Among the many improvements are new sound reinforcement systems both for the centre's 100-seat multipurpose room and for the pool. Local A/V integration firm Avant Systems Integration designed and installed the new sound systems, relying on Ashly Audio DSP, amplification, and user control to power a 5.1 Danley surround system for the multipurpose room and a Danley OS-80 fully-weatherized loudspeaker for the pool.
"Designing the system for the multipurpose room was challenging because of all the various ways in which they hoped to use it," explained Scott Carneval, president of Avant. "First, they wanted a solid 5.1 surround sound system for movie nights, but that potentially conflicted with its use for presentations and meetings, where a distributed system would normally be the solution.
"Fortunately we were able to call on Danley's uniquely accurate phase coherence, which reduces feedback in the first place, and on Ashly's effective feedback suppression software for anything the Danleys didn't keep from popping up."
An Ashly Pema 4125 combined 8x8 matrix Protea digital processor and four-channel 125W network amp collects inputs from four Shure wireless microphones (two handhelds and two lavalieres, with a distributed antenna system that covers the multipurpose room and the pool) and various music input sources (chiefly Sonos Connect) and input plates.
The Pema 4125's amplifier channels power generic in-ceiling loudspeakers in adjoining overflow rooms and in the pool snack shop. A pair of its DSP outputs feed an Ashly ne8250.pe eight-channel 250W network amplifier with additional onboard DSP, which powers five Danley SH-Micro loudspeakers and (using two bridged channels) a Danley CS-30 theatrical subwoofer.
(Jim Evans)
