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they’re not noticeable. The levels are low but localised within the spaces, all the way around the ground.” A variety of TOA speakers have been used throughout. The West Stand seating is serviced by 10 TOA SR-S4LWP 2-way line array speakers, which are powered by two TOA VP-2421 amplifiers. With the majority of the stadium’s seating not roofed, rear-firing speakers are prevalent throughout, however, none of the stands are quite as expansive as the West Stand. Turnbull explained: “It’s a massive space and that was the real challenge area. We used the small line array product and got the sound and beamed it across the spectators. We’re very much getting a localised sound there, with nothing going backwards because of the houses behind there are very close. “With that product it was fine, it has got a great throw. The dispersion characteristics of the SR-S4LWP makes it perfect for that application, on that stand. On the other stands you don’t have the same depth in the seating so we were able to use smaller boxes round localised seating. More of them but much more discreet.” The split-level North East Stand has been provisioned with 14 TOA F-1300 WTWP line array speakers, powered by a TOA VP-2122 amplifier, in the lower seating. The upper section relies on 10 TOA F-2000 WTWP speakers working off two VP-2241 amps. Both the East Stand seating and Carnegie Stand seating are fitted


Image © Christian Richters “When we made that


decision to go, we knew we had to make it; there was no going back. We were working in the hours of


daylight and made it with an afternoon to spare.”


timeframe challenge within a project that for TMC was fraught with timeframe issues. The audio integrator’s onsite involvement began in April 2010, after the cricket season had begun, which meant they were allotted periods of time between matches. Typically these would be five-day windows, meaning that work schedules had to be carefully planned to ensure the time was used efficiently, and the result of each had to leave a fully operational stadium. So during the installation period, the stadium operated a mongrel configuration made up of old and new pieces of equipment. For the relocation of the control room, TMC was afforded a bigger timeframe, as Dave Turnbull explained: “The final, massive challenge was that all the cabling went back to the rugby stadium, which is where all the amp racks and control were located, so we had a schedule of 10 days when the aim was to cut all the cables and get all the cabling back into the new amp room, which is at the entirely opposite side of the ground. “We had 10 days before the club had a neutral test match between Australia and Pakistan, and the aim was always to get the system done for that day. So when we came to that point we had to assess whether we’d come far enough along with the scheme to be able to take that jump and get the racks installed and go for the new system ready for that match because the Australia – Pakistan test match was being shown on Sky [TV]. When we made that decision to go, we knew we had to make it; there was no going back. We were working in the hours of [summer] daylight and made it with an afternoon to spare.


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with F-2000 WTWP speakers. The eight in the former work off a single VP-2122 amp, whilst the latter are powered by two VP- 2241’s. At the opposite end of the stadium to the new Carnegie Pavilion, you’ll find the Main Stand, which is shared with the adjoined 20,500-capacity rugby stadium. It has been installed with eight TOA HX-B5-WP compact arrays, a speaker which is particularly capable of controlling the voice frequency range; something that is clearly of benefit to this type of system. Power again comes from VP-2241 amplifiers. It was this part of the ground that previously housed the control room. Within the redesigned audio configuration, the control room was moved to the Carnegie Pavilion, which threw up the biggest


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