The Netherlands - One of the more unusual venues that has recently been installed with a Martin Audio CDD sound solution is a hybrid wedding venue and town hall council chamber, situated in the municipality of Borsele.
Martin Audio partners and audio-visual specialists, FvL Audio, carried out the installation at the venue, known as ‘De Boerderij’ – a traditional-style, 100-year-old farmhouse.
Over the years, FvL owner Frank van Loenhout says his company has carried out multiple touchscreen installations in Borsele, which is located on a central location in the province of Zeeland. He has also undertaken numerous other upgrades in the neighbouring municipalities in the region “although mostly the audio systems were not as old as here!”
At De Boerderij, FvL Audio were tasked with replacing a 20-year-old ancient 100V line system. “Although the system still worked, it sounded terrible,” he says. “We were asked to install a system suitable for weddings in the Wedding Hall, council meetings in the Council Chamber, as well as other events.”
Frank van Loenhout approached Martijn de Jong at Ampco Flashlight Group, Martin Audio’s Dutch distributor, for advice, and promptly received a pair of the popular CDD6 for testing. “The sound quality was great, and so we decided to use them in our design for De Boerderij,” he explained. “It was a great match for this venue – placement was easy, and coverage fits the venue very well.”
At the main entrance, a pair of CDD6 are set in the roof and delayed – tapped to the distance between the entrance and the Wedding Hall (to the left) and the Council Chamber (to the right) so that when walking through the various rooms, no annoying delay is audible.
The Council Chamber is served by a conference system. Here FvL have installed four CDD6 overhead, and a further pair above the audience (at balcony level). Meanwhile, under the balcony is a Martin Audio Adorn A55 fill-speaker in white, appropriately delayed.
In the Wedding Hall, upgraded sound reinforcement was required for speeches and music playback from USB or computer. In this location are four further CDD6 speakers, with a pair of CDD5 speakers as in-fill, and a concealed SX112 (1 x 12in) subwoofer for the low frequencies. “It was forbidden to have the subwoofer visible,” notes van Loenhout.
The entire system is on a digital routing matrix, so that for other meetings, they can send any source to any room, he explains. “In other words, the mayor can speak wirelessly to every room in the building and be assured of great sound quality.”
The client is also delighted with the upgraded sound, which ensures both council proceedings and wedding celebrations can be heard with greater clarity and intelligibility. Administrators at the venue described the sound upgrade as “a major step forward”.
