In Broadcast - July 2014 - 42

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Allen & Heath's GLD At The Heart
Of Maracana World Cup Venue
O

riginally built for the World
Cup in 1950, Brazil's iconic
Maracana stadium will host many
of the major matches in the FIFA
World Cup 2014, including the ﬁnal
on July 13, with audio managed
by the stadium's GLD digital mixer
from Allen & Heath.
Rio de Janeiro's Maracana
stadium was closed for a threeyear major renovation, reopening
last year with a GLD-80 mixer at
the heart of an EV sound system.
Fitted with a Dante network card,
the mixer controls audio distribution
around the entire stadium through
ﬁbre optic cables.
"The main reason we chose GLD
was because of Allen & Heath's
fantastic sound quality, reliability
and ease of use," explains Augusto
Bergamim, Sound Manager
and System Programmer at
the Maracana.
The stadium will host four group
games and next round games, a
quarter ﬁnal game, and the final.

Carlos Eduardo Melo Ramires
(Kadu) from Allen & Heath's Brazilian
distributor, AudioPremier, with the
GLD-80 mixer

Established for over 40 years, Allen
& Heath designs and manufactures
professional audio mixing consoles
for an international clientele in the
live sound, installed systems and
nightclub markets.
Allen & Heath has launched GLD
Editor, a free computer-based
control suite offering all of the key
facilities of the GLD digital mixer
with capability to display multiple
information panels simultaneously.
Available for PC and Mac, GLD

Editor has the advantage of a GUI
simulation of the mixer surface,
offering users an onscreen
representation that reﬂects the
physical surface.
Allen & Heath recently
released GLD Editor Control
software similar to its iLive
Editor software.
The program enables users to
easily conﬁgure show settings or
make changes to existing shows
online or offline to save and
upload later.
TCP/IP connectivity makes live

The Maracana stadium underwent a
three-year renovation

GLD Editor Control software offers
enhanced functionality

mixing and processing possible
over CAT5 or Wi-Fi so different
tasks can be managed in the Editor
software and the GLD mixer surface
simultaneously.
For example, monitors can be
tweaked on stage using a wireless
laptop while another engineer runs
the FoH sound check from the mixer.
Also, as it is possible to connect
up to 16 devices to a GLD system,
users can attach multiple computers
running Editor and multiple iPads
running the existing GLD Remote
app at the same time.

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