"We worked very closely with the owner to develop a system tailored to their specific needs. The project was well executed and on budget, and will meettheir needs for many years to come," claims Trez Traylor, president of NBTA Engineers.
The House and Senate chambers are each identically outfitted with a SymNet 8x8 DSP hardware module together with 12-channel BreakIn12 and BreakOut12 expansion devices. Principal inputs into each DSP matrix include microphones for the president and secretary (Senate) and speaker and clerk (House). There are provisions in the House for eight additional mics to be introduced into the SymNet system.
The House/Senate Joint Briefing Room includes a similar complement of SymNet devices plus an additional BreakIn12 unit for external audio sources such as CD, tape cassette, broadcast and digital subscription radio, a two-channel wireless as well as lectern and debate microphones.
The DSP and I/O units are interfaced with the CobraNet distributed audio network through a series of seven SymNet CobraLink audio and control data bridge devices.
Adds Traylor, "The CobraNet distribution system also feeds their existing analogue distribution system which delivers audio from the chambers and committee rooms to the offices, hallways and other spaces. We added this SymNet digital head end to the legacy system."
(Jim Evans)
