Owen frequently embraces new technologies that enhance the audience experience. The Bad Cinderella production process involves an innovative and advanced technical specification, where sound diffusion, entrusted to an immersive d&b audiotechnik Soundscape system, plays a vitally important role.
For Bad Cinderella, Owen employed a PRODIGY.MP multifunction audio processor from DirectOut Technologies (directout.eu), to form the backbone of the audio system, handling routing, MADI-to-Dante conversion, sample rate conversion and redundancy.
The user-configurable PRODIGY.MP provides flexible I/O, dual network audio, DSP functions and sample rate conversion with powerful hard- and software control. I/O on this fully modular system includes four local slots for analog line-level/mic input and AES3 modules. With eight channels per module, PRODIGY.MP provides up to 32 local inputs and outputs.
The hardware additionally supports two MADI and two network audio options. MADI slots can be equipped with BNC, SC optical and SFP modules, while network audio boards add Dante, RAVENNA/AES67 or SoundGrid. The channel capacity sums up to 416 inputs and 420 outputs, all managed via a channel-based routing matrix.
Of course, Owen is the point-of-call for all things audio for the show. This includes taking care of coverage for the audience, monitoring for cast and orchestra and even internal crew communications.