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The huge event has a technical budget of €12 million
about OMNEO is that it’s built for standard IP hardware,” he says, “so we can use what is already here and pipe in Dante audio and OCA control. No expansive routers are needed, and we use the house Cisco switches. We plug it in, and it works.” Forty-eight Electro-Voice TG7
account manager for mobile audio. “It’s much easier to control the whole system, and it’s much easier to transport the audio information throughout the whole venue. There are three main stadiums, plus several technical areas where audio is needed, and whatever the loudspeakers – we have eight Electro-Voice XLC 90s, 45 XLC 120s, 12 XI-2123s and 14 coaxial wedges, plus 16 Dynacord TS400 – we can provide complete routing.” OMNEO seamlessly integrates voice
evacuation and information with pro-audio elements used for music and entertainment. “There is a pro-sound programme to all the main arenas,” adds Manuel Brico, EMEA product marketing manager for RTS and Telex, also part of Bosch Communications Systems, “but in the case of an emergency the same system will patch VA into individual paging areas, wherever it’s needed.” Not only that, and this is where OMNEO deserves its acronym, the networking architecture also carries the Telex-RTS intercom traffic generated by an ADAM-M digital matrix communication system. Audio, control, VA, intercoms… all down one cable. It’s enough to make Harvey Smith gesticulate with a ‘V’ for victory using the fingers of his right hand. This is not a fixed
installation, so it avoids the spectre of EN54 compliance, but Jörgen Langhorst, Bosch Communications Systems’ German sales director for mobile audio, reckons it would have passed muster anyway. “The great thing
tour-grade amplifiers around the site are equipped with RCM-28 Remote Control Module, a two-channel digital module that turns a conventional amp into a remote amplifier in order to provide a comprehensive overview of system status and access to all parameters. “This is the door to OMNEO,” continues Brico. “Every TG7 gets a two-channel OMNEO input, and this is the first occasion we’ve been able to apply this solution since the launch of the RCM-28 at Frankfurt this year. You can add up to 100 devices to the network, and use a PC to gain access to our established IRIS-Net – Intelligent Remote & Integrated Supervision – software package. And besides DSP, the RCM-28 has an AES/EBU digital audio input.” According to Electro-Voice, the OCA Alliance is on the verge of maturing from a loose collection of founding members into “a formal trade association”, offering a new schedule of participation and membership options. The inaugural participants were Bosch Communications Systems; d&b audiotechnik; Duran Audio; LOUD Technologies; Media Technology Systems; PreSonus; Salzbrenner Stagetec Mediagroup; TC Group; and Yamaha Commercial Audio. German event, French name: Concours Hippique International Officiel (CHIO) is the event’s actual title. Another key statistic might be the 18,000kg of oats that some of the participants get through over the 10 days, but OMNEO’s proven breakthrough in networking for audio really is something for the industry to chew over. n
www.alberding.de www.amptown-system.de www.electrovoice.com www.gotaque.de www.oca-alliance.org www.rtsintercoms.com
The Mercedes-Benz stand with Dynacord TS400 speakers
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