Brigham Young University is a school that values its live performances.
The Provo, Utah school, owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), has its 1,200-seat DeJong Concert Hall at the Harris Fine Arts Center as a venue for large theater productions, shows with full-pit orchestras, music performances, church sermons and recordings.
BYU recently turned to Utah-based Poll Sound for a Yamaha PM10 Digital Audio Console in DeJong, upgrading from the hall’s previous Yamaha PM5D console.
“Poll played an integral part in arranging PM10 demos,” says Aaron Kopp, audio production manager, BYU.
[related]“The decision to upgrade to a new PM10 was made based on the sonic quality, expandability, the Yamaha commitment to reliability, and stability. We are constantly looking at all brands of consoles in order to provide our students with a diversity of equipment. This is the console that made the most sense for the concert hall because of its quality and expanded features.”
BYU audio production staff installed the console.
Regarding the sound, “the console sounds amazing, and the SILK feature really enhances the beauty of the musical performances with minimal EQ work,” Kopp says, referring to the VCM (Virtual Circuitry Modeling) SILK processing by Rupert Neve Designs.
“We use Dante to get our Qlab computer into the system, which makes it easy and provides us so many options on what we can do for effects in our theater productions. We also use Dante to get signal to our Dante-enabled monitor consoles and for using the Virtual Sound check feature.”
