Fame in the West End gets a new mixing desk

Amek Recall 56 retires - Yamaha PM5D takes over ...

After almost ten years of faultless service Fame's trusty Amek recall was finally retired this month.

The new console - Yamahas latest PM5D - has already been seen pressed into service on several Orbital tours, most notably Chicago and Love Shack.

Orbital sound designer Gareth Owen commented - "The Amek consoles are still pretty much unique, even in this day and age. Show me another analouge console that can do what a Recall does... There just isn't one." However, Gareth concedes that digital is the way forward "Unfortunatly the Amek is getting a bit long in the tooth so we decided to opt for a PM5D as replacement console. We've had so much sucsess with this desk that it really is the obvious choice."

Sound Number One Mikey Bell was equally excited. "This is a real step forward," he commented, "The new reverb engines are beautifull and the automation lets Gareth and I do all sorts of funky things."

Production Engineer Chris Mace liked it too. "Its lighter than the trusty Recall" was his considered opinion.

Fame runs eight shows a week at the Aldwich Theatre in Londons West End, and is likley to go on doing so for many years to come.