Following his success in Sydney , Jackson was tapped to direct the audio design and production at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , where he directed the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony . His sound design for BC Place Stadium did not have loudspeakers at ground level aimed up at the seating areas — Jackson determined that this approach would produce too much uncontrolled reverberation from sound waves bouncing off the ceiling . Instead , he configured two rings of loudspeakers hung from the ceiling 100 ft ( 30 m ) above the ground , aimed downward . The inner ring held 8 arrays each composed of 12 Clair Brothers i3 line array speakers and the outer ring held 12 arrays of 7 Clair Brothers i3 line array speakers , augmented by 16 subwoofers . The lot was powered by 160 Lab.gruppen amplifiers which were also hung from the ceiling , and were networked via Dante in a triple-redundant configuration . Two DiGiCo D5 digital mixing consoles served as main and backup for the main audience sound , and two Yamaha PM1Ds handled main and backup duties for monitor mixing . Other equipment included dual-redundant Optocore fibre connections , two Dolby Lake Processors , and time code generated by two pairs of Fairlights which also handled audio cues timed to the action on the field
opening ceremony
2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Bruce Jackson (audio engineer)