Allen & Heath ML5000 Console Selected For World Music Festival
Sarawak, Borneo (August 3, 2005) - Glasgow, Scotland-based Cheer Productions
managed the sound requirements for the annual Rainforest World Music
Festival, which took place recently in Borneo, selecting an Allen & Heath
ML5000 VCA live sound console as the FOH mixer for the main stage.
Established in 1998, the three-day festival takes place in Borneo's Sarawak
Cultural Village, attracting over 5,000 visitors with "world music" groups
from across the globe. This year, the festival included performances from
Colombian singer, Petrona Martinez; Faiz Al Faiz from Pakistan; Italian
gypsy quartet, Acquaragia Drom; the Namgar from Mongolia; Djamel Laroussi
and his band from Algeria; Polish bagpiper, Marcin Ruminski; and a debut
from the American group, the Foghorn String Band. The festival also features
daytime workshops, ranging from story telling sessions, to interactive dance
and percussion jamming.
"Set in a wide clearing in the rainforest, the festival is a unique
experience," comments Cheer Productions' MD, Niall Macaulay. "I have used
Allen & Heath mixers for the last six years at the RWMF as they are so easy
to use and clearly laid out. I mix around 20 bands over the three days of
the festival, some of them requiring over 30-channel mixes, and there is
often only 15 minutes changeover between acts. The ML5000's VCA and mute
groups mean the desk is quick and simple to navigate. It is also amazingly
reliable considering the climate out there and it never lets us down,
despite 90 percent humidity."
The FOH speaker system was Meyer, with outboard equipment from Drawmer,
Klark Teknik and dbx units, as well as Eventide, Lexicon and Yamaha.
For further information on the entire range of Allen & Heath products please
visit www.allen-heath.com.
Established for 35 years, Allen & Heath designs and manufactures
professional audio mixing consoles for an international clientele in the
live sound, installed systems and nightclub markets. Established in 2002,
Allen & Heath USA has been set up by American Music & Sound (AM&S) to
provide U.S. distribution for the British audio mixing products
manufacturer.
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