Integrating that first mc☥6 MKII into our existing infrastructure made connectivity much simpler - it was a no-brainer to continue with Lawo for our live sound consoles,” says Mitchell. We had been using Merging Pyramix for multi-track capture and post-production mixing since 2007, and using Horus and Hapi AD/DA interfaces for all of our remote mic pre’s since 2012. “In fact, we chose Lawo in 2015 because of its RAVENNA audio capability. Although, core requirements for new consoles were simple: “First, the consoles needed to be native RAVENNA and, second, they needed to be made with the quality and detail that opera and symphonic music required.”

So the team of Doug Mitchell, San Francisco Opera’s Master Audio/Video Engineer, were familiar with Lawo gear. Previously, the opera institution had acquired a first Lawo console, a mc☥6 MKII, in 2015 for post-production. The manufacturer has deployed two Lawo mc² audio production consoles and related I/O, unifying the theater’s audio production systems.

San Francisco Opera’s War Memorial Opera House building has recently completed a technical upgrade to a complete Audio-over-IP infrastructure with two Lawo.

San francisco opera house restaurant