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the movies from the field, this otherwise-appropriate shortcomingis a significant problem. L&M Sound’s challenge is to feed its arrayof 16 full-range and eight subwoofer JBL Vertec Series 4887adpspeakers from an audio output located 650 feet away. The solutionis a Klein + Hummel K8-AI8 digital audio encoder, a K8-AO8 digitalaudio decoder and a length of Cat5 cable to convey the audio signalacross that distance with imperceptible latency, good transparencyand no risk of noise associated with mismatched ground betweensource and speakers.According to Lou Mannarino, owner of L&M Sound, “The almostcomplete lack of latency is critical because the sound can’t fall outof sync with the visuals. Apart from that, the sound quality is [good]and…free of the sort of noise that inevitably creeps into long analogruns. Because the K8 system is plug and play, all we have to dois connect output from the DVD player to the AI8, connect the AI8to the AO8 with Cat5 cable and connect the AO8 to our speakersystem. It powers on and works without any tinkering.”Danley Speakers For New Birth ChurchAdditional SH-50s compose the delay ring located 80 feet into theroom. These delays were angled such that there are no reflectionsagainst the back wall, which requires tight pattern control.Panasonic Enlivens Times SquarePanasonic System Solutions Co. has provided a newly upgraded hiresLED large screen for a major television network in New York City.The LED screen is located at 5 Times Square, which is positionedat the southwest corner of 7 th Avenue and 42 nd Street. Expected tobe used to display broadcasting from the network’s HD studio, thePanasonic board is 13 feet high and 22 feet wide, with a pixel pitchof 8mm, making it the highest resolution board in Times Square.With an overall size of 20 LED panels high by 35 LED panels widefor a total of 700 LED panels, the board has a three-color pictureelement in one-chip SMD (surface mount device) technology. Themodule format allows for the boards to continue displaying contentshould one module require replacement. The boards are designedfor an ultra wide angle of viewing and bright colors, including indirect sunlight. This eases viewing for the 27 million visitors passingthrough Times Square annually.Allen & Heath For Campbellsville U. ChapelNew Birth South Metropolitan Church (NBS) in Jonesboro GA isa close affiliate of nearby New Birth Missionary Baptist Church,one of the top 10 mega-churches in the country. Although small bycomparison, the sanctuary of NBS is large. It accommodates 3000in an area 140 feet deep by 300 feet wide. Irrespective of ceilingheight, conveying smooth, intelligible sound to all those seats wouldbe challenging, but this was compounded by the low 26-foot ceilings.The AV project was awarded to Creative Media Solutions (CMS),video specialists. John Hogg, CMS project manager, called on dBAudio and Video for assistance. The original design had called fora line array solution but, in the end, the church went with a DanleySound Labs SH-50 LCR loudspeaker installation, supported downto 25Hz by 12 Danley subwoofers.NBS wanted a sound system that would serve two crucial functions.First, it had to pump high-energy gospel music with plenty ofpower. Second, it had to convey Pastor Andre Landers’ sermonswith nuance and clarity. Given a room the size of a football fieldwith a fairly low ceiling, the challenge was considerable.The overall loudspeaker system design used distributed LCR forprecise imaging of music and voice with ample distributed delays foreven coverage. Each of the main loudspeaker blocks is composedof two Danley SH-50s, which rely on Synergy Horn technologyto convey phase-coherent audio with well-defined pattern control.Ransdell Chapel, the heart of Campbellsville University in Kentucky,has installed an iLive-144 at FOH position. A 900-seat facility, theRansdell Chapel is used for student orientation, bi-weekly studentbody worship sessions, annual Pastor’s conference, worship artsconference, theatrical performances, symphonies and full-bandconcerts.“Completed and dedicated in April 2007, the new Ransdell Chapelis in constant use and every program is different from day to day,”remarked Doug Price, the university’s AV coordinator. “Often, theywill have multiple events in a single day. They needed a systemwith easy channel and output configuration, total recall and flexiblerouting. The iLive-144 was [an appropriate] solution for Ransdell.The mix rack lives at the stage, integrates directly with the Aviomsystem with the iLive’s Aviom card and connects to the mixingsurface with two Cat5 cables.”The iLive is configured with 48 inputs, 16 outputs and the Aviomcard in the iDR-10 Mix Rack and a further 16 inputs and eightoutputs in the control surface to handle wireless mics, CD players,DVD players and computers for playback and recording. Scene recallis heavily used to switch between the various types of events, and72 Sound & Communications For more information about these companies, go to www.bluebookonline.net www.soundandcommunications.com
COMPILED BY DAN FERRISIadministrative passwords and security levels are implemented tomanage the different mixing engineers. DCAs and matrix outputsare configured to feed the lobby, choir room, monitor feeds andrecord decks.The console was installed by Jim Cottrell from JCM Media withtraining and sales support from Marc Warling at Online Marketing. nSound & Communications’The commercial systems integration industry’s first and only streamingvideo webcast.This month: There’s lots of money to be made in the K-12 educationsegment but, to maximize your investment, you need to knowhow best to approach this space. David Allen, Executive Vice President,Computrac Interactive Solutions, an RM Group company, andCarl Adams, District Sales Manager, CCS Presentation Systems,share knowledge gleaned from years of experience. “Making theGrade: AV in Higher Ed” analyzed systems integration at the college/universitylevel in our November 2008 webcast.Next month: A Disney-type mindset is increasingly being transportedinto retail outlets, corporate headquarters and other nonentertainment-basedcommercial spaces. This is part of a trendtoward embracing creative elements, including interactivity, whichhave been shown to enhance branding efforts and informationretention. Maris Ensing, President/CEO, Mad Systems, Inc., andAnne Herzog, COO/President, Entech Creative Industries, discusscreativity in commercial AV, drawing on their own projects to showits effectiveness.To view these broadcasts, visit www.soundandcommunications.com and click on the VIEWpoint link. New shows are uploadedtwice monthly.C a l e n d a rMarchGlobalShop 2009March 23-25Las Vegas NVNielsen Business Media, Inc.(770) 291-5409www.globalshop.orgAprilISC WestApril 1-3Las Vegas NVReed Exhibitions(203) 840-5602www.iscwest.comMusikMesse Pro Light + SoundApril 1-4Frankfurt, GermanyMesse Frankfurt, Inc.(770) 984-8016musik.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/enNAB ShowApril 18-23Las Vegas NVNational Association ofBroadcasters(800) 342-2460www.nabshow.comACUTA 38 th Annual Conference& ExhibitionApril 19-22Atlanta GAACUTA(859) 278-3338www.acuta.org/events/annual_conference/sce09.cfmAIA 2009 National Conventionand Design ExpositionApril 30-May 2San Francisco CAAmerican Institute of Architects(800) 242-3837www.aiaconvention.com/live/61J. CodyB. CardeaJ. KarlanW. LongC. LehoeM. LarsonJ. WoolleyM. DukeD. SatterwhiteS. SamsonJ. IsonJ. LatimerB. GoodwinP. CeliaC. StewartMitsubishi Digital ElectronicsAmerica’s Presentation ProductsDiv. has appointed Akihiro “AK”Kambara as VP of its PresentationProducts Division…YamahaCommercial Audio Systemshas appointed Jacob (Jake) Codyto House of Worship MarketingSpecialist…AVI-SPL’s NewportNews office has added AccountManager Michelle Duke and SalesEngineers Bart Cardea and DonaldSatterwhite to its sales team. Additionally,the company’s Columbiaoffice has added Account ManagerJeffrey Karlan. And Design EngineerChris Lehoe has earned hisCertified Technology Specialist-Design (CTS-D) certification fromInfoComm International…Crestronhas selected Steve Samsonas Director of Business and MarketDevelopment…Da-Lite Screen Co.has named Wendy Long as VP ofMarketing…Omneon has appointedJohn Ison as VP of Marketing…JimLatimer has returned to Symetrixas Northern Regional Sales Manager…TheElectronic SystemsProfessional Alliance (ESPA) rotatedits committee positions andappointed Kerry Moyer, Senior Director,Strategic Relations, with theConsumer Electronics Association(CEA), as chairman for 2009…HitachiHome Electronics (America),Business Group, has appointedScott Coffee as Southwest RegionalSales Manager and Kristin Fordas Northwest Regional Sales Manager…StephanParidaen, Presidentof the Media & Entertainment Division,has departed Barco…GroupOne has appointed Matt Larson asNational Sales Manager for ProfessionalAudio Products…Scalahas appointed Damon Crowhurstas Director, Business Development& Services, EMEA…FDW-Worldwidehas appointed Buzz Goodwinto serve as President…TheHarman Music Group has addedJay Woolley as Marketing Directorfor Portable Sound…Perry Celiahas been named as QSC AudioProducts’ Director of US Sales-Western Region…Meyer Soundhas selected Chimène Stewart tobe Public Relations Manager….nFor more information about these companies, go to www.bluebookonline.netFebruary 2009 73
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