UK - Stirling-based professional sound and lighting specialist, Scotaudio, selected Community I/O8 loudspeakers for the new Hydrotherapy Pool installation at Raploch Campus, Stirling. The pool is designed for children with special needs, and comprises innovative interactive lighting which can be controlled via floating radio switches. The install presented some challenges in terms of controlling both sound and lighting within an IP rated environment.

Scotaudio technical director, Andy Greig, commented: "We needed loudspeakers that were aesthetically pleasing and could cope with the high humidity environment whilst delivering a solid and accurate reproduction in an acoustically live room - the Community I/O8 was a perfect choice. For some of the children who will use this facility, sound is one of the main senses they use to explore their environment, and we needed the best quality available."

The lighting system wouldn't look out of place in a disco, but has been optimised with specially constructed software routines to stimulate action and reaction within the pool. A range of other sensory rooms were also equipped with Community Cloud ceiling loudspeakers, together with everything from bubble tubes to a heated musical waterbed.

(Jim Evans)


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