Optocore ends 2017 on a high note
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Leading the way were global rental giants CLAIR Global, who have substantially increased their Optocore inventory as they gear up for a major, as yet unannounced 2018 tour.
Having used Optocore DD series solutions for some time, mainly with their vast inventory of DiGiCo SD series mixing consoles, the Lititz-based company has added a further six DD32R-FX network converters and pair of DD2FR-FX AES/EBU.
CLAIR Global console dept manager, Jonathan Shober, stated that previously the company had enjoyed a brief experience with an LX4 system prior to utilising Optocore with a DiGiCo D5. “Our clients continually ask us to push the envelope,” he said. “With regard to the new tour, it was suggested that an audio network be used to distribute the signals to multiple zones. Both parties had previous experience with Optocore, so it was the obvious choice.”
He summarised by saying, “Our past success rate with the brand gives us the confidence we need to feel comfortable tasking it with one of the most crucial parts of the control system - audio distribution to the PA.”
Other long-term users of Optocore solutions were equally bullish. One leading European rental company to increase its Optocore inventory is Paris based Lumière & Son.
Company president, Pierre Heyligen, confirmed that they had added a further M12 MADI switch, with bridging and routing options, and DD4MR-FX MADI interface as part of a general inventory upgrade.
Also in France, long-term Optocore partner, GB4D has boosted its inventory by adding a pair of X6R-FX-8MI/8LO. Gilles Bouvard’s company ended 2017 by equipping the Courchevel 1650 ski resort. They used an L-Acoustics broadcast system to reproduce the sound of the ski school tracks in the snow. An Optocore connection was made with the X6R-FX-8MI/8LO between the ski instructor's office and the ski school's booth speaker. They also supplied the company JBL Sonorisation with two Broaman Nano kits, to expand its rental fleet.
Close to Optocore’s German base, B&R Medientechnik has bolstered its stock of Optocore interfaces and now have an 80-channel Mic Preamp Stagebox, built using X6R-FX and X6R-TP with various combination of 16LO and 16MI boards modules, in addition to DD4R-FX and a DD32R-FX.
On the other side of the world Norwest has continued its investment in Optocore by purchasing four X6R-FX-8AE/8MI, four X6R-TP-16MI, four DD32R-FX and a pair of DD4MR-FX interfaces.
2018 is shaping up to be a big year for Norwest, as they will deliver stadium audio for capacity crowds and the world-wide broadcast audience who tune in to watch the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games, being held at Carrera Stadium on the Gold Coast.
Elsewhere, Total Solutions Singapore has confirmed an order to its customer Show Company Pte, comprising eight X6R-FX-8MI/8LO and two X6R-FX-IC AES.
In Israel Sincopa ended the year by purchasing M12-OPT/BNC, X6R-FX-16MI and two X6R-FX-INTERCOM devices.
(Jim Evans)
