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De La Warr Pavilion installs DiGiCo SD12 as main in-house console

Sited on the beachfront in Bexhill, East Sussex, the De La Warr Pavilion boasts a variety of music, comedy, and theatrical performances each year. It also supplies various early career programmes with work experience, creative careers sessions and apprenticeships all available to young people throughout the year.

Training is just one part of what they do there, but it was a strong influence on the DiGiCo SD12 desk they chose, as technical stage manager Mat McQuade explains. “Visiting engineers expect a DiGiCo, and it became the norm for us to hire in SD12 consoles”, says McQuade. “Our decision to purchase the SD12 came from what our clients expected, but also from our education programmes. It was important that the young people learnt on professional grade consoles, not entry level or obsolete desks.”

McQuade shares his knowledge on site through the various education programmes De La Warr Pavilion offers, and also teaches students at local colleges, giving them an insight into professional working practices. Plus, he organised for his whole audio team to get training at DiGiCo HQ. “We had training before and after the purchase”, he states.

“The SD12 is the first console we’ve had that offers the dynamic EQ feature. It opens a new way of EQ’ing someone’s guitar, for example, without compromising the sound of the instrument”, McQuade continues. “We’ve been using the UB MADI port to create virtual soundchecks, so it gives the learners a safe space to find their way around the console and the pressure is taken off them a bit.”

Pictured: Audio engineer George Palmer, technical stage manager Mat McQuade, and audio engineer Maria Toase (left to right); Mat McQuade and George Palmer (left to right). (Photos: De La Warr Pavilion/Anne Wickström)

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