{"id":666716,"date":"2025-03-18T12:57:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T11:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/?post_type=press-release&p=666716"},"modified":"2025-05-06T15:51:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:51:57","slug":"saturday-night-live-celebrates-its-50th-anniversary-at-radio-city-music-hall-with-a-quartet-of-digico-quantum-consoles-and-an-l-acoustics-k2-concert-sound-system","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/press-releases\/saturday-night-live-celebrates-its-50th-anniversary-at-radio-city-music-hall-with-a-quartet-of-digico-quantum-consoles-and-an-l-acoustics-k2-concert-sound-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night Live\u00a0Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary at Radio City Music Hall with a Quartet of DiGiCo Quantum Consoles and an L-Acoustics K2 Concert Sound System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Firehouse Productions brings in the firepower for a \u201cwho\u2019s who\u201d lineup of top musical artists and celebs at\u00a0<\/em>SNL50: The Homecoming Concert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NEW YORK CITY \u2013 March 2025 \u2013<\/strong> A 50th anniversary is a once-in-a-lifetime milestone, but in the fleeting world of television, even a decade on air is a rare achievement. So when Saturday Night Live<\/em> prepared to celebrate its golden anniversary, perfection was the only option.The high point of the show\u2019s multi-event commemoration was SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert<\/em>, broadcast live on NBC, SNL<\/em>\u2019s longtime network home, and streamed on Peacock from Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, as well as at select IMAX Theaters at Regal Cinemas, on February 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As much known for its musical performances as for its comedy, SNL<\/em> has been a unique and progressive stage for music throughout its 50 years, with performances by icons of every era of those years as well as a launchpad for new voices. Artists returning to recreate the magic for this singular event included Bonnie Raitt, Cher, Dave Grohl, David Byrne, Jack White, Jelly Roll, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, and Ms. Lauryn Hill. Appearances by SNL<\/em> comedy alumni counted John Mulaney, Dave Chappelle, Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Robert De Niro, with the ensemble hosted by one-time cast member Jimmy Fallon, who performed The Blues Brothers<\/em> hit, \u201cSoul Man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor my career and for that of everyone who worked on that show, we knew we were not going to be around for SNL<\/em>\u2019s 100th anniversary,\u201d says Mark Dittmar, VP of Sales for Firehouse Productions, which handled the live-sound reinforcement for the three-hour event. \u201cSo it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work on a show that has absolutely crazy amounts of music, and at the same time huge amounts of sketch comedy, musical comedy, and dialog. Every note, every lyric, every word of every bit had to sound great and be totally intelligible to everyone in the house. And it was.\u201d And that was due to the combination of DiGiCo consoles at front of house and monitors and an L-Acoustics concert sound system specially designed for the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jamie Pollock piloting one of Firehouse Productions\u2019 two DiGiCo Quantum7 FOH consoles deployed for\u00a0SNL50: The Homecoming Concert<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Two DiGiCo Quantum7 supplied the FOH mixes while two Quantum338<\/sup>\u00a0were used for monitors at Radio City Music Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Firehouse Productions brought in some pretty big guns for the show: two each DiGiCo Quantum338<\/sup> consoles for monitors and Quantum7 consoles for front of house, abetted by a dozen SD-Racks. These managed a mind-boggling total of seven 56-channel splitters between house and broadcast sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event\u2019s L-Acoustics loudspeaker concert sound system was equally expansive, comprising two hangs of 14 K2<\/a> each, one hang of 16 Kara II<\/a> for the center channel, two hangs of nine KS28<\/a> subs each, twin stacks of three KS28 for ground subs, 16 Kiva<\/a> for front-fills, and four ARCS II for out-fills. The system, designed using L-Acoustics Soundvision software and managed by LA Network Manager on a Milan-AVB network, accommodated a turntable stage that enabled one artist to perform as the next one was setting up, with interstitial comedy and sketch performances taking place on a third performance area downstage left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pairs of Quantum7 and Quantum338<\/sup> desks were split between each half of the turntable, with the third stage sharing their worksurfaces. The DiGiCo consoles\u2019 flexible workflows gave the mixers \u2013 FOH engineers Jason Crystal, Jamie Pollock, and Dan Gerhart, with Mike Bove and C\u00e9sar Ben\u00edtez mixing monitors \u2013 what they needed to mix a diverse range of music genres and performances on the fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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C\u00e9sar Ben\u00edtez mixing monitors on one of the two Quantum338<\/sup>\u00a0desks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dozens of musical artists and other performers were mixed on Firehouse\u2019s DiGiCo Quantum Range consoles during the three-hour show<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDiGiCo is the industry standard for a lot of performers, and the power of these desks is enormous,\u201d he says. \u201cThe Quantum7 is unparalleled with the number of inputs and outputs it can handle. We had a total of seven 56-channel splitters feeding all of the I\/O SD-Racks for this, so there was a huge amount of inputs and outputs that were being shared among these desks and at monitors, feeding over 40 in-ear mixes and 30 monitor wedge mixes, plus three sets of stereo side-fills. It was a huge amount of equipment and it takes a very big desk to accomplish that. Our engineers who were mixing the show are all intimately familiar with the DiGiCo line, specifically the Quantum desks, and they\u2019re very fast on them. That power is what allows them to work so fast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Importantly, says Dittmar, the DiGiCo consoles\u2019 onboard processing contributed greatly to the production\u2019s efficiency. \u201cThat\u2019s what keeps us from having to patch in a lot of extra hardware, which slows the programming,\u201d he explains. \u201cThe more you have outboard, the slower everything goes. The more stuff that you can keep in the desk, the faster they can patch and make changes and do what they need to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As smooth as the final show production was, Dittmar says it was the rehearsals that were truly intense, and that that was where the DiGiCo desks\u2019 capabilities really shone. \u201cThe pace of rehearsals is tougher than the pace of the actual show because that\u2019s when you\u2019re building things, you\u2019re figuring things out,\u201d he says. \u201cA band is telling you that their input list changed, so we have to be able to be very, very fast with our ability to integrate those changes. This is the moment when it all comes together. From that, we build the snapshots that will make up the final show, and DiGiCo excels at that \u2013 being able to route things quickly and successfully. If all of a sudden we need dialog from a comedy act in the ears of someone on the upstage side, because they are going to have to react to the end of that comedy routine, we have to able do that quickly and accurately. So it\u2019s never just the band on the turntable at the moment \u2013 it\u2019s the entire show and everything that\u2019s going on around it. And DiGiCo lets us manage that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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House sound at Radio City Music Hall was delivered by two hangs of 14 L-Acoustics K2, one hang of 16 Kara II for the center channel, and two hangs of nine KS28 subs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A side view of the L-Acoustics loudspeaker system, which provided sound reinforcement for artists on the main turntable stage as well as additional performances on a third area downstage left<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The L-Acoustics loudspeaker concert sound system was equally stellar in its performance. It was, first and foremost perhaps, up to the task of filling an iconic space. Radio City Music Hall was designed as an acoustically perfect environment for music, and the venue\u2019s management is extremely and understandably selective when it comes to allowing temporary systems to be deployed there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRadio City\u2019s just such an amazing sounding place, it was imperative to have a system that performed well both musically and coherently,\u201d he says, calling it \u201can honor and a spectacular experience\u201d to bring an L-Acoustics system into that venue, and crediting Radio City\u2019s tech staff for their help in doing so. \u201cDialog needed to be at the right levels of volume and intelligibility. This audience was one of the most reactive I\u2019ve ever seen in my career \u2013 and intelligibility is vital to getting that level of reaction to comedy bits. At the same time, fidelity is paramount for music. With L-Acoustics, we had both.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with that combination of DiGiCo desks and L-Acoustics concert sound system, the audience at Radio City Music Hall that night got the show of a lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Firehouse Productions\u2019 Mark Dittmar called it \u201can honor and a spectacular experience\u201d to bring an L-Acoustics K Series system into the iconic venue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For more information on\u00a0SNL50: The Homecoming Concert<\/em>, visit\u00a0www.peacocktv.com\/stream-tv\/snl-50-the-homecoming-concert<\/a>. Firehouse Productions can be found online at\u00a0w<\/a>ww.firehouseproductions.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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