This ninth annual IBF was organised by the Islamic Development Bank, Organisation of the Islamic Conference, and the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, hosting presenters and delegates including trade ministers from Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and the host nation, Saudi Arabia. Held in Jeddah's largest conference venue - the Hilton's main ballroom - HAV needed to provide an equally impressive sound system.
HAV installed a Tannoy speaker system, suspended from a truss mother grid. Stage coverage was handled by DPA lectern mics for the podium and panel discussion groups, and a Beyer radio mic system provided for the delegate Q & A sessions. The ML supplied audio for the FOH, stage monitors, front fills, and three lines of delayed speakers flown on trusses. The desk also supplied audio feeds to a four-camera flyaway OB film unit, local radio/television networks, the translation system, which served 400 receiver units, and an AV feed was established to the Hotel's in-house television network via a fibre optic link.
"We selected the ML4000 because we needed an intuitive desk with plenty of aux sends, VCA capability for grouping, and dual functionality to handle monitors and FOH. The desk's 23 busses adequately catered for the large number of feeds required," comments HAV Productions' manager, Ian Hill. "The console performed flawlessly throughout the event and helped make the Forum a great success."
(Lee Baldock)
