In August, the Bunyodkor Stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan hosted Jennifer Lopez’s Up All Night: Live in 2025 tour. The show was watched by over 31,000 attendees and marked the country’s first performance by an American A-list artist.
Tashkent-based rental and sales company YASTREB-Sound supplied the entire audio system for the occasion, deploying an L-Acoustics PA system along with DiGiCo consoles at both FOH and monitors, ensuring that there was no drop-off in quality at the country’s largest stadium.
YASTREB-Sound’s Chief System Engineer, Eduard Asadov, designed the system, working in close collaboration with Matt Coplon, Jennifer Lopez’s touring System Engineer. The system was carefully calibrated to deliver the very best sound for the huge number of fans in attendance and included L-Acoustics K1 and K2 arrays with L2 elements alongside KS28 and SB28 subs. Quantum 326 at FOH and Quantum 338 at monitors
JLO’s FOH Engineer, Craig Doubet, manned a DiGiCo Quantum 326, while Monitor Engineer César Benítez, who also counts Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias among his clients, controlled JLO’s mix on a Quantum 338.
With over 30 years of professional experience including the past two decades mixing in the world’s largest arenas, Doubet is well-versed in what works for headline performances at large venues like Bunyodkor Stadium, and, for him, the Quantum 326 is “on another level”. He commented: “I really enjoy working on this console. It offers an enormous channel count, exceptional flexibility, and powerful onboard tools like Mustard and Spice Rack processing, along with True Solo and customisable Macros. All these features streamline the workflow and enable quick, precise adjustments, whether it’s fine-tuning Jennifer’s vocals or managing the full band mix.”
Doubet also benefitted from the fully integrated Fourier Audio transform.engine, which provides stability, ultra-low latency, and expanded creative options for fine dynamic processing. DiGiCo’s latest v20 upgrade has further expanded the console integration with the transform.engine, making the Quantum 326 an even more powerful tool for engineers and delivering fantastic results for artists.
For YASTREB-Sound and Asadov, the significance of supplying such a prestigious event has not been lost. Delivering success stories like this elevates the Uzbekistan sound industry’s profile and drives the growth of local projects. For him, the concert was more than just a technical achievement, it was a milestone for Uzbekistan and Central Asia as a whole, demonstrating that the region has both the expertise and resources to host events at an international standard.
“The most important thing is a happy audience. And, of course, the FOH Engineer I hand the system over to,” Asadov concluded. “With the power of DiGiCo consoles at our disposal, we are even better placed to serve the needs of high-profile international touring artists, and if the engineers are satisfied, we’ve done our job.”
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