It is also home to one of the country's most modern audio installations, featuring a fully digital networked system based around QSC's Rave/CM16a audio transport and monitoring components. The Rave system and QSControl.net system were chosen for their simple setup and expandability.
Comprising of a RAVE 188s-24 unit in the auditorium's control room routed to a second 188s-24 unit in the equipment room via a single Ethernet CAT-5 cable, two of QSC's CM16a Amplifier Network Monitors control 15 two-channel QSC CX-series amplifiers while another CM16a manages four additional four-channel CX-series amplifiers, linked via the amplifiers' Dataport connections. The CM16a units are monitored and operated remotely via a Windows-based PC running Venue Manager, the company's QSControl.net application software.
The museum's governing board was very pleased with the simplicity of the new system, its low visibility, and the ability to control and monitor all aspects of the network remotely via an Ethernet connection. All QSC equipment was provided by Beijing-based PCI China, a QSC distributor.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
