Leading UK audio rental specialists Britannia Row Productions announced at the PLASA Show today the world's first order for the newly unveiled DiGiCo D5 Live FMX package - the complete, front-of-house and monitor digital mixing system as previewed by Brit Row on Robbie Williams' Weapons of Mass Distraction tour this summer. The company is also purchasing a D5 56EX console. Brit Row's Bryan Grant and Mike Lowe joined the DiGiCo team on the show floor this morning to make the announcement, along with suppliers LMC Audio.

The D5 Live FMX gives a full 112 mic inputs on stage, with a worksurface for monitors and a worksurface for FOH, both with their own local DiGiRacks. Three 150m drums of fibre optic cable are provided to allow for a digital split and full redundancy of your fibre multicore. The D5 Live FMX package can also be split into two D5 Live 56 EX packages, maximising rental flexibility. And because it eliminates the need for outboard gear, splitters and multiple line systems, the setup and get out times are reduced to a matter of minutes and a fraction of the truck space of analogue and other digital solutions is required.

For the first time in a D5 Live system, Gain Tracking (patent pending) allows either console operator to change any input gain without affecting the sound balance on either console, and is selectable on each channel independently on each console. Both worksurfaces are equipped with the full dynamics, onboard effects, matrixes and output processing facilities.

Brit Row director Mike Lowe comments: "Our philosophy has always been to offer clients a wide choice of top quality mixing options and the D5 system, especially with the incredible flexibility for front-of-house and monitors that the FMX package gives you, is fast becoming a very in-demand choice in the market."

9 sept 2003


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