Sound Division goes back to school
The Sound Division Group
has recently supplied and installed a comprehensive
sound and lighting system to the American Community
School in Egham in Surrey based on a Crown-driven
Nexo audio system complete with Martin projectors
and a Selecon lighting rig.
The school, which educates
over 550 students between the ages of 3-18 who
come from all over the world took the decision
to move drama production into the main sports
hall and invest in a proper theatre-style sound
and lighting system. Once the decision was made
and the specification agreed, the whole installation
was turned around in just two weeks.
Sound Division supplied and
installed a total of four Nexo PS-15 loudspeakers
which were flown from the lighting truss, and
two PS-10 stage monitors plus the requisite TD
controllers. The system was driven by a Crown
MA3600VZ and a Crown MT2400 power amplifier. In
addition to this Sound Division also supplied
and installed a Mackie 32:4 mixing console and
a variety of outboard equipment plus a full lighting
rig based on a selection of Selecon fresnelles
and zoomspots plus two followspots with Zero 88
Fat Frog control, complete with Martin Pro 518
Roboscan projectors. The entire rig is supported
by a Doughty wind-up truss system.
"It was a pleasure to
work on a job like this where the main priority
was to do the job properly and not to cut corners,"
said Sound Division's David Graham. "The
client was after a quality system, hence we specified
Nexo and Crown which not only sound great but
you know are going to be reliable. In fact, Fuzion
helped us out tremendously on this one they really
pulled out all the stops to get us the gear on
time, because it was an incredibly quick turnaround.
We had just two weeks from the official confirmation
of the job to final commissioning of the system.
We ended up with just minutes to spare before
the curtain went up on their production, but it
was a huge success. The client is delighted."
Head of Performing Arts for
the school, Ed Woodd agreed. "The level of
technical support provided by Sound Division was
extraordinary. Their staff worked long hours setting
up the kit and patiently training our students
to run it, and the difference it made to our recent
production was amazing. The lights and sound reached
heights never before possible at our school. I
wouldn't hesitate to recommend Sound Division
to other educational facilities considering going
this route."
January
2003
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