Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre
The Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre, described as a world-class venue for every type of entertainment, consists of a 750 seat proscenium arch theatre with orchestra and balcony seating, plus an additional "black box" space with the potential of seating 100 people. Because flexibility in the sound system design was a key feature, the system was designed in a way that allowed both the main auditorium and the Marie Fleming Hall to be serviced from a unified sound system. The main auditorium was designed in such a way that the mixing console could be operated from the sound booth, or ...
Simon Fraser University Surrey Campus
When SFU Surrey started work on their new facility at Central City, they were looking for a design that would complement the institution's focus on interdisciplinary applied sciences and research in information networking and multimedia, technology-mediated learning, computer games, e-business, knowledge management, bioinformatics, intelligent systems and optimization, visualization, digital audio signal processing, computer music, physical modeling, and musical acoustics. Acumen Engineering created a design that would allow the campus to be on the leading edge of educational technology and provide years of use. The Galleria 3 and Podium phases of the campus construction plan were composed of 24 classrooms, lecture ...
Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre Segal Centre & Labatt Hall
When designing a sound reinforcement system in a lecture theatre, typically one of two designs is chosen. A distributed system may be used, which consists of a grid of speakers on the ceiling providing the most even sound coverage throughout the room; however, the sound is delivered from the ceiling rather than from the front where the presenter or screen is making the sound unnatural to the listener. The other option is to place speakers at the front of the room so that the sound is delivered from the same direction as the presenter or screen, solving the perception issue ...
Vernon Multiplex
When the City of Vernon undertook to replace its aging arena, there had been much criticism of the quality of the audio in the existing facility. People were constantly deriding the lack of coverage and clarity, making the quality of sound a priority for the design team of the new facility. As such, computer modelling of the accepted building design was done by PJS Systems in order to provide acoustical analysis required for a proper sound system design before construction began, allowing all aspects of the system to be incorporated into the building at the time of construction. The result is ...
