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“This place has seven areas, so it’s not just about playing music and selling drinks, it’s more about entertainment. People can sit outside and drink a cocktail, or go inside and play video games, not everybody wants to dance. It changed; the nightlife has changed.”
most famous clubs, he got on the phone to Albert Lindenmeyer and made a request. “I called him and said: ‘I need this sound for my club’. He said: ‘No problem, I’ve got something better for you’,” recalled Christian. Albert was talking about the DYNACORD Alpha Concept. Lindenmeyer GmbH specified four DYNACORD Alpha X–1/90 3-way cabinets for the Main Hall, each measuring a formidable 1.5 metres from top to bottom. Each of the four corners of the room is adorned with one of the flown, 134kg units. All Alpha Cabinets (3-ways) and the subwoofers are actively divided by the crossovers in the P64 Controller, and separately powered by DYNACORD amplifiers, located in the main rack. Working with two active DYNACORD Alpha B-3 bass cabinets, the Alpha X-1/90’s can be engaged via a passive crossover in the hi-mid and hi ranges to operate as a 2-way active cabinet. Both DYNACORD models are made of Mediapan 19mm, with grooved and glued corner joints and braces. DJ monitoring is provided by two DYNACORD VL152 2-way speakers - powered by a DYNACORD DSA 8212 amplifier. Lindenmeyer GmbH’s Roland Kruck explained: “Most of the pressure is on the dancefloor itself, so in the places around it people can talk and communicate without any problems. People can order their drinks without having to scream, which makes sense.” At the same time, Christian got what he was looking for: “The important thing is the punch, the pressure. You have to stand on the
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dancefloor and feel your feet starting to move. I am totally happy.” Elsewhere in the venue, a range of DYNACORD speakers and amplifiers, as well as a couple of Electro-Voice amplifier models have been specified. The greatest audio challenge faced by the venue is sound containment, which is quite surprising for a nightclub that is situated in a fairly solitary position - the closest residential concerns are two kilometres away - and conflicting for a club operator who wants to offer customers a big sound. But an architectural decision to use concrete within the wall structure up to a height of only four metres, rather than all the way to the roof height, has caused some issues. “It means he’s got to close his doors if there is a party, and still the equipment is limited,” revealed Roland. “The limit is set by an independent measuring engineer. They’ve been contacted by the city - they wanted to know the exact volume that is possible, while remaining within the restrictive laws. This is one of the considerations, the other is that he (Christian) wants to have tremendous sound and people want to have a tremendous party. So we wanted to get both together.” Another consideration for the audio configuration was zoning. Christian clearly understands the advantages of being adaptable to different audiences and commercially manoeuvrable. “It was important for me to have different sounds in each room. So in the toilet it can be promotion, in the café it can be sound from the main floor or from the second floor, and I can have a screen
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