MUSCAT, Oman – Venuetech, LLC designed and supplied the audio system for the new 5,000-seat auditorium at the new Multipurpose Hall at Sultan Qaboos University. An Aviom Pro64 audio network routes signal to and from various locations in the space, including the PA system, control room and production room.
The auditorium hosts live performances such as plays and orchestras, movie screenings and conferences. The facility also features an automated motorized seating system, which allows the chairs to fold back and out of the way so the hall can be converted into a large indoor sports arena.
The Aviom Pro64 system can be reconfigured for different events, bringing audio from vocal and instrumental performers, actors, presenters and announcers to multiple locations throughout the facility, including the speaker system and front of house console. It can also be routed to a production room for live audio recordings, and paired with audio commentary from the control room, where the FOH console is located, for live sporting events.
Elie Khairallah, technical director for Venuetech, credited Aviom as "the only system that can respond to the flexibility required by the arena. Since the elements of the Pro64 network are easily reconfigured and run on a single Cat-5 cable, the system is easily adapted to the architectural beauty and various functions of the facility," he added.
Three Aviom 6416m Mic Input Modules on stage distribute microphones and instruments to the various other points of the network. The stage audio is routed through an MH10 Merger Hub to MH10s in the Production Room, the Control Room and to one connected to the speaker system. The 6416m units on stage are controlled by a combination of an Aviom MCS Mic Control Surface and an RCI Remote Control Interface.
From the Control Room, audio is routed to and from three 6416o Output Modules and one 6416i Input Module connected to the front of house MIDAS Heritage 3000 console. A second 6416i on the console routes to the 6416o Output Module on stage that feeds the PA system consisting of Meyer Sound line arrays, Mica and M'elodie speakers.
Sultan Qaboos University was established in 1980 under the sponsorship of Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, the first and current leader of Oman. Construction on the University began in 1982 and the first students were enrolled in 1986.
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