At the heart of the large touring sound system developed by Thunder Audio, a 64-channel LightViper fibre optic audio system is configured as a 'drive snake' to provide AES/EBU digital audio signal distribution from FOH equipment racks to a massive, 44-zone loudspeaker array. Nearly 200 self-powered speakers are arranged in an 'in the round' configuration of eight equally spaced speaker arrays. The LightViper interfaces with the loudspeaker management system via military-grade TAC-4 fiber optic cables and also provides the 96kHz Master System Clock to the entire sound distribution grid.
(Jim Evans)
