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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Timmerman" data-source="post: 217278" data-attributes="member: 172"><p>The biggest challenge here is that what's appropriate for events using the stage is probably not appropriate for events using the bleachers or main floor. And this challenge comes from wanting the sound source to be in front of the listener, and not way off to the side. Speakers at the stage will draw focus towards the stage, even when that's not what you want (e.g. sports), and a distributed system or a center cluster will draw focus up or to the center of the room (which is more appropriate for sports), even if you want the focus to be the stage.</p><p></p><p>From a design perspective, I'd start by figuring out where it's realistic to put speakers (from a structural and wiring perspective), then go to where you want the speakers (from a localization and acoustical perspective), then start looking at what speakers make sense. And unless you are looking at long lines (several feet), a line array is going to behave very similarly to a point-source box, so no real benefit there.</p><p></p><p>A final note is to put some thought into what the user interface is for the system - my experience is that even capable installed systems often don't get used to their full potential because users don't understand how to use the system, or there's no good way to patch into the system for an event.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rob Timmerman, post: 217278, member: 172"] The biggest challenge here is that what's appropriate for events using the stage is probably not appropriate for events using the bleachers or main floor. And this challenge comes from wanting the sound source to be in front of the listener, and not way off to the side. Speakers at the stage will draw focus towards the stage, even when that's not what you want (e.g. sports), and a distributed system or a center cluster will draw focus up or to the center of the room (which is more appropriate for sports), even if you want the focus to be the stage. From a design perspective, I'd start by figuring out where it's realistic to put speakers (from a structural and wiring perspective), then go to where you want the speakers (from a localization and acoustical perspective), then start looking at what speakers make sense. And unless you are looking at long lines (several feet), a line array is going to behave very similarly to a point-source box, so no real benefit there. A final note is to put some thought into what the user interface is for the system - my experience is that even capable installed systems often don't get used to their full potential because users don't understand how to use the system, or there's no good way to patch into the system for an event. [/QUOTE]
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