Pink Floyd pioneered live surround sound as long ago as the early ’70s.
Chris Hewitt has tracked down the groundbreaking PA systems Pink Floyd used at Pompeii and on the Dark Side Of The Moon tour, and rebuilt the custom quad console operated by Alan Parsons. In our exclusive video feature, Chris explains how the Floyd created a fully immersive concert experience more than 50 years ago.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:14 - Allen & Heath quadraphonic desk
01:39 - Desk designer Andy Bereza
02:00 - Allen & Heath Minimix
02:19 - Pink Floyd mixing in quad
02:43 - Teac A3340 4-track tape machine
03:22 - Alan Parsons at the mixing desk
04:11 - Binson Echorec 2
04:30 - Live mix engineers
05:30 - Introduction of wedge monitors
06:26 - Sennheiser MD 409
07:07 - Phase Linear amplifiers
08:54 - WEM parabolic dish
11:23 - Rebuilding the quad desk