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Meyer Sound Application Profile : Carnegie Hall
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“The
new system is very linear from low levels on up. Even with the
[Jefferson] Starship,
the speakers
could handle
the levels without distorting.” - John Cardinale
Carnegie Hall stage electrician and staff engineer |
System Description:
Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers served as the foundation of a
recent sound system renovation at New York's fabled Carnegie Hall. The
venue's famous "live" acoustics, though superb for orchestral performances,
present a difficult challenge for amplified rock, pop and jazz concerts.
Since any alteration of acoustics was unthinkable, Meyer Sound engineers
employed precision pattern control to create a balanced, full-range reinforcement
system that is perfectly tailored to Carnegie Hall's unique acoustic
signature.
The new, three-tiered center cluster consists of a top row of three
MSL-4s, with two rows of down-tilted CQ-1 pairs flown underneath. The
long-throw MSL-4 loudspeakers cover the difficult balcony area (125 feet
distant) while limiting destructive ceiling reflections. Tests after
installation showed a 6dB improvement in signal-to-noise in the balcony
seats, with enhanced intelligibility indicated by a full point gain in
STI. The CQ-1s (80°x40° pattern) cover the dress circle, the
box seating tiers and most of the orchestra seats. The entire cluster
is lowered and removed for non-amplified events.
The flown cluster is augmented by stage clusters consisting of two
MSL-4s and a PSW-2 self-powered reinforcemnt subwoofer on each side.
The delay system, installed earlier, utilizes conventionally powered
UPM-1 loudspeakers for coverage of the back balcony, under balcony areas
and some box seats at the extreme sides.
Prior to design and installation of the new cluster, ARTEC Consultants
of New York undertook a detailed mapping of the hall's echo structure.
Meyer Sound's in-house engineering department designed the new cluster
using MAPP modeling. Bob McCarthy aligned the entire system, delays included,
using Carnegie Hall's own SIM System II.
Equipment List:
Stage
Sound System:
Stage Left:
2 MSL-4 Self-Powered
Loudspeaker Systems
1 PSW-2 Self-Powered
Reinforcement Subwoofer
Stage Right:
2 MSL-4 Self-Powered
Loudspeaker Systems
1 PSW-2 Self-Powered
Reinforcement Subwoofer
Front Fill:
4 UPM-1P Self-Powered
UltraSeries
Subwoofers:
4 USW-1 UltraSeries
Subwoofers
Sound Cluster:
Top Row:
3 MSL-4 Self-Powered
Loudspeaker Systems
Middle Row:
2 CQ-1 Self-Powered
Loudspeaker Systems
Bottom Row:
2 CQ-1 Self-Powered
Loudspeaker Systems |
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Delay Sound System:
Balcony Inner:
2 UPM-1 UltraSeries
Reinforcement Loudspeakers
Balcony Outer:
2 UPM-1 UltraSeries
Reinforcement Loudspeakers
Dress Circle:
2 UPM-1 UltraSeries
Reinforcement Loudspeakers
1st & 2nd Tier:
4 UPM-1 UltraSeries
Reinforcement Loudspeakers
System EQ:
6 CP-10 Complementary
Phase Parametric Equalizers
1 LD-1A Line
Driver Array Integration System
1 SIM System II Acoustic
Test and Measurement System
1 RMS™ Remote
Monitoring System
Monitors:
7 UM-1C UltraMonitors |
Carnegie Hall
161 West 56th Street
New York, NY 10019
Tel: 212.903.9600
Andrews Audio Consultants
347 West 39th Street
New York, NY 10018
Tel: 212.736.9570
Fax: 212.736.5961 |
Products Used:
MSL-4 |
CQ-1 |
PSW-2 |
UPM-1P |
UPM-1 |
USW-1 |
SIM System II |
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LD-1A |
System Drawings:
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