FEATURE: CLUBS, BARS, RESTAURANTS CALIFORNIA’S COMAL OPTIMISED WITH MEYER SOUND CONSTELLATION
Comal, a new restaurant facility in the downtown Arts District of Berkeley, California, has become the first
establishment of its kind to be equipped with an optimised aural environment using the new Libra acoustic image system and complementary Constellation active acoustic system from Meyer Sound.
To achieve a sound
environment that is “festive, but never overbearing”, in the words of Comal owner John Paluska, Meyer Sound engineers first controlled the baseline acoustics with the use of a patent-pending Libra acoustic image system. Controlling the depth and texture of ambient sound, the Constellation system
picks up the room’s ambient sound, applies the patented VRAS reverberation algorithm, and regenerates an enhanced wash of sound throughout the space at the optimum levels. Three presets, available via an iPad, are provided to reflect changing occupancy levels. Installed by San Francisco- based BugID, the complete
system covering the 280sqm indoor area incorporates 38 Meyer Sound UPJunior VariO and 45 MM-4XP loudspeakers, 12 MM-10 miniature subwoofers, and 28 microphones. Digital processing is handled by the Meyer Sound D-Mitri digital audio platform. Elsewhere in the restaurant, the spec includes 14 UP-4XPs,
two UPJ-1P VariO loudspeakers and MM-10 subwoofers, also from Meyer Sound. Paluska reflects: “We’re
creating sonic microclimates where people in proximity can converse easily, yet we still have an energetic buzz in the atmosphere. It’s always convivial, but it doesn’t distract or exhaust you.”
36 October 2013
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