Installation Showcase: November 2010

Installation Showcase: November 2010

PROJECT/LOCATION


Casino New Brunswick
Moncton, NB, Canada
Consultant and/or Installer
WESTBURY NATIONAL SHOW SYSTEMS
Challenge
Provide maximum intelligibility and coverage with a 60-zone distributed audio system used for both live and prerecorded digital messaging, advertisements, and general announcements, as well as background music.
Equipment Highlights
Ten Lab.gruppen C 16:4s for casino, five C 28:4s for Palladium distributed audio, three C 10:8s for hotel, two C 28:4s for Moosehead mains, and one C 48:4 for monitors; JBL VerTec self-powered rig for Palladium FOH, with monitor rig driven by Lab.gruppen FP+ Series; 117 Tannoy CMS 601DCs and four CMS 801Subs in casino; 150 additional CMS 601s throughout the facility; 16 Tannoy Di5ts for exterior spaces; AMX NXT Series tabletop touchscreens, DAS-MET-6N button panels, and NXD1000vi touchpanels.

PROJECT/LOCATION


Benchmark Hospitality International
The Woodlands, TX
Consultant and/or Installer
FORD AUDIO-VIDEO
Challenge
Create an eye-catching video wall experience for potential clients at Benchmark headquarters with a 10-minute immersive presentation of the company’s history and capabilities.
Equipment Highlights
RGB Spectrum HDCP-compliant MediaWall 4200 display processor feeding six 50-inch LCD displays in a 2x3 array; audio and visual sources include high-resolution computers, cable set-top boxes, Blu-ray players can be selected for presentation; 7.1 surround sound system and a control system.

PROJECT/LOCATION


Southgate Church
St. Louis, MO
Consultant and/or Installer
ST. LOUIS AUDIO VISUAL
Challenge
Design a sound system to cover a low-ceilinged area that is much wider than it is long in order to reach 500 worshippers with a high level of speech intelligibility and music reproduction for a contemporary worship. The client was looking to average 93 dB throughout the space.
Equipment Highlights
Two WorxAudio TrueLine X3-P compact line array systems with custom, integrated rigging systems and WorxAudio Technologies’ PMD-1.5 digital power amplifiers hung approximately 15 feet apart using 1.5-inch NPT threaded extension pipes with a Chief CMA395 angled ceiling mount attached to each cabinet.

PROJECT/LOCATION


North Point Community Church
Alpharetta, GA
Consultant and/or Installer
CLARK
Challenge
Replace a 12-year-old system in the 2,700-seat East Auditorium to bring the main campus up to par with the experience at North Point’s newer satellite locations, realizing seamless coverage throughout the wide auditorium.
Equipment Highlights
Twin hangs of seven Meyer Sound MICA line array loudspeakers augmented by four DF-4 loudspeakers as down fill, 10 M1D line array loudspeakers as front fill, two MSL-4 loudspeakers and three UPJ-1P VariO loudspeakers as side fill; five UPQ-1P loudspeakers for balcony fill; three Meyer Sound Galileo 616 processors; 10 M3D-Sub directional subwoofers to maintain a cardioid coverage pattern down to 30 Hz.

PROJECT/LOCATION


Parkway Christian Church
Surprise, AZ
Consultant and/or Installer
AUDIO ANALYSTS
Challenge
Design a high-definition production system for a new sanctuary with a multi-screen configuration which includes a large center screen and two sidewall screens adjacent to the stage. In addition, a large screen is located on the rear wall of the sanctuary for confidence monitoring.
Equipment Highlights
FOR-A HVS-300HS HD/SD portable video switcher; Christie projectors; 360 Systems video server for recording the services and playback; four Vaddio ClearVIEW HD-18 PTZ cameras.

PROJECT/LOCATION


Talking Stick Resort
Scottsdale, AZ
Consultant and/or Installer
CCS PRESENTATION SYSTEMS
Challenge
Ensuring that each sound zone of the 240,000 square feet of gaming, 50,000-square-foot, 22-room conference center, and 13,000-square-foot spa, was able to overcome multiple surface types, ceiling heights, and the noise of customers and slot machines.
Equipment Highlights
For more than 100 zones, 1,131 JBL Control Contractor speakers; Gaming: 222 Control 47CTs, Conference Center: 154 47CTs, four Control 26CTs, and 24 Control 322CTs; Hotel: 197 Control 47CTs, six Control 25 AVs, and 52 Control 26CTs.

PROJECT/LOCATION


Queen of Apostles Renewal Centre
Oakville, ON, Canada
Consultant and/or Installer
FIELD SERVICE .CA
Challenge
Provide scalable audio capabilities for a conference/ multipurpose facility configurable into as many as five rooms of various sizes and capacities for various ministries to conduct training, spiritual renewal, and related functions.
Equipment Highlights
Lectrosonics Aspen SPN2412 Digital Matrix Mixer integrated with the center’s AMX control system.

PROJECT/LOCATION


Washington Metro Area Transit Authority
Washington, DC
Consultant and/or Installer
WASHINGTON PROFESSIONAL SYSTEMS
Challenge
Enable operations staff in the Washington DC Metro Command Center and the Rail Operations Center (ROC) to monitor the system, view rail-specific content, communicate via HD videoconferencing, and monitor local news and sports to anticipate train traffic flow.
Equipment Highlights
Command Center: Three flat panel displays; two ceilingmounted Christie HD10K-M projectors; one Spyder 344; ROC: Center concave 50- x 20-foot screen; one Spyder 380; one Spyder 359; three sets of stacked Christie HD10K-M projectors; left and right 12- x 8-foot screens each have two Christie HD10K-M projectors and are controlled by a single Spyder 365; a Christie HD10K-M at the back of the operations center was installed for a future rail-system simulation area.

PROJECT/LOCATION


Fishhawk Fellowship Church
Lithia, FL
Consultant and/or Installer
CHRISTIAN SOUND INSTALLATION
Challenge
Update the sound system to improve coverage for contemporary worship services in a low-ceilinged 400-seat sanctuary.
Equipment Highlights
On either side of the stage, a Danley SH-100B integrated fullrange and sub, oriented 20 degrees off-axis and tilted down 15 degrees, provides coverage to the first half of the room; a pair of Danley SH-100 full-range boxes cover the back half of the room; Danley SH-100M wedge monitors; one Danley TH-212 subwoofer in the center of the room; Danley DSLP48 processor; QSC and Danley DSLA 1.7k amps.

PROJECT/LOCATION


Universal Studios Hollywood
Los Angeles, CA
Consultant and/or Installer
PRO SOUND CA
Challenge
Create 22-channel immersive audio for the new 3D “King Kong 360 3-D” attraction created by Peter Jackson.
Equipment Highlights
Three clusters of a single L-Acoustics KILO low-frequency extension cabinet with two ultra-compact KIVA line source systems mounted just below were evenly spaced along the top of two custom 187- by 40-foot compound curved screens; L-Acoustics SB28 sub positioned at the two lower corners of each screen; L-Acoustics’ LA4 and LA8 amplified controllers.

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