Audio-Video Group Squares Off with Audio Challenges in the Octagon

ELLICOTT CITY, MD — No, this story isn’t really about a mixed martial arts match-up. The Octagon in this case is the shape of the sanctuary for First Evangelical Lutheran Church, and the foe Audio-Video Group faced included problems with overall intelligibility and a tag-team of dead spots. The soundco forced the acoustic problems into quick submission with a ring of eight of Community Pro SLS920 cabinets flown over the stage.

NEWARK, DE — The University of Delaware recently purchased a Harman Soundcraft Vi1 audio mixing console for use at its football games and other major events. IT-University Media Services steered the university toward a Soundcraft Vi1, purchased through New Jersey-based Total Video Products.

TORONTO – Fourteen-inch-thick plaster walls posted a dual challenge for Westbury National Show Systems, Ltd.’s Brock McGinnis, who was tasked with updating the sound system at Toronto’s National Club: Along with the inability to run cable through the historically-significant walls, “it’s very much like having dinner in the middle of a cathedral,” McGinnis noted, of the reverberant acoustics within the 200-capacity, 1,950-square-foot Main Dining Room. McGinnis chose a pair of Iconyx IC8-R columns to meet the acoustic and aesthetic requirements of the installation.

MERRILLVILLE, IN — Brian Wynn of Broadway Music used JBL VerTec line arrays to update the sound system at the 3,400-seat Star Plaza Theatre. The setup includes left-right arrays of eight VerTec VT4888DP-DA midsize powered line array elements each, with a center array of three VRX932LAP powered Constant Curvature loudspeakers. The installation also includes VT4880ADP-DA powered full-size arrayable subwoofers, hung three per side above the stage.

TACOMA, WA — Systems integration firm Electrocom equipped Tacoma’s Stadium High School and Lincoln High School with a combination of narrow-dispersion loudspeakers at multiple points and wireless amplifier solutions using Technomad gear, bypassing the need to cut into concrete and also addressing noise complaints from nearby residential areas.

PHILADELPHIA — The interior spaces and acoustic requirements for the different rooms within the 10,000-square-foot Rumor nightclub differed greatly, but Aurora Sound and Light Design was able to find gear from Harman’s JBL offerings to suit the needs of the different spaces.