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Fryderyki 2025 Awards gala powered by five DiGiCo Quantum consoles

DiGiCo Quantum consoles - four Quantum 338s for front-of-house and monitor mixing, plus one Quantum 225 dedicated to public speaking and host mixes - were selected for the Fryderyki 2025 Awards show’s Gala of Popular Music, which was held at the Tauron Arena in Kraków, Poland, in April. The entire system was supplied by Brawlers, whose owner Remigiusz Kasztelnik was also on site to produce the audio for the event.

The gala mixed dozens of live performances with special guests and presenters, all broadcast live. The audio was split into zones, labelled A and B, with each managed by a single engineer at the front-of-house position and another at the monitor position, both mixing on a Quantum 338. This structure proved essential in managing the high channel count, frequent changeovers and last-minute schedule shifts of the fast-paced evening.

The front-of-house mix for Zone A was handled by Piotr Szreder, with David Atamaniuk in Zone B. Each engineer worked within their own zone, but were interconnected via a fibre-loop and co-ordinated routing. This ensured the front-of-house engineers for both Zones were able to call up any mix source instantly, while monitor engineers Piotr “PacMan” Pac-Pomarnacki and Slawek “Guadky” Gladyszewski could work independently and adapt to the needs of each artist.

There was a wide variety of performances, with artists ranging from full bands to acoustic duos, and included orchestral features. The engineers managed the rapid scenes with Snapshots, storing each scene to aid in the quick-fire changeovers, a method that meant the engineers could reset in seconds.

Each zone utilised individual SD-Racks - Zone A included one SD-Rack and a SD-Mini Rack; Zone B used two SD-Racks, connected via the Optocore loop and fully redundant across HMA fibre infrastructure. This closed-loop structure enabled real-time routing between consoles and racks, allowing for low-latency communication between engineers working at the front-of-house and monitor positions.

The Quantum 225 dealt with the spoken word presentations as a stand-alone system. Managed by Piotr Mastalerski, this system handled presentations from host Gabi Drzewiecka, a music journalist and television personality, plus many more guest appearances.

At front-of-house, both zones implemented Waves SoundGrid Extreme servers, integrated with the Quantum 338s. These provided dynamic processing using third-party plugins for vocal shaping, parallel compression, EQ, and spatial effects. This was useful for the live television broadcast, allowing quick adaptation to voice and performance types.

“From pre-show rehearsals to final broadcast, the DiGiCo Quantum platform delivered exceptional performance throughout Fryderyki 2025”, says Atamaniuk. “Backed by the experience and coordination of Brawlers, and led by producer Remigiusz Kasztelnik, the sound system handled one of the most complex musical productions in Poland.”

(Photos: Daniel Wojtala)

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