Rental company auvisign GmbH was called upon to provide the PA for the huge crowds, from the main stage in front of the Brandenburg Gate to the 10x big TV screens spaced down the length of the fan mile and beyond to other stages. This massive task was supervised by sound designer Johannes Raack, who has worked many times here at Europe’s biggest public viewing space.
A NEXO GEO D10 line array system was used on the main stage, together with GEO Sub and CD18 subbass cabinets, and a large number of NEXO PS Series. Elsewhere on the fanmeile, nearly 270 NEXO cabinets were deployed; GEO S12, GEO S8, NEXO Alpha and many many more PS Series.
Together with Peter Sobisiak, Johannes Raack supervised all the technical direction and network operation. The main stage PA was accessed over one EtherSound network, with a second network handling all the delay lines and TV screen systems. Inputs for the mixer were implemented via Yamaha AD8HR converters and Auvitran EtherSound mini-YGDAI cards over another ES network. All these networks, controlled from FOH, were consolidated in a common Gigabit network, using fibreglass connections (to meet the requirement for redundant ducting) to cover the distances of up to 600 metres from device to device.
Equipment: main-stage: 22x Nexo Geo D10
4x Nexo Geo Sub
10x Nexo CD18
12x Nexo PS10-R2
8x Nexo PS15 / PS15-R2
20x Camco Vortex 6
4x Camco Vortex 3 Quattro
14x Nexo NX242 | ES
delays and other stages: 74x Nexo GEO S1210/1230
72x Nexo GEO S805/830
16x Nexo CD18
18x Nexo Alpha M3/M8
22x Nexo Alpha B1
6x Nexo Alpha S2
20x Nexo PS15 / PS15-R2
16x Nexo PS10 / PS10-R2
24x Nexo PS8
20x Camco Vortex 6
6x Camco Vortex 3 Quattro
16x Nexo NX242 | ES
14x Nexo NX-Amp 4×4 | ES
Congratulations to a brilliant technical production team, especially FOH operator Alexander Garn and stage sound manager Jerome Bonin.
organizer: K.I.T. Group GmbH
Kurfürstendamm 71 | 10709 Berlin
contact person: Willy Kausch | Merryn Scholz
production: Wohlthat Entertainment GmbH
Am Friedrichshain 1 | 10407 Berlin
contact person: Rainer Wohlthat
technical direction:Steel United Group
Franz-Jacob-Strasse 16-18 | 10369 Berlin
contact person: Jens Meinecke
sound company: auvisign GmbH & Co. KG
Ernst-Augustin-Strasse 9 | 12489 Berlin
contact person: Johannes Raack
