50 l November 2013
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installationnews SOUNDBITES
UNITED KINGDOM
A YamahaCL3 system is the centerpiece of a new sound system at Hereford Hereford Courtyard Centre for the Arts, following it being granted funds for an upgrade. Production manager Carl Hulme chose the desk in order to take the venue – which was last updated 15 years ago – “far into the future”. The console was supplied by SSE Audio Group, together with a pair of R-series I/O units – a Rio3224-D in the venue’s control room and an Rio1608-D on stage.
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VUE Audiotechnik has appointed AVP Sales as the company’s distributor in Sweden. AVP Sales is the fifth European distributor to sign on with VUE in the last 12 months. “These high-calibre teams bring tremendous experience at a time when we’re sharpening our focus on key international markets,” explained VUE’s executive VP Jim Sides.
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Stadium double for ETA Sound By Erica Basnicki
ETA SOUND, who joined parent company SSE Audio Group in 2012, has scored two UK stadium sound installs recently. The first was the Worcester
Warriors’ 12,000 capacity Sixways Stadium, where ETA’s Eddie Thomas designed a sound reinforcement upgrade with JBL’s AWC129 two-way coaxial loudspeakers on the lower stand and AWC 82s above in the hospitality area, supplied by Harman Professional’s UK and Ireland distributors Sound Technology. “It is the first time we have used these loudspeakers and we are delighted with their performance,” said Thomas.
ETA Sound has completed phase one of Swansea’s Liberty Stadium PA VA upgrade
Added Brian Ryan, Sixways Stadium’s head of operations: “We were very impressed with the new JBL speakers and they have performed well during their first ‘live’ match. The clarity for speech announcements is excellent and they also handle music exceptionally well. ETA Sound’s second project
involved completing the first phase of an upgrade to the public address voice activation (PAVA) system at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea. The Stadium is home to both the ‘Swans’ Swansea City Premier League football club and the ‘Ospreys’ RFU club. Thomas once again designed the system; a replacement
network solution centred around the QSC, Q-Sys integrated system platform.
“The system comprises two 250i servers and six I/O frames, two located at each of the remote equipment rack locations, along with supporting input and output cards to drive the existing amplification frames,” said Thomas. The operation control
software was customised by SSE Audio’s Paul Todd. As part of the refurbishment
works, a new QSC emergency microphone and desk mounted paging station was also installed. The system was designed, supplied and installed across a three-week period and was ready for use on the first UEFA Europa League qualifying match of the season, which Swansea City won 4-0 against Swedish side Malmo.
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