DETROIT — For this year’s NAIAS show, both Audi and Volkswagen turned to the POOL Group of Emsdetten, Germany to coordinate the multimedia presentations for their booths, which included Meyer Sound systems featuring the new UPQ-1P loudspeaker.
The system for the Volkswagen booth included left, right and center pairs of UPQ-1P loudspeakers with four UPJ-1P VariO™ loudspeakers covering nearfill and eight UPA-1P loudspeakers for delay. Six 600-HP subwoofers provided low-frequency coverage.
During the press events preceding the public dates, the system was expanded with additional UPA-1P loudspeakers and 600-HP subwoofers, along with a Galileo™ loudspeaker management system with three Galileo 616 processors to provide system drive and processing.
“The client had specified that no large speakers should be visible, which precluded our using any sort of line array,” said Benjamin Stilleke, POOL Group’s technical manager who handled the Volkswagen booth. “The highly focused coverage of the UPQ-1P loudspeakers provided us with the power and the focus necessary, without the need for a line array.
“The press events posed very different demands than the public days, and it was necessary to create two entirely different scenarios,” Stilleke added. “The flexibility of the UPJs in particular was really helpful, enabling us to place the horns in vertical or horizontal orientations.”
Johannes Roesel, POOL Group’s technical manager, oversaw the sound design together with Christian Oeser for the Audi booth, employing a main system comprising three arrays of six M’elodie™ line array loudspeakers each, augmented by 22 UPA-1P loudspeakers placed to provide even coverage in the booth area. Four 600-HP subwoofers provided bottom end for the main system, with ten UPM-1P loudspeakers covering the second floor catering area and seven UPQ-1P loudspeakers for delays.
The Audi booth also included a special display room, “The Heart of Audi,” with a single 600-HP placed face down to simulate a heartbeat. A single UPA-1P loudspeaker provided this effect. A Galileo loudspeaker management system provided processing for the multichannel system during the press events.
POOL Group and the Volkswagen Group reunited for the International Motor Show in Geneva in March and will do so again for Auto Shanghai in April.
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