Brazil. Attracting 1.5 million people to its first event in 1985, Rock in Rio sits comfortably among the largest music festivals in the world. Having started in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he has since visited Lisbon, Madrid and Las Vegas. Its growing live audience is complemented by television broadcasts on Globosat - this year, supported by the use for the first time of the Lawo mc²96 Production Console at a large-scale music festival.
With an audience of 45 million viewers in 15 million households across Brazil, Globosat is the largest pay-TV operator in Latin America and the market leader in Brazil. The use of the mc²96 console was part of an equipment rental, support and training package provided by Lawo for the event. The first sale of mc²96 was made before Rock in Rio, with two consoles purchased by Viacom Media Networks (USA).
Through Lawo's Latin American system integrator and LineUp broadcast systems, the company supplied Globosat with a 40-fader mc²96 equipped with Ravenna, AES and MADI cards, along with a sample rate converter and a compact core for the console.
The console was integrated with a Lawo Nova73 Router using Ravenna. The facility was able to take advantage of a legacy Globosat structure as a result of the company's participation in the Summer Olympic Games broadcast from barra Olympic Park last year.
"In 2015, we did the first live broadcast with 4K and Atmos to some of our viewers and this time we are testing new mixing ideas, positioning some 3D instruments with very interesting results," explained Gabriel Thomazini, Audio Coordinator at Globosat.
Lawo's 8-channel V_pro8 video processor was used to provide HD SDI to a Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Shuttle SSD recorder and system embedding system.
Globosat's setup also used a pair of Model 970 64-track Dante sound devices and MULTITRACK audio recorders equipped with MADI. Audio monitoring was attended by a Genelec system.
Supporting an immersive approach to broadcast sound mixing for Rock in Rio, Globosat also received support from Sennheiser. "Sennheiser is helping us pick up crowd noises with Sphere microphone systems and Cube's new configuration from the Ambeo 3D concept," confirms Thomazini. "It's important for me to bring a different approach to breaking down preconceptions. It's amazing to be surrounded by sounds and the crowd - you must listen."
