back 16 separate audio tracks to give the impression of a racing car roaring past.” This dramatic effect is
reproduced by an Alcorn McBride Digital Binloop SD+4 and fed out through 16 Tannoy Di5W enclosures, powered by four 4-channel InOut DA480R amplifiers. As well as voice evacuation and background systems (suspended SoundTube HP590iW open-ceiling speakers with a Biamp Vocia power and control set-up, as in the gallery), the house also has a series of digitally steerable Tannoy Q-Flex 24 arrays.
The whole system is under
remote or touchscreen control with dual operating mode: automatic, which enables a single command or schedule to activate a continuous loop of video and audio playback in each zone
and the activation of a default lighting preset; and manual, with which individual features can be controlled. In Ferrari’s birthplace, the
content played out by 17 HD video players is viewed on seven 27in LCD screens and 10 large-format rear projection modules (eight 300
x 170cm and two 150 x 85cm), each with a Mitsubishi WD8200 projector. The Crestron PRO2 control system includes a 5.7in touchpanel and an RS232- DMX512 interface. Bellocchio explains: “One of the main difficulties to overcome when designing the rear projection set-up system was to realise a series of large-format projections on both sides of a Barrisol wall, with very limited space for installing the hardware. This was achieved with careful design and simulation of the available space. The application features a projection system with mirrors off which the images are ‘bounced’ on to the projection surfaces.”
OTHER AREAS In addition to the exhibition area, under the sleek curves of the roof, the 5,000sqm museum – with its stylish all- white architecture and decor – hosts a training room with a digital documentation centre (named after Ferrari’s coachbuilder Sergio Scaglietti), a conference room, film projection room, shop and cafeteria. The conference room’s set- up enables AV recording of events (thanks to a pair of Sony EVI-D70P cameras),
Based in Ancona, on the Italian Adriatic coast, Videoworks has branches in Milan and Viareggio
The company specialises in the design, realisation, installation and after-sales assistance of multimedia entertainment systems, integrated AV systems,
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video projections via another WD8200 and videoconferencing with remote locations via a LifeSize Team MP system. The video control rack includes Extron matrixes, scalers, extenders, transmitters and receivers. The room’s Tannoy audio
system consists of a pair of i9 column speakers, combined with a Biamp Audia Flex CM and RED1 control panel. Overall system management is handled by a Crestron CP2E, while a Crestron TPS- 6X touchpanel enables user- friendly equipment operation without the need for a technician. The training room’s set-up
features a pair of Tannoy i7 Contour enclosures, powered and controlled via Biamp Vocia and RED1, a Mitsubishi FD-630 Full HD projector with a Comm-Tec motorised screen, 12 27in Elo LCD touch monitors and 12 Dell Vostro slim tower PCs controlled via Crestron MC2E. The home cinema
projection room also has an FD-630 projector, but audio is courtesy of seven Tannoy Arena Highline enclosures (three 500 and four 300 models) and a Tannoy TS1201 subwoofer. It is powered by a seven-channel 120W Denon surround
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As well as developing dedicated software for its projects, Videoworks also creates unified multi- conference systems for high- profile clients in three sectors: conferencing, yachts and smart homes