VENUE 063
CANADA WATER LIBRARY
678 public address speakers and 31 TOA F1000WT box speakers. The BS-678’s are unobtrusive and compact, yet feature a double cone, which ensures high-quality sound, making them an ideal choice for the Canada Water installation. While the F1000WTs feature a 5-inch cone driver for low frequency, a 1-inch dome tweeter for high frequency and are capable of reaching SPLs of 90dB. They offer reliable performance and were easy to install within the library environment. Ian continued: “Hoare Lea did the original speaker layout, which was then modified around the TOA speakers that best matched the environment, both acoustically and aesthetically. As this is a library, which are normally quiet, a large number of speakers were used to give a very even coverage and as natural a sound as possible, it did not want a PA system that sounded like a train station platform.” The TOA speakers are accompanied by a TOA M-9000 digital mixer and the system is powered by TOA VX-2000 amplifiers. There are 14 zones, this is partly due to the building having separate meeting and library facility rooms. If any of the rooms are being used, the multiple zones allow for an individual rooms to be paged or isolated individually. Equally, if rooms are not in use, there is an option for speakers to be turned off locally in each specific room. Ian said of the finished TOA installation: “The installation of the system and the coverage achieved is excellent, the sound quality of the speakers used gives a truly professional feel to the building.”
The PA system is used most frequently to announce the beginning of events in the theatre, Cultural Space. This room is suitable for a number of applications, including theatrical and musical performances, topical discussions, conferences and interactive group meetings. Stage Electrics was invited to design and specify the technology for this part of the building. Divisional Sales Manager for Installation, Darren Beckley, was in charge of the project. He said: “Our brief was to create a performance space in the new library they’ve built for use by the community. It needed to be a highly flexible space - a studio, in effect - for anything from art exhibitions through to music concerts. There was also a requirement to allow the massive dock doors which open out on to a courtyard to act as a proscenium for an audience sitting outside with the studio forming the stage.” Stage Electrics was asked to supply lighting, audio, video infrastructure, mains power distribution infrastructure, communications systems and drapery. Darren and his team began the design of each component with flexibility in mind, knowing that each week a different kind of act or event would be staged in Cultural Space. Darren continued: “A fan-shape array of internally wired lighting bars feature on-board data. Power can be hot- patched to anywhere in the venue, and multiple facility panels allow routing of audio and DMX to virtually anywhere. The shared audio/ DMX data distribution system includes video, allowing the client
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