The fully portable PA is based in the new environmentally friendly Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) building, a £10m development that now houses all the university's arts related courses including theatre, music, film, art, theatre, visual and design studies - which were previously dispersed around various areas of the campus.
The supply was co-ordinated by A.C. Audio's sales manager, Peter Butler - who is based at the company's Leeds office - and the university's music technology officer, Dr Rosemary Fitzgerald. It was specified by senior lecturer and head of the music department Takayuki Rai, who is also a prolific composer, a highly respected electroacoustic specialist and talented performer working with interactive computer music and real-time signal processing techniques.
The equipment supplied by A.C. Audio consists of two Meyer CQ1 wide dispersion speakers - featuring a patented constant-Q horn design, and four UPJ-1P full range speakers which are compact and lightweight, complete with a Yamaha O1V 96 VCM mixing console, which is small and can handle up to 40 inputs. The equipment was all fully flightcased and inclusive of stands and accessories.
The system will be utilised for numerous different applications, including performances of high-end processed audio, music playback, electroacoustic competitions and for showcasing the work of students on all the various courses in the LICA building.
(Jim Evans)
