One project included two 8 x 8 AUDIA units installed in Innovasjonssentret, Oslo, a conference facility with a main hall seating 250 and a smaller meeting room seating 100. Another AUDIA installation was the Quality Hotel Conference Center in Tønsberg, Norway, which has three rooms that can be reconfigured in a variety of combinations. According to Ian Hodgkinson, Biamp’s European manager, "these are the ideal applications for AUDIA. The product was designed to be economical and easily interfaced with all of the other equipment being installed."
In Innovasjonssentret, Heftye and Egeland needed a system solution that featured multiple inputs and outputs, auto-mixing, EQ, delay and other processing capabilities. It was apparent to them that AUDIA was the most economical solution offering the necessary programming capabilities and system control from a remote location. The fact that AUDIA easily interfaces with Crestron was also a key benefit.
The Quality Hotel presented other challenges. Again, AUDIA provided the necessary flexibility and control to accommodate a conference room space that changed in size and shape frequently. One AUDIA (8 X 8) and one 12-microphone extension box answered the Hotel’s needs. AUDIA’s TCP/IP programming capability was essential due to limited rack space or room for extensive cabling.
(Ruth Rossington)
