Situational Awareness
Students must know what to do and where to go as well as other vital information about the nature of the announcements. In these situations having complete, accurate and up to the minute instructions is essential. For this reason, Fernvale Primary decided to implement a technologically advanced Audio system to address this as well as the security of the school children.
The ability to control daily situations & events in the School Hall is crucial.With the new Audio system in place, the students will know exactly how good they are and how announcements & messages are delivered with extreme clarity to the listening ear, and must to delivered clearly over the noise of the entire school.
The need to deliver a clear message to the children every day really needs to capture the attention of kids as they have a very short attention time.
Project Implementation
Audio technology has improved quite significantly over the years since we have been in the industry. With the discovery of new materials and its application, the products coming out from the factory is becoming smaller and more powerful.
The solution Creative Elifestyles proposed for this Situational Enhancement Project consists of some of these new technologies like the Allen & Heath QU 16Digital Mixer Board & the KV2 Audio System ESD12 Two Way Full Range Speakers.
Prior to the KV2 Audio ESD 12 speakers that was chosen for the Government bid, the dimensions of the School Hall was sent to KV2 Audio in the Czech Republic to have an EASE acoustic simulation. The input of the KV2 Audio ESD 12’s specifications into the Ease simulation software had been done and a few acoustic simulations were emulated to achieve the best possible firing angle & sound dispersion for the School Hall, taking into consideration very carefully the Noise cancellation areas to cancel or at least minimize unwanted sounds.
The innovative pursuance of excellence, the KV2 ESD range encapsulates multiple disciplines, with a time aligned two way passive network in mid hi enclosures. Building block flexibility in full system design and accompanied by electronics specifically designed to obtain superior audio performance, the ESD range offers genuine ease of set up and operation in a wide spectrum of applications.
For the delay speakers, the QSC AD S282H was also incorporated with the KV2 Audio and also used for the 2nd level balcony area. The QSC AD S82’s we reused as monitors in the control room. All the speakers are powered by the QSC GX3 & GX5 Power Amplifiers.
Having taken care of the high sound pressure level needed, the next “want” on the list of the school is to have the system used for music and drama performance as well. Which mean it needs the whole spectrum of the audible frequency range.
And then comes the Allen & Heath QU16, Allen & Heath’s latest Digital Mixer. Allen & Heath’s Qu-16 Digital mixer takes compact digital mixing to a new level with innovative design and exceptional functionality combining to create a superb professional mixing experience. Bristling with all the features you'd expect from a top of the range digital console and incorporating technologies pioneered on the GLD and iLive digital mixing systems, Qu-16 haste power and pedigree to deliver class-leading audio performance.
Creative Elifestyles Team had taken the next bold move to propose a digital mixer to a Primary School as it had understood the requirements that the School had and to understand how best to eliminate the issues the School had with the current analogue mixer board it had. The issues faced were that they were unable to control the right volume of a particular event such as their Assembly or Flag Raising Ceremony. This in turn also raised an issue on the specific microphone volume by individuals such as the Principal, Vice Principal, Discipline Master,whereby they had to always correct the individual faders to find the correct volume & EQ levels required. The Allen & Heath QU16 Digital mixer did the trick as “scenes” were created to each individual event itself. Just by recalling a particular scene which has been programmed and stored, all they would have to do is to recall a programmed scene, the QU16”s motorized faders all move into the pre programmed level & EQ’s. This has saved a lot of time and hassle compared to the analogue mixer board.
Creative Elifestyles is able to design and successfully install this project is because of the experience and dedication of its people with effective open communication channels.
