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installationnews PORTUGAL beyerdynamic powers Lisbon’s Electricity Museum By Erica Basnicki
THE ELECTRICITY Museum (EDP) in Lisbon, Portugal, sits on the banks of the Tagus river in the grounds of the former Central Tejo power plant which supplied electricity to the Portuguese capital for centuries. Following major renovations, it has spent the past few years as a cultural centre and science museum. Based on positive experiences with beyerdynamic, EDP recently had a TG 1000 wireless system installed. The equipment was supplied
by beyerdynamic’s Portuguese partner, Garrett Audiovisuais, which also managed the installation of all the components. The system comprises four beyerdynamic
Surround sound meets surround sea at The Blue Planet
TG 1000 two-channel receivers, two passive WA-ATD wideband directional antennas, eight TG 1000 beltpack transmitters that are operated using the museum’s previously purchased MCE 10.18 condenser lavalier microphones, as well as four TG 1000 handheld transmitters. Special attention was paid to speech intelligibility, the museum’s hard walls, ceiling- high windows, bulky metal girders and all kinds of loading cranes, pipes and boilers make up a visually appealing, but acoustically demanding, layout. Duarte Aires, responsible for
operating the museum’s event technology, said: “We’ve been using the TG 1000 since early May 2013; the system has so far exceeded our high expectations
during practical applications. The sound quality is flawless, and operation is simple. “We were already familiar with the quality of beyerdynamic products: for many years, we successfully used a beyerdynamic analogue wireless system – the new TG 1000 has actually managed to take the many advantages we were already enjoying to an even higher level!”n
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Lisbon’s Electricity Museum on the bank of the Tagus river
DENMARK Life aquatic for Meyer By Erica Basnicki
THE BLUE PLANET (Den Blå Planet) in Kastrup, Denmark, is Europe’s second-largest aquarium housing 53 tanks that contain more than 20,000 fish and other aquatic life. To support an immersive undersea experience, more than 400 tracks of custom-recorded audio are mixed, timed and processed through a Meyer Sound D-Mitri digital audio platform. The audio is then distributed to 57 self-powered Meyer Sound loudspeakers throughout the exhibit areas. “In most aquariums the
underwater experience remains apart and behind glass,” said Arne Kvorning of exhibit designers Kvorning Design and Kommunikation. “At The Blue Planet, the underwater experience surrounds the audience.”
Anders Jørgensen of Kastrup- based AV consulting and integration firm Stouenborg served as sound designer and project manager for the installation, integrating a variety of soundscapes with corresponding lighting and visual effects.
The audio system includes UPJ-1P VariO speakers and USW-1P subs, along with low- voltage MM-4XP and UP-4XP 48 V speakers and MM-10 subs. “The sound design in the
exhibit areas works in harmony with the subdued lighting inside the tank, and in the cathedral-like space in front of the window,” said Jesper Horsted, COO of The Blue Planet. “Stouenborg has created an intimate underwater experience – in spite of a large room often filled with visitors.”n
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