BARCELONA – The directors of the Ateneu Barcelonès cultural center recently renovated the institution's mid-size auditorium, which is used conferences, lectures, concerts and movie showings. PRO3&Co, the exclusive Symetrix distributor in Spain, supplied a new Symetrix Jupiter "zero learning curve" DSP. Joan Pau Vaquera, technical director at Barcelona's Base 2, led the system installation.
To accommodate multiple uses of the auditorium, the system inputs are varied. A collection of Sennheiser microphones and several XLR and RCA input plates are used for musical events and the spoken word, providing accurate capture and the ability to introduce any line-level audio device (e.g. a computer or iPod output). To facilitate user control of audio content, Base 2 specified a Yamaha 01V96VCM mixer. A rack of Lab.gruppen C28:4 amplifiers power a stereo array of EAW MK2326, MK8126 and JFX100 loudspeakers plus SB180zP subwoofers. A Denon DVD player, an Extron ISM 824 modular integration scaling multi-switcher and a Christie LW-650 projector are for film or multi-media presentations.
The Symetrix Jupiter 8 DSP system of hardware units and software algorithms are inspired by modern smartphone technology. Users select a hardware unit with an appropriate input and output count (the Jupiter 8 has eight-in/eight-out) and then download an "App" from the Symetrix website that is appropriate for the particular sound system requirement.
"The Jupiter proved to be extremely flexible," said Vaquera "It was easy to program and delivered all of the functionality and fidelity that the Ateneu Barcelonès had hoped for." The Jupiter was integrated together with the video control technology to a Crestron control system with a wireless touchscreen. With it, users can control input sources and adjust volumes.
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