Univ. of Wisconsin - Waukesha
Waukesha, WI
Field House – Sound System
The University of Wisconsin – Waukesha is a small university campus outside
of Milwaukee. When they remodeled their field house they needed an updated
sound system.
The room is large, boxy and has only a small amount of absorption panels
hung on the walls. Rather then a center speaker cluster, a design approach
was used which distributes eight speakers throughout the room. This way,
anyone in the audience is much closer to a speaker and clarity and intelligibility
is dramatically increased.
Side View of Room
Design Drawing – Side View
The system also uses presets to increase intelligibility. In different
room use modes, different speakers will be turned on or off and different
delay settings selected. A multi-position switch is used to select from
several room set up presets. The first preset is for basketball games,
where the row of speakers which covers the basketball court is muted and
the row of speakers which covers the bleacher is turned on. In the second
preset mode, the speakers cover the whole room evenly. This preset mode
is used when a microphone is in the middle of the room. The third preset
mode, is used when a stage is set up in the front of the room (opposite
the bleachers) or for dance classes, where the instructor is in the front
of the room. This preset mode is used when a microphone is in the front
of the room. The first row of speakers is on to cover portable seats of
dance class participants who are on the court area. The second row of
speakers, which covers the bleachers, is delayed to time match the front
speakers.
A roll out portable rack is used for dance class equipment. It includes
an additional wireless head mic, a CD player, a Cassette payer and small
sub mixer. This rack simply plugs into a wall plate at the front of the
room.
Close Up View of Speaker
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A/V Contractor:
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Metro Sound
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