Case Study
Digital Snake and Monitor Mixing System Aboard Carnival Cruises
1157 Phoenixville Pike, Suite 201 • West Chester, PA 19380 Voice: +1 610.738.9005 • Fax: +1 610.738.9950 • www.Aviom.com Case Study Carnival Cruise Lines has been using Aviom’s Pro16® Personal Mixers on board its fl eet of 22 ships for several years. When James Keaton, Carnival’s sound designer, decided to replace the heavy copper wiring in the designs for the fl eet’s new ships and to begin retrofi tting some of the existing ones to Cat-5 cable, he chose Aviom Pro64® digital snakes for the shows on board. Carnival’s newest ship, the twenty-third in its fl eet, was the fi rst ship to be outfi tted with the new setup. The Pro64 digital snake was crucial to the launch of the Carnival Splendor, which features the 1,500-seat Spectacular show lounge that hosts revues such as “The Be