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ISU's concert hall gets major sound system upgrades
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October 11, 2016
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October 11, 2016
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1:58Now PlayingPOCATELLO-- I’m Natalia Hepworth in Pocatello at the Jensen Grand Concert Hall. A new audio system has been installed which means you can get a high quality listening experience if you’re sitting here, or here, or here.
SOT: “The sound system is extremely unique in how it operates,” production manager Bill Stanton says.
SOT: “We’re able to cover the audience area much better than the old system was able to,” technical coordinator Ron Hart says.
VO: In August the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall received a multi-cellular loudspeaker array, or MLA. The system came from Martin Audio in London, England.
SOT: “What it does is allow really precise control over the sound, and the ability to make sure the sound is completely the same for every audience member in the audience,” Stanton said.
VO: The sound system before had been there for 11 years. Production manager Bill Stanton says it was adequate for the room but there were some issues with clarity, and it was becoming hard to meet the standards of touring acts.
SOT: “The other system was adequate for the room, but there’s been such a large technological advance over the past few years that (it’s) become quickly antiquated,” Stanton said.
VO: Now the quality of sound matches the hall.
SOT: “We have a Ferrari of a room here. The sound system before is like the engine out of a Chevy truck put into a Maserati. They don’t really match very well. It’s like putting a Maserati engine into a Maserati,” Stanton says.
VO: The concert hall also received major lighting upgrades. The stage is equipped with 64 lights that could only be controlled in groups of 16. Now dramatic lighting changes can happen more easily.
SOT: “The new lighting systems are LED’s and we have one-to-one control of those and along with that we have individual color control over each individual light,” Stanton said.
VO: Funds from the Bistline Foundation and internal funds covered the total cost of upgrades, which were over $500,000. The production staff feels it was more than worth it, and they say the audience can look forward to a quality experience.
SOT: “It runs much better, it sounds much cleaner, tremendous amount of clarity in it in comparison to what we had before,” Stanton says.
VO: In Pocatello, I’m Natalia Hepworth, EastIdahoNews.com
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