Eclipse multitasks in Norway with Gronningen Lyd

November 2010

Gronningen Lyd, a sound company based in Lensvik in Norway, has become one of the latest audio rental specialists to invest in an Eclipse digital mixing console from Innovason. Supplied by Innovason’s exclusive Norwegian distributor, FotoPhono AS, the new console was put through its paces for the very first time at a corporate event which was held at the Orkdal Cultural Centre on 14^th November 2010.

The Orkdal Cultural Centre is a large, multi-purpose performance and exhibition space based in the Norwegian town of Orkanger, the region’s second largest town after Trondheim which is 45km away. The Cultural Centre serves the municipality of Orkdal and beyond and hosts everything from concerts to theatre shows, dance and of course conferences and corporate events. The event in question was a corporate event with a number of bands and lectures. According to Jan Gronningen, owner and MD of Gronningen Lyd who were called in to handle all of the PA requirements for the show, the new Eclipse worked like a dream.

“It was just amazing!” he enthused. “Even though I had to bring a guest engineer up to speed in no time at all, we did a recording of the whole show and it worked just fine. It is incredibly easy to record with this mixer!”

“I haven’t yet had the time to really “get into” the console and to fully explore what it is capable of doing, and of course I still have a lot to learn, but thanks to Asle and FotoPhono, we’ve made an excellent start,” he continued. “Eclipse is an extremely high quality console: sonically transparent, flexible and logical and offers the engineer a huge amount of choice in how he wants to work. Physically it is an ideal size – compact and lightweight, it’s never too big, and yet not too small for the really big jobs. In short, a perfect console for my rental company.”

“The M.A.R.S. system is also a great feature that proves that Innovason is a company that really wants to be innovative, but at the same time, they are building on their long experience and they take their existing customers seriously. I look forward to the future with a big smile, and I can’t wait for the next job!”