A new audio processing system installed by Soundsolution at the lavish Lotte World’s Waterpark in Gimhae, South Korea, has put Symetrix in the driving seat. Occupying more than 120,000-sq-ft, the park is one of the largest of its kind in the world.
Based on Audinate’s Dante media networking technology the audio configuration was devised by the Seoul-based company to enable the transmission of announcements, background music (BGM) and emergency messages. Staff are able to control and monitor all BGM zones and volumes, along with the mic status of poolside guards.
The processing is split across three control rooms with a Symetrix Edge open-architecture Dante-scalable DSP, one xIn 12 and two xOut 12 I/O expanders in the main building An Edge and a single xIn 12 are located in the volcano area, and a Radius 12x8 open-architecture Dante-scalable DSP and one xOut12 are in the wavepool control room. In each case, further expansion is planned to give system redundancy.
Enabling control of the amplifier racks in all control rooms via Lab.gruppen’s NLB 60E NomadLink Bridge & Network Controller, the installation is flexible and reliable. ‘It is also very convenient because we can select the volume, BGM and so forth while listening to the sound directly in any zone of the waterpark through the SymVue panel, designed by Soundsolution, and the team viewer programme,’ says a member of the water park’s in-house sound team. The use of Dante network redundancy will also make it easy to expand the installation in the future – in fact, the venue operators are currently planning to install additional Edge processors in the waterslide zone.
Tackling long reverberation times and ensuring that there can be no water-related damage to audio equipment were among the other challenges involved in the audio installation, which also saw Soundsolution fitting Lab.gruppen C28:4 and C48:4 amplifiers, RCF P1108 and P4228 loudspeakers, a large number of Tannoy Di5T and Di6DC loudspeakers, and beyerdynamic TG-V35DS vocal microphones.
‘The result is a comprehensive system able to deliver all the essential audio requirements for this prestigious venue, while offering redundancy sufficient to cope with future expansion,’ says Soundsolution Marketing Manager, Lisa Lee.
