Specifications

▲V-Mixer at Corporate Event
▲CU Crew at Outdoor Festival
▲V-Mixer at Church Event ▲V-Mixer at Concert Event
Installed Products
Expanded System
M-400
S-1608 Stage Unit
S-4000S-3208 Stage Unit
Introduction
Concerts Unlimited LLC, founded in 2005 is a provider of
production services and equipment sales serving the New
England region in the US. They pride themselves in providing the
highest quality of sound, lighting, and video service with the
newest equipment and best crew possible. They stared out with
an analog Mackie console with JBL speakers and some QSC
series 3 amplifi ers from way back in the day.
System Integration
Silas Pradetto, principal and owner of Concerts Unlimited,
overseas every project and ensures that the production quality is
at the highest level. Pradetto explains, We are doing tons of
shows per year, and the company is expanding at a breakneck
pace. Due to the nature of the production company with lots of
different type of needs from concert and corporate events to
live TV broadcasts and recording sessions, they needed a
system that was rugged, easy to use, and easy to setup.
Pradetto explains, The top three things that sold me on the
V-Mixing system versus any other digital mixing system were the
sound quality, reliability, and the integrated digital snake. The
V-Mixing System is very unique to other consoles in that it offers
an integrated digital snake system which provides exceptional
sound quality and a cost effective way to get audio from the
stage to the FOH position with simply two Cat5e cables.
cables.
The System
Below is a typical setup for the Concerts Unlimited crew on most
shows and events. The two stage boxes sit on stage. The S-1608
goes near the drum riser, and the S- 4000 goes on stage left
or right out of sight. The S-4000 is configured as 24 inputs, 12
analog outputs, and 4 AES digital outputs. The inputs get sent
to the M-400 at FOH where they're mixed and sent back to the
outputs on the S-4000. The AES digital outputs feed the AES
inputs of a dbx® Driverack 4800, while the analog outs feed
the mixes and fills. The Driverack feeds the I-Techs through AES
digital cables, keeping the signal chain digital from preamp to
amplifier, with no intermediate stages of AD or DA conversion.
If there's ever a need for a monitor console, another M-400
is brought in and split off the two stage boxes with network
switches.
cables.
Application
Pradetto loves his job, the V-Mixing System, and the service that
Roland Systems Group provides. Pradetto says, The system has
made a vast improvement in the speed of system deployment
and the sound quality of the setup. It also conserves a ton of
space compared to our old analog setup. Roland Systems Group
really cares about their users̶they listen to us to see what we
want in the system and integrate it in new firmware. The service
and support are excellent and most of all, the system sounds
fantastic. Speed, reliability, and sound quality are at the heart of
the V-Mixing System. The V-Mixing System has enabled Concerts
Unlimited to expand their services they provide, improve sound
quality, and minimize the labor involved in setup and teardown.
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