South-African company Matrix supplies Alcons line-array system to popular television
The reality show 'Project Fame' based on the worldwide phenomena and known as
'Fame Academy' in the UK recently took South African Television audiences on
a the ride of their lives.
The contestants lived together in the Academy and received professional training
as well as grooming for stardom. On Sundays they competed against each other
in a live television broadcast and gradually more and more were eliminated until
only one remained and won the grand prize which among other items included a
recording contract as well as a motor vehicle.
Technically the show was very challenging and the venue chosen to stage the
live events, The Pyramid Convention Centre in Downtown Johannesburg, was merely
a shell which was transformed by the temporary installation of an enormous lighting
rig, sound system and AV screens.
Matrix Sound, the Johannesburg based audio company was awarded the sound supply
contract and owner Trevor Peters created the sound design.
Peters: "It was one of the most challenging designs we have undertaken
in that the show, stage and space we were working in was so fluid. Each week
the line up of musicians, their positions on stage and the performance area
of the contestants changed, and most times they ended up in front of the PA
system."
Peters chose to install an Alcons “The Ribbon” Line array system
as the main PA, consisting of 12 units ribbon-loaded Alcons LR16 line-array
modules, controlled and powered by Alcons ALC’s. Peters continues: "The
brief for the show was that the live event had to have a concert feel and it
should read like a rock concert on TV. To achieve this, the audience had to
be enveloped in the sound and the SPL's were not the norm for the usual television
studio events. The directivity and the unsurpassed “gain-before-feedback”
played a huge role in assisting us to achieve the high levels we did with most
performances in front of the PA and in an enclosed environment."
The sound quality was once again beyond reproach and the producers of the event
in South Africa, Endemol and pay channel MNet were very impressed with the system,
the Alcons LR16's also received critical acclaim from industry press who attended
the live shows.
For more information, visit www.alconsaudio.com
and www.theribbonnetwork.net
Alcons background information
Alcons Audio is a Dutch company, active in development and manufacturing of
professional sound systems for quality-conscious clients in the cinema, installation
and touring industry.
Alcons sound systems excel in HiFi sound quality at concert sound pressure
levels; Basis for this quality is Alcons’ proprietary high-power ribbon
technology.
All Alcons speakers and amplifiers/processor are developed and manufactured
in house with traditional craftsmanship combined with the latest technologies,
materials and production processes.
