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Bridgestone Arena adds Quantum338 desk to its lineup of DiGiCo products

Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, home to the NHL Predators, recently took delivery of its third DiGiCo audio console, a Quantum338, purchased and installed through Nashville-based Spectrum Sound. The Quantum338 joins two existing and upgraded DiGiCo SD12-96 desks, along with an SD-Rack, SD-Mini Rack, D-Rack, and three SD-Nano Racks, all also sourced through Spectrum Sound.

The Quantum338 has now taken over front-of-house duties at the venue, while one SD12 is used a router/hub/mixer for the broadcast control room and the other as a utility mixer, paired with the D-Rack and deployed as needed around the venue, including for mixing monitors at the band/stage platform. Two Orange Box MADI interfaces are also on the same Optocore loop as the consoles and Racks.

“One Orange Box lives in the Technical Operations Center, and the other is our tie-in to the broadcast-truck docks, and through that we can give the OB trucks any outputs they need at a moment’s notice”, says Jacob Lutz, Director of Technical Operations for the Bridgestone Arena and Nashville Predators. “And when the broadcast is analog, as it is for Regional Sports Networks, the SD-Mini Rack at our dock gives us plenty of connectivity. For larger shows, such as the NHL Draft, we can hand off a MADI stream and they can take any audio sources they need from the house, including being able to route the intercom through that.”

The new Quantum338 is used for every Predators game. Halftimes are mini concerts, as are other intermissions. “We have an SD-Rack on the band stage that connects to the optical loop and everything plugs into that and it connects all the way back to front-of-house, broadcast, and anybody else who may need either a mix or individual stems of our performances”, says Lutz.

“Most touring shows will bring their own FOH consoles, but we have had more and bigger shows coming in here other than concerts, and the Quantum338 gives us the capabilities and functionality that we need to handle anything that the busiest arena in the world throws at us”, he concludes.

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