Guangzhou Jazz Festival, SSL “fusion” Dolby Atmos makes Xinghai Concert Hall “Swing” non-stop
From October 28th to November 23rd, the 9th Guangzhou Jazz Festival was held at Xinghai Concert Hall. Tens of thousands of fans gathered to participate in this grand jazz carnival, using rhythm to make Guangzhou, a thousand-year-old commercial capital, “swing”.
The six concerts will bring together more than 40 outstanding musicians from the world’s jazz scene, musicians and bands who have won 22 Grammy Awards and nominations, integrating jazz, rock, funk, soul, world music, pop and other styles. Star-studded, unprecedented specifications! Therefore, it is also a big draw, and I can’t help but be proud of the program that belongs to this city. There are many young faces in the audience, which is undoubtedly the result of years of hard work.
On November 11, Tencent Video launched the Dolby Atmos on-demand broadcast of the first Guangzhou Jazz Festival “Stacey Kent”. Good live recording is inseparable from the silent dedication and mutual cooperation of the staff in front of and behind the scenes.
For this Guangzhou Jazz Festival, Yang Zhen serves as the sound director and chief sound engineer, Cai Yamin serves as the sound engineer, Ji Xiang serves as the on-site mixer, Zhang Jia serves as the stereo live mixer, and Yang Zhen personally operates the stage to produce Dolby Atmos. version, Dolby Laboratories and Transcend Technology provided technical support throughout the process, and built an unprecedented Dolby Atmos live broadcast system on site. As an important part of this music festival, Chuanxin Technology sent an experienced support team to use the British Solid State Logic’s advanced System T mixer to escort the recording and broadcast of this jazz carnival.
On November 22, as the Jazz Festival was coming to an end, Xinghai Concert Hall held a special seminar together with the sound production creative team to share sound production concepts, workflow and Dolby Panorama with many industry experts. Sound production related technologies.
In this event, we not only shared relevant technologies, but the guests also experienced the broadcast effects on the consumer side. There is a home theater consisting of Soundbar speakers and car-mounted Dolby Atmos speakers.
This music festival has built a recording system and a broadcast system in the form of live broadcast. The system uses an S500 as a mixer for Dolby Atmos broadcast, an S300 as a mixer for stereo broadcast, and two mixers. The console uses Dante transmission to share all the interface boxes.
The OB monitor for this event is the SAM series from Genelec. The format of Dolby Atmos monitoring is 7.1.4. The advantage of using the SAM series is that it greatly facilitates the adjustment of multi-channel monitoring. You only need to use the GLM software. Calibrate speaker layouts of various specifications.
The stage interface box uses two SSL SB32.24, connected to two mixing consoles via Dante. All SSL NET I/O interface boxes use SuperAnalogue™ microphone preamplification technology. The highest quality analog microphone preamplifier from SSL strives to achieve the highest standard of sound quality, laying a solid foundation for restoring the different styles of band sounds in each performance.
In terms of immersive sound production, System T is perfectly compatible with Dolby Atmos, supports Bed sound bed formats including 5.1.2 and 7.1.2, and supports monitoring control up to 9.1.6.
System T also has built-in SSL very classic effects and supports Dolby Atmos.
System T can be linked with Dolby Atmos Music Panner by controlling the DAW plug-in, mapping the Music Panner to the channel module for quick adjustment.
You can also use KVM to allow any software in the system to be browsed and controlled, allowing the workflow to be integrated on a mixing console.
The successful conclusion of this Guangzhou Jazz Festival has once again confirmed the advantages of SSL mixers and its peripheral supporting solutions in large-scale performances. In the future, SSL mixers, a brand of Chuanxin Technology, will also be used for more live performances, The professional recording studio provides more professional, stable and high-performance services. We also hope to meet again with the Guangzhou Jazz Festival and let’s rock together next time!
Listening guide to the Dolby Atmos version
Mobile users can access Tencent Video’s[Mobile App](only for IPhone), computer users can access Tencent Video’s web page or Tencent Video’s Mac version through Safari through a Dolby Atmos-compatible Mac, and TV users can watch playback and open Dolby Atmos through the Aurora TV App. Than panoramic sound quality options, you can get a wonderful experience.
Just search for “2023 Guangzhou Jazz Festival” in Tencent Video APP
Log in to the VIP account, in the image quality option in the lower right corner, select 1080P resolution
Select Dolby Atmos in VIP sound effects
Need to wait a moment, the system needs a short time to switch
Then you can enjoy it quietly. You can also try switching back to the “standard” default original sound for comparison.
Several wonderful performance videos are currently available for on-demand viewing. On December 2, the Grammy legendary drum god DAVE WECKL x TOM KENNEDY Quartet will also be available online. Come and enjoy it.
