The MIDAS PRO9 mixing console was recently used by Premier Echo Sound &
Lighting for Malaysia’s 2016 Sukma Games opening ceremony which has been
praised as “one of the most excellent ceremonies in the history of Sukma’ by the
Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin. Kuching’s Sarawak
Stadium was host to 45,000 attendees for a captivating show delivered by 3,000
performers, and was broadcast live on Malaysia’s TV1 on 23rd July 2016.
The ceremony introduced performances by Miss World Malaysia 2014 Dewi Liana
Seriestha and the Ministry of Social Development and Urbanisation (KPSU) cultural
singers. Also performing on the night was Bob Yusof of the Akademi Fantasia fame
who performed “Berpadu Menyahut Cabaran’ accompanied by the award winning
violinist Nisa Addina Mohd Taufik.
For FOH, Premier Echo Sound & Lighting who selected MIDAS, used a PRO9 console
connected to a DL371 via a 300m fibre optic cable. The line arrays deployed around
the stadium and the Malaysian Armed Forces marching band used inputs from a
DL451 which was configured in 16 analogue inputs and 8 analogue outputs.
At monitor world, a second PRO9 consoles was taking inputs for a 13-piece band, 12
wedge mixes for the band, 6 stereo IEM mixes and 4 mono IEM mixes for the
singers on the night and as well as a violinist. Using a DL371 linked to the FOH
DL471 via Cat5e, inter-console soft patching of bidirectional signal routing was
enabled for 3 way talkback between stage, monitor and FOH.
“Myself and Premier Echo are long time MIDAS console users”, said monitor
engineer, Desmond Lee. “With as little as a Cat5e cable and a DL451 we can route
absolutely anything to anywhere we want. Additionally the work flow on the MIDAS
surface is straight forward and it produces a unique sound.’
Premier Echo Sound & Lighting are a major contractor got the government’s national
events and have worked in world class events such as the Rainforest World Music
Festival and Penang World Music Festival.
