Spain’s School of Modern Music (TAF) has installed an Allen & Heath dLive S Class digital mixing system, comprising a S5000 Surface with DM64 MixRack, in its concert hall.
Located in Madrid, the centre offers a wide educational programme, focusing on practical experience and a detailed curriculum and requiring professional world-class facilities, staff and equipment.
Alex Blanco, chief technical officer at TAF, comments: “Students should feel that what they are learning is useful, so we endorse practical assignments from the outset. dLive was chosen because of its expansion possibilities and exceptional configuration flexibility, which allows us to manage any type of event, from concerts or theatre productions to broadcasting.”
The dLive system is employed to manage the school’s concert and theatre productions as well as for touring duties and TV show recordings. The system was recently used on a talent show for the Castilla la Mancha TV channel, which involved mixing 20 musicians and the contestants. As well as the live mix, a feed was provided via MADI to the broadcast mobile unit. The dLive was also used on a series of nightly musical shows broadcast on TV.
“Choosing dLive has been a really wise decision. On the one hand, students can learn by working with cutting-edge technology, and on the other hand the school and its technicians have a tool that allows us to manage any type of event, regardless of its complexity,” concludes Blanco.
