Virtual Stadium Mixing Rig arrives in Manchester

An audio engineering college in Manchester has taken delivery of ‘The Virtual Stadium Mixing rig’ – one of only two in the world.

Built by Digidesign, the rig is designed to give students the chance to recreate working the front of house position for some pretty big gigs!

The rig is part of the new digidesign studio at SSR, a technical training school for the music, audio and visual industries. SSR sound engineer Jay Beard said:

“I’ve travelled the world mixing live bands like Snow Patrol, Doves, Elbow and Cherry Ghost and this Virtual Stadium Mixing rig is amazing.”

“The rig gives you up to 64 channels of recorded show sound and vision from some of the world’s biggest bands and you can follow the show on the video plasma screen whilst mixing.”

Bill Devon, operational director at SSR, said:

“Most people are surprised to learn that the live sound industry is actually bigger than the construction industry, and with over 35 different jobs types available for technicians and engineers it is well worth exploring.”

SSR is holding an open evening to demonstrate the new rig to the public next Wednesday from 7pm.



One Response to “Virtual Stadium Mixing Rig arrives in Manchester”

1. audiogeekzine says:

   February 11, 2008 at 9:24 pm

   Your link goes to DigiCo, not digidesign.com