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- Royal Lyceum Theatre sound refit | |
The Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh's 'West End' has
undergone considerable architectural refurbishment and improvement in recent years,
restoring it to all its Victorian splendour. Now the Lyceum has a stunning new sound
system to match, courtesy of GB Audio of Edinburgh.
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GB's brief was to put first class sound in every seat in the house,
whilst maintaining clear sightlines.
In a classic four tiered theatre with raked seating and low ceilings, consistency of sound
can be difficult.
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Graham Bodenham, Head of GB
Audio designed a flying vertical array of Shermann 401 speakers, placed directly in front
of the proscenium pillars on each side of the stage. Each pair of speakers set at an
upward angle matching the rake of each tier of seating, enabling the sound to project to
every seat without the need for clumsy under-balcony fills and all the technical
complications that they bring. An added effect of keeping the sound as close to the stage
as possible is a greatly improved stereo image. However, because the proscenium walls, the ceiling and balconies are clad in ornate plasterwork with protected status, a bespoke flying system had to be designed which would support the entire speaker system without touching any decorative surfaces. In conjunction with Ken Hughes, Designer of Shermann loudspeakers, a custom flying frame was devised which could be manufactured in the Shermann factory in Wales and fitted quickly and easily on site. "Ken's great at this sort of thing" commented Graham Bodenham. "There aren't many manufacturers who will support their own products to this degree (excuse the pun). We often need special flying kits or modified brackets to achieve the optimum loudspeaker placement and Shermann are always ready to help".
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Another key feature of the system design is the choice of three mixing desk positions for the 32 channel Soundcraft K3 (rear stalls, gallery and control room) with comprehensive patching ability in the control room and rack room. top |
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A rack of
robust Roland SRA800 power amps are driving the system with a rack of Roland graphic
equalisers tailored to the room Eq. Other front end control equipment from Denon, dbx,
Tascam and Yamaha is housed in a set of handy mobile racks which can be easily moved
between control positions and other work areas.
(The two racks on the right contain comms and video distribution and induction loop systems, previously installed by Northern Light). |
 Click here to see 360° views of the auditorium and stage |
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