Gareth Fry
Sound Design for Theatre
Gareth Fry
Sound Design for Theatre
Cadac
The S-Type large-format desk has been promised for a while but has yet to be seen in the wild...
Most other desks don't offer the ability to crossfade between scene memories, or have limited output options which makes them useless for theatre use.
(c) Gareth Fry 2009
Digico have a range of large-format desks, mostly aimed at the concert market, with the D5T specifically for theatre-use. The D1 is also in common use. The software for computer-control mimcs the multiple screens of the desk which is messy. The MIDI implementation is rudimentary at best, and just doesn’t work on occasion.
Soundcraft / Studer
The Vista 5 is making in-roads into the Opera sector...
Innovoson
Popular in Europe, with a long heritage of large-format compact desks. They have a unusual layout giving a steeper learning curve.