Lawo partner Professional Audio & Television (PAT) announced today a technical partnership with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO), in the rebuild and fit out of the historic Wellington Town Hall.

PAT are delighted to be selected as technology partners for this project. A 72-fader Lawo mc²96 audio production console sits at the heart of the install, complemented by a 16-fader Lawo mc²56 console, both consoles pool their DSP resources from two fully redundant, 1RU super compact Lawo A__UHD Cores. LawoA__stage boxes are feeding audio in and out of a redundant SMPTE 2110-30 AoIP network.

The media network is clocked by a MeinbergmicroSyncRX, offering a high level of efficiency, versatility and impresses with its high port density. Lawo’s new HOME cloud-native management platform for IP-based media infrastructure is responsible for connecting, managing and securing all aspects of the live production environment. PAT have also supplied and fully integrated Merging Technologies HAPI interfaces into the Lawo environment via HOME, as well as into the 2110 network via MicrosensFibre bridges.

John Neill (NZSO Consultant Engineer) and Craig Thorne (NZSO) in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestras staging facilityThis has boosted the IO capabilities and provides a seamless and unified interface for control room operators and to several AVID ProTools terminals throughout the facility. A LawoPowerCore fitted with a Dante IO expansion card and StudioHub XLR breakout panels will feature as a central comms and talkback system. This is controlled by Densitron’s IDS Core software via Ember+. The Densitron core will also be used to orchestrate and control lighting, digital signage and video elements between each of the performance and educational spaces. The Densitron solution will be used to display performance space booking and status information outside many of the Townhall’s rooms and will keep conductors and music score readers on track with Beats and Bars information during performance recordings.

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