The venue has a 1150-capacity main auditorium (Hall A), with a second (Hall B) that can be divided into three separate rooms for different kinds of function.
Camorino-based Electronic Studio SA won the contract to supply a new system, which was required to be high quality, extremely flexible and straightforward to use. It was also required to be expandable, for possible future needs and to allow for interconnection with other areas of the centre and for possible broadcast use, etc. To achieve this demanding brief, audio consultants ZAP Audio specified an Ethersound network with a comprehensive Yamaha and Nexo system in each hall.
Hall A features a Yamaha M7CL-48ES mixing console and two SB168-ES stage boxes. The main PA system is a Nexo GEOS12 line array, comprising left, centre and right hangs plus RS15 subs. Under balcony delays are PS8s, with PS10 onstage sidefills. System control is by NXAMP4x4 and NXAMP4x1s, with system processing by a Yamaha DME64N digital mixing engine, fitted with MY8ADDA96 interface cards, and an Auvitran AVM500ES Ethersound router.
Hall B features two Yamaha DME24Ns, two DME8iES satellites, Nexo PS10 loudspeakers and NXAMP4x1s, plus another Auvitran AVM500ES. Both halls also feature wall-mounted Yamaha CP4SF control panels.
"Although congresses, other corporate events and classical concerts are what it is currently most used for, the venue wants to put on a wider range of events. So the system was planned to be powerful enough to for live jazz and rock concerts to be held ," says Antonio Silvestro, director of Electronic Studio SA.
(Jim Evans)
