Following a four-year planning process, the University of Hertfordshire, in Hatfield, opened its doors for the new term last September with a new £38m entertainment venue, The Hatfield Forum.
The install is featured February’s Total Production International magazine and includes some very positive praise for the Soundcraft MH3.
“The University has a long history with Soundcraft technology, running the SM12 for many years in its previous live entertainment venue, but Iain Rendle (Forum Technical Manager and Mixing Engineer) wanted to switch to the Soundcraft 48-input MH3 as his monitor desk, for many reasons. “We were aware that the MH3 had been standard spec on all their early venues and I also wanted a dependable analogue board that could be switched to the FOH position should a guest engineer be digital-averse”, rationalised Rendle”.
“A lot of monitor engineers are still more comfortable on an analogue board and everything is a lot more responsive on the MH3,” said Rendle. “There’s just no compromise in sound and for the features you are getting with the MH3 is amazing. They are very reliable desks, the EQ’s are superb, it’s quick when we want to navigate something and the signal routing is very intuitive”.
“In addition to the EQ, he also picked out the desk’s flexibility and modularity, the ease of putting Groups or Aux Masters on to faders and the quality of the mic amp. “Having the 12 aux sends is particularly useful as we generally have a six-way monitor mix and then the stereo sends for in-ears on top of that. It’s also especially good for cross-patching as we stage multiple bands with fast turn around times”.
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