Impact AV were employed to design and install a premium quality sound system with a well distributed speaker design and placement, multi room control on every level and wireless microphone use on all levels.
"The owners wanted flexibility within the venue so that you could have different zones or the zones could be combined to make one zone," explained Silas Creel, managing director of Impact AV. "You can have the same sound throughout the entire venue or you can have different sounds in various areas all being controlled either on one level or one on each level individually. So it was quite a complicated set up."
Silas commented that he has been dealing with Jands for a long time now, and that the quality of the products they sell is "as great as the service they provide". So it was no surprise that he specified 64 JBL Control 25AV speakers plus six JBL Control 24CTM speakers, all powered by seven Crown CDI 1000 amplifiers. "Control 25AV speakers provide a full range, high quality audio reinforcement for both music and speech," remarked Creel.
For control, Creel chose a BSS Audio Soundweb London solution despite never using it before. "It was new to us but Rod McKinnon and Jeff MacKenzie at Jands spent a lot of time explaining the system to us and helping with the learning curve," commented Creel. "Once we had got our heads around the system, we decided it was simply brilliant. I love the flexibility of it and the way you can command the multiple zones."
The system includes a BLU-80 signal processor, a BLU-32 I/O expanders, plus BLU-8 simple to use controllers and BLU-10 programmable controllers.
"A BSS BLU-10 was deployed on the ground level for four-zone level and source control, leaving plenty of room for versatility," added Creel. "Multiple BLU-8 controllers were deployed for upstairs area control. Distributed audio can now be configured in any manner desired throughout the venue, thanks to Soundweb London's programming flexibility."
As the venue heavily targets the corporate and functions market, particularly weddings, Creel incorporated Shure ULX UHF wireless systems, with a distributed antennae system, so the microphones could operate anywhere within the venue. Also provided were additional inputs for line mixers, IPod inputs and Stanton commercial CD players on every floor, so a local music source could be selected any time.
(Jim Evans)
