Volkswagen Shifts Gears With Soundcraft V16 Digital Console at Indian Factory

European vehicle manufacturer Volkswagen recently opened the doors of a new corporate factory in Chakan, India, with one of the year's most prestigious corporate launches.
Sound engineers from India's SOUND.com selected the Soundcraft V16 digital console to mix the high-profile event.
The Volkswagen launch event in India required a versatile and intuitive board and the engineer, Fali Damania, flawlessly mixed the event with the assistance of the patented Vistonics interface of the V16.
SOUND.com Managing Director Warren D'souza noted that the success of the vent would set a new benchmark for the Indian sound industry to live up to and stated: "Many managers pitched for this project and the entire industry was anxious to see how well this event would be executed. The production of the show needed to be flawless, which is why we selected the Soundcraft V16."
The sound installation for the Volkswagen launch was completed four days before the event, allowing Damania to familiarise himself with the V16 and its vast array of features and components. Damania said: "This was actually my first time working on this console so I was initially nervous going into the gig, but to be honest, the console is laid out so intuitively that I mastered the console after only a few hours."
The Soundcraft V16 supported the sound system used for the executive presentations during the factory launch and also mixed the post-ceremony events in Chakan. The V16 allowed the engineer to pair channels vertically and horizontally, as well as quickly assign and distribute inputs and outputs, which enabled Damania to seamlessly engineer the show.
Damania concluded: "The opportunities are endless with the Soundcraft V16 and I absolutely love the bank of eight faders to the right of the Master section. I used those eight faders and vertically paired them to the same eight faders in the next bank and used them for all media playback, which was a tremendous advantage. I was also able to speak directly to the PA system with Preset 2, talk to the stage monitors with Preset 3 and talk to various zones in the arena by simply toggling whichever zone I wanted to speak to."
(KMcA/JM)