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Schofield Auditorium
The Schofield Auditorium, a 600-seat multi-purpose venue that features a high-performance audio and video system. The system includes the Iconyx IC Live digitally steered column arrays. As Carlson explains, the hall’s new architectural design enabled the two ICL-FR-TRIP columns to be completely concealed.
“They wanted a classic look, much like when the auditorium was built in 1916, and they didn’t necessarily want to see the speakers,” Carlson says. “They had designed some decorative columns on either side of the proscenium, which provided us with a perfect location for the Iconyx columns.” Four DR18-2R dual 18-inch powered subwoofers are also concealed in cavities in the front wall. “We had to have a general contractor reinforce the platforms, but we were able to hang a sound-transparent panel in front of them, making them equally unseen,” Carlson adds.
Carlson says the IC Live’s steered beam technology provided an ideal solution for one of the room’s biggest challenges. “We needed to find a way to provide sound to the under-balcony seating, which was only about seven feet from floor to ceiling, while also providing even coverage to the upper balcony area. The Iconyx enabled us to direct individual sound beams both above and below the balcony, giving us consistent and even coverage to every seat in the house, without the need for under-balcony fills.”
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St. Agnes Cathedral
The Stephen B. Humphrey Theater at St. Johns University in Collegeville, MN seats approximately 500 patrons and annually hosts 200+ public events including the college-sponsored Fine Arts Series, plays, concerts, speakers' series and other regionally-produced offerings.
Renkus Heinz IC-Live Triple and a DR18-2R dual 18-inch powered subwoofer were installed and hidden in the walls.
St. Johns Auditorium
The Church of Saint Agnes, founded in 1887, is known for its artistic and architectural beauty as well as its tradition of sacred music. Saint Agnes is one of the few Catholic parishes in the world that maintains a weekly High Mass with orchestral accompaniment.
2, Renkus Heinz Iconyx Gen5 IC-32 digitally steerable line arrays were installed.
St. Charles Borromeo
The beautiful Church of St. Charles Borromeo, with its impressive size, arched ceilings, soaring columns, extensive stained glass, and other classic features, presents many traditional architectural elements—along with their accompanying acoustical challenges.
The parish contacted MSL to design and install a new sound system. “We came in and did some evaluations and decided that steerable-beam technology was the best solution,” Keeley continues. “We used two Renkus-Heinz ICONXY Gen 5 IC32-RN digitally steerable line array loudspeakers at the front of the church to serve as the main sound system.” A combination of programmable control and precision beam steering enabled coverage of all pews, while minimizing reflections off the sanctuary’s many hard surfaces.
“We have used Renkus-Heinz steerable beam technology in other churches that presented similar problems acoustically, so we were very confident in using it once again here,” asserts Keeley. “Intelligibility and overall audio quality are excellent throughout the space. Renkus-Heinz ICONYX has been an extremely good product for us. It is quickly becoming our go-to product in challenging applications such as this.”