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ANNISTON, ALABAMA - NOVEMBER 2008: The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is a government-chartered, non-profit organization that promotes firearms safety and training, with particular emphasis on youth development.
Although a network of affiliated shooting clubs extends the CMP's mission and reach
to every state in the union, the CMP has only two main offices: CMP North in
Port Clinton, Ohio and CMP South in Anniston, Alabama. CMP South recently
completed construction on a 30,000 square-foot competition center, which
includes a 20,000 square-foot range, two classrooms, an office area, and a
break room.
Joey Hutto of Oxford, Alabama's Sound Solutions provided the facility with a
wonderfully flexible and simple-to-use sound system centered on a Symetrix
Zone Mix 760 DSP processor. Within each room, users can adjust volume and
select from a host of music sources from an intuitive Symetrix ARC-2 wall
panel. In addition, the classroom systems include wired and wireless
microphones that are also selectable and adjustable from an ARC-2. Finally,
Hutto tied the sound system into the building's phone system for paging and
into the building's alarm system for, well, alarming!
Importantly, the cost-effective Zone Mix 760 helped Hutto keep within CMP's
tight budget. The CMP receives no federal funds and must raise all its
moneys through membership dues, donations, and the sale of firearms. "This
was our first time specifying a Symetrix DSP product," said Hutto. "We were
looking for something programmable and easy to manipulate that was
sophisticated enough to get all the zoning right. But at the same time, we
didn't want to pay for a lot of features that we didn't need for the CMP's
modest requirements. The ARC-2 interface was perfect, anyone can just push a
couple of buttons and get the room to do what they want it to do."
In all, the system has four Symetrix ARC-2 interfaces: one in the shooting
range, one in each of the classrooms, and one at the registration desk.
Users can select among XM Radio, iPod dock, or a CD changer for source
material. In addition, each classroom has Audio-Technica wired and wireless
microphones that are selectable and adjustable from the ARC-2.
"I love the simplicity of the ARC-2, both from the programmer's perspective
and the user's perspective," remarked Hutto. "This was my first time ever
seeing the software, and in just a couple hours I was a master and could
make the ARC-2s read and perform any way that I wanted. From the user's end,
I received one comment that summed it up. The user simply smiled and said,
'that's just too easy!'"
The Symetrix Zone Mix 760 feeds a rack of QSC GX-5 and CX-108 amplifiers.
The GX-5s power QSC AD-S82 full-range loudspeakers for the shooting range
(eight total) and the classrooms (two in each room). The 70-volt CX-108
powers Altec SoundTube ceiling-mounted speakers in the office area and the
break room.
Although it only recently opened, the CMP's new competition center has
already hosted one prestigious youth event: the 2008 Junior Olympic Three
Position Air Rifle National Championships.
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