DiGiCo SD10s at centre of Bollywood music festival action

DiGiCo SD10 consoles were at the centre of the action as Asia’s largest Bollywood music festival came to the Indian capital Delhi.

The consoles were supplied by audio rental company Mega Sound as the second season of the Bollywood Music Project (BMP) was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at the end of January.

The second season of BMP featured two stages, over 200 musicians and more than 50 artists performing for its high-adrenaline audience. For two days, Delhi saw some of India’s biggest names heading to BMP, including Farhan Akhtar, Papon, Vishal Bhardwaj, Euphoria, Nooran Sisters, Richa Sharma, Benny Dayal, Aditi Singh Sharma, Anusha Mani, Shilpa Rao, Shruti Pathak, Raftaar, Amitabh Bhattacharya and Kutle Khan.

Udaipur-based Mega Sound provided the complete sound production for BMP, with the SD10s, purchased through the British manufacturer's Indian distributor Hi-Tech Audio Pvt. Ltd, deployed at its Front of House positions.

“It was a stellar show from an audio and visual standpoint and the SD system gives us a very cool way of handling a situation with multiple stages,’ said Siddharth Chauhan, director of Mega Sound. “Moreover, the DiGiCo technical support team at Hi-Tech Audio Systems handled everything related to SD10 and the sound engineers enjoyed working on the console. It all went very smoothly. DiGiCo’s technical support and service is absolutely world class and you can always count on team Hi-Tech Audio.”

“As we were using SD10s at FOH for both stages, we programmed the sessions for each artist four days before the show. This made managing the show so much easier, even for engineers who worked on the SD10 for the first time,” said Vanshaj, technical engineer at HiTech Audio Systems.

“There is always an amount of personal preference when it comes to choosing a console for any given job,” said Nirdosh Aggarwal, director of sales at HiTech Audio Systems. “But for the BMP audio production team, what it comes down to is whether a console delivers the best possible sound for show. Vikram Mishra, Tanay Gajjar, Nikjil Mulay and some of India’s leading audio engineers were behind the consoles at Bollywood Music Project. They appreciated what DiGiCo consoles offer to make their job easy while working with various artists on this multi-genre show.”

"DiGiCo is renowned for its support and the stability of its consoles,” said Bollywood sound engineer Tanay Gajjar who was overseeing Stage 1’s live mix. “I like the workflow and flexibility the consoles give me. They make my work so easy and effortless during the show.”

“I was using SD10 for Stage 2 FOH,” said Tosief Shaikh, mixing and mastering engineer. “The entire system was simple to set up and it all worked perfectly. During the event, there were no stability issues, and the Gain Sharing at the SD Rack gave us a lot of headroom.”