SVC Podcast Show 46, Part 1:

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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Frank Blain, owner of Pro Video Productions in Peoria, Ill. about the complete video production upgrade in that city’s Carver Arena. They discuss the control room installation of the Broadcast Pix Slate 3016 production system and the Daktronics 16:9 HD four-sided video scoreboard. Frank outlines the hectic one week time frame for the entire upgrade and explains how the various features of the Slate 3016 system are used in live production at the arena.
Links of interest:

• Peoria Civic Center, home of Carver Arena
• Broadcast Pix Configuration Guide
• Article on the Carver Arena upgrade in SVC’s The Wire
• Pro Video Productions in Peoria, Ill.

SVC Podcast Show 45, Part 1

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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Michael Shoulson of DBS Audio in Coatsville, Pennsylvania about the company’s Meyer sound installation for Urban Outfitters done in a former steel bending shop in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. He discusses the challenges of controlling a number of different sound zones in a very reverberant environment with concrete floors, exposed steel beams and plenty of glass.
Links of interest:

• DBS Audio
• The Meyer Sound MM4-XPD speakers used for much of the installation
• The Meyer Sound 500HP Compact High-Power Subwoofer
• The Meyer Sound M1D Ultra Compact Curvilinear Loudspeaker used in line arrays

SVC Podcast Show 44, Part 2

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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles completes his chat with Ryan Cahoy, managing director at Rise Display a digital signage firm in Shawnee, Kan. regarding installation of digital signage solutions on business school campuses. Ryan details an installation project at the Langdale College of Business Administration at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga. The quad display interactive touch screen installation is described along with the LED wall ticker. Ryan comments on the differences in administering corporate and academic installation projects and he outlines the considerations in mounting view only and interactive displays.
Links of interest:

• Rise Display digital signage solutions
• The Harley Langdale College of Business Administration at VSU
• NEC P461 46-inch professional displays in the VSU installation
• 3M Dispersive Signal Technology (DST)
• The Gefen VGA Extender LR sender/receiver set using Cat-5

SVC Podcast Show 43, Part 2:
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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles continues his talk with Paul Garner, principal with Christian Sound Installations in Valrico, Fla. Paul explains how CSI installed an Ashly ne8800 digital sound processor at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Tarpon Springs, Fla. Paul also talks about how CSI tested for power problems in the church and he details the first live test of the system with an actual service using head-worn microphones on the participants.
Links of interest:

• St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral
• The Ashly ne8800 digital signal processor installed at St. Nicholas
• Galaxy Audio Headset Microphones
• CSI: Christian Sound Installations