Overview

 

When London’s world famous Ronnie Scott’s jazz club was given a major refurbishment in 2006, it was with the difficult aims of ensuring that the venue would be fully equipped to meet the sophisticated tastes of the modern music fan, but at the same time being equally committed to celebrating its long and distinguished heritage.

The revamped club includes a wide array of new features across its three floors, with a totally redesigned interior featuring a new bar area, seating at stage right, a private members’ bar upstairs, a new menu, and disabled access.

Most importantly, the club’s audio system was also given a welcome overhaul. A key part of this was ensuring that the system would offer the facilities and flexibility that the modern sound engineer demands while not compromising on the warm audio quality that the club’s long-standing tradition of top quality jazz requires.

Web site:

http://www.ronniescotts.co.uk 

Installed Products

Mixers:

M7CL-48

Details

M7CL: Digital Benefits Plus Classic Warmth

A 48 channel Yamaha M7CL was the perfect FOH console for the revamped venue. Renowned for it’s ease of use and featuring all the advantages of digital while maintaining a classic "warm" audio quality, the M7CL has proved a hit with Ronnie Scott’s resident engineer Danny Kissane.

"I feel that the M7CL is a very versatile desk that meets the need of Ronnie Scotts," says Danny. "Its compact size and easy to use operating system are just two of its great features. I also like the layout of the desk as it means you are able to work in a similar way as you would on an analogue console."

The M7CL’s highly intuitive operating surface dovetails perfectly with Ronnie Scott’s new post-refurbishment booking policy: artists will now usually play shorter engagements than previously, when block bookings of a week or more were the norm.

"The desk is really straightforward to teach, which makes it incredibly easy for traveling engineers," says Danny. "Its ability to put monitors/auxiliaries on faders is a real help, and I also prefers the preamps in the console for the bands that play ‘funky’ material. Plus it sounds great."

Of course sound is the key in such a historic venue, and it seems that everyone is very happy with the new rig: "Everyone seems to be pleased," Danny says. "People have said that the sound has improved since the refurbishment and the desk has definitely contributed to that."

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