG) with the technical production of the event. It runs for a whole week: Tuesday 18 and Thursday 20 May are the two semi-finals, while the grand final takes place on Saturday 22 May.

To manage the sound for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, 新经济政策 has equipped its 超高清1 和 超高清2 mobile units with 64-fader mc²56 consoles, 诺瓦 routing cores and the 向量空间模型 broadcast control system, all 他们的 products. The two trucks are configured so that one of them can serve as a backup in the event of any inconvenience.

Requested by the Eurovision staff

另一方面， 他们的 出租 has provided two additional mc²56 consoles with 48 faders and monitoring equipment. These devices are located in a separate room from where music producer Tijmen Zinkhaan will run the mix of everything that happens in the interludes of the gala. While all audio connections are transmitted via 拉文纳/AES67, the audio signals for the PA in the venue are provided by 但丁 cards within the 诺瓦 routing cores.

The selection of the 他们的 equipment was a deliberate choice by Eurovision Song Contest 2021年 sound manager Thijs 彼得斯: “There was never any doubt that Lawo consoles were the perfect match for this prestigious assignment. They sound great, their routing capabilities are infinite, our setup integrates seamlessly and can be conveniently and intuitively controlled via Lawo’s VSM broadcast control system.”

Among other profiles, broadcast mixing engineer Andre Swart, effects engineer 马塞尔 Korfage and music producer Tijmen Zinkhaan will benefit from Lawo’s solutions.