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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Jim Beaumont of HomeTech AV Solutions about a unique project at Taliesin West, the winter home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The desert home’s famous Cabaret theater was fitted out with a new Elan g! control system and Digital Projection E-Vision projector with a 65ft.-throw distance. Beaumont details the challenge of getting signals around the historic stone and concrete building while working around the many visitors to the Arizona attraction second in popularity to the Grand Canyon.
Links of interest:

• HomeTech AV Solutions
• The Elan g! control system installed for the Cabaret home theater
• Taliesin West, home of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
• The Digital Projection E-Vision projector used in the Cabaret theater
  
• An Elan press release on the installation

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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles wraps up his discussion with Shawn Snider of RG Sound and Communications in Celina, Ohio, about the complete interior renovation of the Auglaize County Courthouse in nearby Wapakoneta. Snider provides details on the installation of the NTI AV matrix switcher and the Community DS-8 surface-mount speakers.

Links of interest:

• RG Sound & Communications in Celina, Ohio
• Ashly Pema network DSP amplifiers installed for the courtrooms
• Community Professional DS8 loudspeakers installed on the courtroom ceilings

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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles continues his talk with Chris Mascatello, executive vice president of technology sales and services with ANC Sports. Mascatello outlines the operational details of the giant LED screens and ribbon displays installed this summer at LP Field in Nashville, home stadium of the Tennessee Titans. He covers the production crew training and the software used to control advertising, fan cues and replays on the new video system.

Links of interest:

• VisionSOFT, the application used for sports venue screen control
• The Vista Spyder X20 video processor and router used in the project
• The VisionSOFT operating system from ANC Sports

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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Bobby Harper of AV firm ACIR Professional in Egg Harbor, N.J., about the renovation of the seaside church St. Thomas the Apostle in Brigantine. Bobby provides details on the church’s activity center that was used for services during the renovation and he describes the sound system for the new sanctuary with Community Veris speakers.

Links of interest:

• ACIR Professional sound installation and rental company
• Community VERIS 28 two-way full range loudspeakers
• Yamaha P3500 amplifiers
• Yamaha MG Series mixers installed for FOH and choir monitors

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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles continues his discussion with Steve Minozzi of Monte Brothers Sound Systems in Ardsley, N.Y., about the very challenging sound system upgrade at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Hartford, Conn. Minozzi details the setup of the wireless microphone system and explains how Monte Brothers installed wireless remote system control using the daVinci control software from Biamp.
Links of interest:

• Monte Brothers Sound Systems in Ardsley, N.Y.
• The Biamp daVinci Surface control software
• Audio-Technica ATW-A54P UHF-powered dipole antennas
• Linksys WRT54GL wireless router

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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Scott Wellington, senior product marketing manager for projectors with Panasonic. He discusses the market timing for the company’s introduction of projectors with built-in HDBaseT capability known as Digital Link. He also reveals the details of the Panasonic PT-VW431DU projector and the new ET-YFB100 switcher with HDBaseT output and explores the challenges of compatibility between multiple manufacturers’ equipment when implementing a new technology.

Links of interest

• The new Panasonic PT-VW431DU projector with native HDBaseT
• Hall Research UH-1BT HDMI video extender using HDBaseT
• The “lamp-free” PT-RZ470 and PT-RZ370 Series projectors using LED/laser imaging

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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with marketing chair of HDBaseT Alliance, Micha Risling about what makes HDBaseT work, where we are with the industry adoption of it, and what the future holds for this technology. Risling explains the 5Play feature set, he provides details on the method used for transmission of HD video over long distances, and he reveals the mechanics of carrying power up to 100W on the same conductors used for video, audio, and other signals. Facts on the new HDBaseT Lite are also discussed.

Links of interest

• HDBaseT.org, home of the HDBaseT Alliance
• HDBaseT: Shaping the Future of Digital Connectivity
• The Long Haul: Moving HDMI Over Network Wires
• Micha Risling at Infocomm 2012

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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles wraps up his chat with Jim Hoyle of Audio & Light in Greensboro, N.C., on the sound system upgrade at Elon University’s Whitley Auditorium. Hoyle provides more details on the Whitley Auditorium sound system including the mixer, wireless microphones, and the audio processor. He discusses the scheduling of the installation around the venue’s crowded event lineup, and outlines the final testing and tweaking of the whole system and how it performed in its first real event.

Links of interest:

• The Soundcraft FX16 mixing console used in Whitley Auditorium
• The D.A.S. Audio DSP 2060A digital audio processor the controls the system
• Shure SLX wireless microphones that are used for events in Whitley Auditorium
• SMAART realtime sound system measurement, analysis, and optimization software

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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Jim Hoyle of Audio & Light in Greensboro, N.C., on the sound system upgrade at Elon University’s Whitley Auditorium. The venue was designed in the 1920’s as an acoustical environment for its Casavant pipe organ, but over the years it has come to be used for a wide variety of events. Hoyle recounts how Audio & Light installed a sound system centered on the DAS Audio Variant series speaker array and how the acoustic environment was initially analyzed.

Links of interest:

• Audio & Light rental, installation and event production company
• The D.A.S. Audio Variant 25A powered speakers used in the central array
• EASE acoustic analysis software from Renkus-Heinz
• The D.A.S. Audio Variant 18A subwoofer installed in Whitley Auditorium

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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with John Williams of Entertainment Arts in Orlando, Fla., about the total sound system upgrade done for the First Baptist Church of Altamonte Springs. The installation included a new Allen & Heath iLive T-112 mixer and the Mixpad application for iPad. Williams details the strategy the church followed in equipping all of the band members with iPads to allow them to do their own stereo monitor mixes and he discusses the addition of the mixer’s Brooklyn II Dante card from Audinate.

Links of interest:

• Entertainment Arts, AV design-build firm specializing in house of worship support
• The iLive T-112 mixer used for FOH at the First Baptist Church of Altamonte Springs
• The Dante Brooklyn II option card for the iLive MixRack
• The MixPad app for iPad control of the iLive digital mixing system