protocols have improved the situation dramatically, and now “the promise of an all- encompassing set of standards for audio and video transport is dramatically changing the way technicians, contractors, operators and sound engineers seize these opportunities”, says Beretta. Trott agrees that
networking momentum is continuing to build and will probably reach “a level of maturity in two to three years”. But he also points out that “not everyone needs or wants a network, so there is a balance of with and without. It does depend on how scaleable and flexible an installation needs to be, and what it might need to interface to.”
DEPENDABLE BUSINESS No sector can ever be immune to broader economic circumstances, but the need to accommodate diverse schedules efficiently and cost-effectively has kept auditoriums business healthy. In fact, landmark projects have been rather plentiful of late; Gordon, for example, cites the forthcoming multi- space Star Project in Singapore that is being equipped with “almost every model from the SD series – from the large SD7s in the main venue through to SD9s for the small event spaces”. With more and more
venues completing the transition to digital consoles,
it is logical to expect a plateau of some kind to be reached in the next couple of years. Fortunately, for the audio sector as a whole, the networking revolution appears destined to keep the order books busy for a long time to come.
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