China - Lars Huang is a Chinese pop singer who has found fame with his lyrical, passionate musical style. His most recent tour, Fun! Only, is a celebration of video game and digital culture, requiring fans to ‘level up’ to get the most out of the experience. The design concept was a Platinum Muse Award 2024 winner. The audio team insisted upon DiGiCo consoles, choosing a Quantum 852 for the front-of-house position and a Quantum 338 for monitors, supplied by DiGiCo distributors in China, RAC Pro.
“The tour is all about letting every audience member really enjoy the music,” Li Wenhao, senior product manager of RAC, technical support for the tour explains. “We insist upon using only the very best equipment and the Quantum 852 delivers excellence for us. At the monitor position, the Quantum 338’s compact design and highly efficient signal processing capabilities provides clear and accurate monitor feedback for all performers. It has been a great pairing.”
The Quantum 852 is equipped with five, seventh generation FPGA processing chips, and the latest Sharc DSP processor. This combination ensures the console is the most powerful, yet flexible console that DiGiCo has designed to date. It handles complex mixing tasks with ease, a key feature for the tour, which was an audio and visual spectacle.
Lars Huang is a diverse artist, singing in Mandarin, English and Cantonese. His music and his ethos are all about creating a deep connection with his audience, and he embraces a diverse spectrum of genres, from electronic to hip-hop and everything in-between. Elevating the complex sonic arrangements is made possible by the intuitive and customisable surface layout of the Quantum 852. With 384 input channels, 192 Aux/sub group busses and two DMI slots per engine, the Quantum 852 has a solution for every requirement.
Fun! Only was Lars Huang’s eagerly awaited arena tour, with crowds of over 10,000 people in each venue. The album of the same name also sold over 100,000 copies in under 24 hours and his social media following has made him one of China’s biggest stars on Weibo, the county’s most popular platform.
The Fun! Only characters, (除了快乐禁止入内) also translate as ‘Without Happiness, no entry’, so delivering a fun and happy experience for the audience is high on the list of priorities for the audio team. With the ample headroom of the Quantum 852 and Quantum 338, they can provide clear and accurate audio in any situation.
“With DiGiCo, sound breaks free from the constraints of physical distance; it is no longer just a concept, but becomes something that we can touch and feel,” Li Wenhao concludes. “Our DiGiCo consoles can handle whatever we throw at them, offering better mixing flexibility, and keeping up with the style and positive energy of Lars and his countless fans.”
