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Dante for Paris’ landmark Théâtre des Sablons
Digital networking technology at the heart of Adamson/Yamaha / Lake system install. Dave Robinsonreports
THE RECENTLY built Théâtre des Sablons in the Paris community of Neuilly-sur-Seine brings a new performing arts venue to an area of the city already rich with culture. The multi-purpose venue, now around one year old, includes a large theatre, an intimate auditorium and a conference space; classical and contemporary dance, circus, concert and opera performances are all planned for the facility. Théâtre des Sablons technical
director Oumar Ndiongue set his sights on retaining digital audio throughout the entire build. He worked with contractor Audio Equipement
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and distributor DV2 to develop the complete solution, with a focus on three key criteria: reliability, architectural simplicity and sound quality. Audinate’s Dante media networking solution was chosen as the most suitable transport protocol for the task. Ndiongue concluded that Dante also offered the most cost-effective solution for reliably distributing all audio events between the various spaces, including the main bar where bells and public announcements were required before performances. “We established two Dante paths for dual-redundancy
throughout the venue,” he said. “With analogue, if a cable is lost there is a hum, or an absence of sound. With Dante, the secondary network picks up where the primary network leaves off. And as a digital network we found it to be much more reliable than CobraNet for redundancy in our testing.” Ndiongue and Audio
Equipement installed a system comprising Yamaha CL5 consoles and Yamaha RIO stageboxes, Lake LM44 digital audio processors and
Lab.gruppen PLM10000Q power amplifiers, along with Focusrite RedNet 2 IP audio interfaces. The entire system is
The Théâtre des Sablons has been designed as a multi-cultural centre
Dante-enabled through to playout, where Adamson loudspeakers and subwoofers produce full-range audio for music, drama and dance. Ndiongue notes that the LM44 is especially ideal at the processing layer, where guest engineers never have to touch the crossover or EQ pre-tuned for the system. He adds that eight Focusrite RedNet 2 interfaces delivered high-quality audio to the monitor amps and other common areas, displacing expensive analogue cabling. Equipment for the project
was supplied by long established French operation DV2.
UNITED KINGDOM QSC scores Premiership first Soundcraft at Epstein Theatre By Erica Basnicki By Erica Basnicki
LIBERTY STADIUM, home to Swansea City, has become the first English Premier League Football ground to install a Q-Sys audio management system from QSC throughout its arena. Shure Distribution UK supplied the Q-Sys hardware, which comprised two Core 250i compact integrated processors, six I/O Frame interfaces (two master interfaces in the control room, plus one at each of the main four seating stands at the stadium), and several audio input and output cards. The new system was designed and installed by ETASound, part of SSE Audio Group, who have maintained the existing PA since its original installation. Design, build and installation
of the new system, including customisation of the touchscreen software, was completed by ETASound’s Ed Thomas within a three-week period earlier this year.
LIVERPOOL’S EPSTEIN Theatre – recently re-named in honour of the Beatles’ manager – has installed a Soundcraft Vi1 digital mixing desk following a £1.2 million (€1.4 million) refurbishment, including a permanently installed sound reinforcement system. Locally-based installer/
The Swans’ audio has been sorted. Now to find a goalkeeper… “This was our first Q-Sys
installation,” explained Thomas. “I attended a Q-Sys consultants’ seminar in London earlier this year with [European Q-Sys Specialist] Martin Barbour, and the programming looked so much simpler than the available alternatives. We only had a few weeks to get the new system up and running before the new football season began, so we were keen to do anything we could to
shorten the programming time. “I had been wanting to try
Q-Sys for some time anyway, so this seemed like the perfect opportunity. We designed and programmed the system off site, and bar a few minor niggles which we managed to resolve quickly with calls to Martin Barbour, we installed it at the stadium without any problems.”
www.qsc.com www.shuredistribution.co.uk
distributor Adlib Audio supplied the new desk. “We had been hiring in from Adlib Audio and using desks like the Soundcraft Si Performer and Si Compacts – which I loved,” said technical manager Tony Carter. “But we needed to step up and have now purchased our own system.” Carter recalls last Christmas panto season – featuring a Big Brother winner – and wishing he had been able to programme the mutes as cues to excise some of the graphic language. “That was when we realised we needed to go digital to take us to the next stage.
The landmark venue celebrated its centenary this year by commissioning a permanently installed sound reinforcement system
“The desk is so intuitive and
it’s easy to program cues so there is a lot less to go wrong.” Adlib Audio sales manager,
Nick Turner, who processed the sale, added “It’s one of the most reliable desks we’ve got and the back-up we receive from Soundcraft and [exclusive UK and Ireland distributor] Sound Technology is second to none. This, in turn, means that we can support [the desk] a lot easier.”
www.adlib.co.uk www.soundcraft.com www.soundtech.co.uk
“We run everything through
Dante, we have audio everywhere and we have never had a problem,” said Ndiongue. “Having Dante inside the Yamaha consoles and stageboxes eliminates all analogue cabling to the front of house position. All inputs and outputs are located on stage. Digital networking […] gives us tremendous flexibility.” Recent performances at the
theatre have included a setting of The Diary of Anne Frank, and a series of performances celebrating the 100th anniversary of British composer Benjamin Britten.
www.audio-equipement.com www.dv2.fr
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