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State Kremlin Palace receives sound upgrade with DiGiCo Quantum 7 and Quantum 338

Celebrating its 60th anniversary next year, the State Kremlin Palace, situated inside the Moscow Kremlin, is one of the most prestigious theatrical and concert venues in the world. Recently, the Big Hall has been equipped with the latest generation of DiGiCo mixing consoles.

The project included the installation of a fully redundant system that integrates the DiGiCo consoles with the venue’s existing Stage Tec Nexus routing system. In order to facilitate seamless integration, the manufacturers worked together to allow customised control software, utilising DiGiCo’s extensive OSC implementation to communicate with their respective equipment.

“With the release of custom software by Stage Tec, all the DiGiCo consoles and stage racks were integrated into the Nexus system with control of Stage Tec stage boxes”, says Evgeny Silenko, Kremlin’s Senior Sound Engineer.

Aris, DiGiCo’s exclusive distributor for the Russian market, chose DiGiCo Quantum 7 and Quantum 338 consoles for the project. “We have added some extras, such as expanding the Quantum 7 FOH console with an additional EX-007 fader expansion unit, as well as achieving complete creative freedom for the sound engineer by complementing the onboard processing of the FOH console by Waves plug-ins, which are processed by the SoundGrid Extreme server. Our system is really flexible as there are Optocore, MADI, Dante, AES interfaces to connect third-party devices and systems”, explains Viktor Kizhaikin, Kremlin’s Head of Sound and Video department.

The Quantum 338 console is used as both monitor console and as portable mobile console. Additionally, the team selected DiGiCo SD-Rack stage boxes with 32-bit ‘John Stadius’ mic preamp cards. Aris’ engineers performed the installation, commissioned the system and trained the venue’s team on how to use and service the DiGiCo equipment.

(Photos: DiGiCo/Aris)

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