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World-famous Grand Ole
Opry Selects Euphonix System 5
Home of Country Music Gets
a Major Audio Upgrade
The Euphonix System 5 all-digital mixing console
at the Grand Ole Opry
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The Grand Ole Opry, the world's longest running live radio
program and home to the best in country music, entertains
millions of fans around the globe each week. In 2004, the
audio for broadcasts from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville
got a boost from a newly-installed 130-channel Euphonix System
5 all-digital audio mixing console.
Every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, the Grand Ole Opry features
20 artists a night. Engineer Steve Marcantonio now mixes
the Opry's
"Grand Ole Opry Live" television show on the System
5 while simultaneously recording 48 tracks to a Nuendo system.
These tracks are then posted on the console each week for
re-purposing the performances.
Marcantonio is delighted with the new board, saying, "We've
been running with the System 5 since the Opry returned from
winter performances at the historic Ryman Auditorium to the
Grand Ole Opry House in March. It's much easier to stage
the show now, thanks to the SnapShot Recall and the Euphonix
Layout feature. The System 5 really makes a difference in
a situation such as ours in which there are so many quick
changes. The bottom line is that we have improved the sound,
as I can concentrate more on the mix, letting the System
5 handle the complex routing and bussing requirements. The
console can also be switched to posting the show during the
week without losing all my live settings thanks again to
the SnapShot Recall system."
The Opry moved from the Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville
to its current location at the 4,400 seat Grand Ole Opry
House in 1974. A uniquely American experience for more than
78 years, the Opry can be heard on 650 WSM-AM, Stream 137
on Sirius Satellite Radio, and www.opry.com. The syndicated
weekly program "America's Grand Ole Opry Weekend" airs
on more than 200 country radio stations across the country
and on the Armed Forces Radio Network, and "Grand Ole
Opry Live" airs each weekend on GAC: Great American
Country and CMT Canada. |
