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Canada’s La Salle Odyssée multi-venue arts complex installs three Solid State Logic Live mixing consoles

La Salle Odyssée, an 830-plus-seat venue located within La Maison de la Culture de Gatineau in Canada, underwent a major upgrade in 2024, during which almost its entire complement of technical equipment was replaced. On the audio side, the venue’s in-house technical team selected three Solid State Logic Live mixing consoles to handle the wide variety of entertainment that passes through the venue annually.

“We host all kinds of performances, ranging from local to international productions”, says Joel Vaillancourt, Technical Director at La Maison de la Culture de Gatineau, a multi-venue arts and entertainment complex situated just north of Ottawa. “Whether it’s comedy, vocal performances, theatre, dance, circus acts, or jazz, country, pop, and symphonic music - and even live podcasts - we’ve got it all.”

Vaillancourt and his technical team carried out their due diligence before determining that an SSL Live L550 Plus, L350 Plus and L100 Plus, along with a Live Remote Tile, met their requirements. “We put the console to the test by comparing it head-to-head, in real-world conditions, with top-of-the-line models from five other major manufacturers”, he explains. “SSL products outperformed the competition across all our key criteria.”

The three Live consoles were selected to cover a range of applications at the venue. “The SSL L100 Plus is for tight spaces and our small cabaret events, the L350 Plus is mainly for front-of-house, and the L550 Plus is for when we need a monitor mix or for more demanding events”, says Vaillancourt. In the main Odyssée Hall, the console primarily drives the P.A. system in left/right or LCR configurations, and sometimes in surround sound, depending on the requirements. “However, we also use smaller, more portable left/right systems, floor monitors and in-ear monitors”, he adds.

According to Vaillancourt, SSL Live’s onboard DSP capabilities are so comprehensive that the venue has no need for outboard processing. “We’re perfectly happy with what’s included in the console”, he concludes. The consoles are integrated with three X-Light Bridges, three SB 32.24 Dante Analogue Stageboxes, and two SB 16.12 Dante Analogue Stageboxes, and are connected to a dedicated Dante network reserved exclusively for audio. All the SSL equipment was supplied by Perfecson, a sales, integration and service company also located in Gatineau.

Solid State Logic will be holding live demonstrations every day at the PLASA Show 2026 (September 6-8, Olympia, London).

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