THE NEW ice stadium of the Palais Omnisports Grand-Est in Marseille now boasts a sound reinforcement system from Electro-Voice. Marseille-based Objectif Plus was commissioned to design and install the system for the 5,600-seater stadium. The highest acoustic hurdle
was the hall’s long reverberation time. “Obtaining clearly intelligible sound under such conditions posed a real challenge,” admits Jean Marandet, product & service manager with EVI Audio France, “especially since the budget for the project was relatively modest.” After comparing various offers, the stadium
management chose an Expandable Vertical Array (EVA) system from Electro- Voice. The setup comprises 26 EVA-2082S two-way array elements featuring two different dispersion patterns (90° x 6° and 120° x 20°). The elements are flown in six arrays of four and five elements respectively – all in the same central location beneath the ceiling – and between them they provide 360° coverage. The EVA systems are complemented by two EVID 6.2 loudspeakers in the VIP lounges.
Twenty-six EVA-2082S two-way array elements are flown below the ceiling
“This is the first time an EVA system has been installed in a French ice rink, but the outstanding performance of the Marseille system, we are pleased to note, has not gone unnoticed,” added Marandet. “In fact, the operators of a number of other French ice stadiums have already contacted us.”n www.electrovoice.com
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LONDON PRIVATEmembers club The Arts Club has installed an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system, comprising an iDR10 MixRack and iLive-112 surface, in its live performance room. Charles Dickens, Anthony
Trollope and Lord Leighton (among others) founded the Arts Club in 1863. Current members include Grayson Perry, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ronnie Wood. Visiting sound engineer Dave
McDonald recommended the iLive to replace the original FOH
mixing console: “Many of the artists and bands are high end and some of the technical mixing can be complex for such a tiny stage so we needed more processing power, more effects returns, and a desk that was easy to use and sounded good.” The iLive is supplemented by
Sennheiser IEMs and an L-Acoustics monitor and FOH rig. The main room also features a movable DJ booth, which can be used in two locations centred around Allen & Heath’s Xone:DB4 digital FX mixer.n www.allen-heath.com