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The new 1,761 seat venue, which celebrated its grand opening in late 2014, is the

center piece of a multi-billion dollar development owned and operated by Bloomberry

Resorts and Hotels. One of the most unique features of this lyric style theatre project

is the integration of architectural acoustics, active electronic acoustics, and direct

reinforcement systems all being designed from the outset as an integrated

whole. Integrating active acoustics and PA design into a construction project from the

earliest design phases is still a relatively new concept. At Solaire, we have none of the

surfaces introduced to generate early reflections for stage sound, a feature that only

causes problems for amplified sound. There is no tonal modification from surfaces

around the main arrays, allowing the theatre to deliver very clear, uniform, and

uncolored sound reproduction.

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The “active acoustics” or Constellation™ system includes a total of 63

ambient microphones that are placed over and around the stage and

seating areas, with signals feeding a D-Mitri™ digital audio platform hosting

VRAS™ acoustical algorithms. On the output side, for introducing

calculated early reflections and late reverberations into the space,

Constellation™ employs a total of 213 small Meyer Sound self-powered

loudspeakers. The theatre has about a dozen basic acoustical presets to

work with everything from hard rock to jazz, pop, symphonic, and

Broadway shows. The room also has a preset, just for presentation

purposes of a very long “cathedral” setting. Additionally, the theatre has

the option to route the main audio mix console into the systems for special

surround effects, if desired.

Solaire Theatre,

Manila Billed as a “Harbinger of the Future”, the new Theatre

at Solaire Resort and Casino in Manila’s expanding

Entertainment City complex, has earned an instant

acclaim for bringing first class amenities and cutting

edge theatre technology to audiences in the

Philippines. Coherent Design acted as principal theatre

consultant for the project, as well as designer of the

theatre’s entire technology package. Coherent Design

also acted as the primary acoustical consultant for this

state of the art project.

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Although the Theatre at Solaire has ample

facilities for accommodating front of house gear

on touring productions, the in-house equipment

roster is very rider friendly for most international tours. The

house PA system includes 12 speaker cabinets per side, a

Meyer Mica line array hung left and right of the proscenium

on chain motors with 6 Meyer 1100-LFC in a direction

subwoofer array.

The theatrical lighting systems, designed by David Starck and

Sean Greener of Coherent Design, are also state of the art.

Middleton, Wisconsin based Electronic Theatre Controls was

selected as the provider of the dimming and control

systems. Six ETC Sensor3 power control racks fitted with 576

modules, including ThruPower modules, were specified and

installed. The venue also employs an Eos Ti lighting desk with

8,000 outputs. Additionally, an ETC Unison Paradigm

architectural control system is used for houselights and work

lights.

As the theatre consultant, Coherent Design was also

responsible for the design and specification of the theatre’s

stage systems. The stage floor is a tongue and groove maple

floor with resilient rubber pads to provide for performer

injury protection. The stage structure is engineered to 12kN/

m2 load. The stage is approximately 690 m2 with a

proscenium of 17.5 m x 12.3 m.

The Christie Digital Brio product lines is designed for corporate

as well as academic environments. This product line is

designed to allow for easy presentation and collaboration, as

well as supporting the BYOD (bring your own device). Brio

allows businesses, teachers, and students to easily share,

discuss, and contribute ideas.

Brio allows you to bring group members together with up to five

(05) computers, smart phones, or tablets; by wirelessly

streaming content onto displays, while channeling audio through

a conference room or classroom’s sound systems. Groups can

share content, edit in real time, save their work, and capture

action items for quicker follow-up, thus avoiding the challenges

of a traditional collaboration session.

Simple Session Management

While not required for standard operation, Christie Brio solutions

offer session moderation through a user interface that can be

accessed from the touch enabled meeting room panel or from

any web browser. The user interface rearranges source layouts,

controls audio, opens up whiteboard sharing, and enables

remote collaboration and more advanced functions. Sources

can be removed from the display without disconnecting them.

Solaire

Constellation is an extraordinary breakthrough in acoustical science

providing an effective solution to the complex challenge of attaining

optimal, yet flexible acoustics in building design.

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” The stage rigging and fly system include 62 line

sets, six electric sets, and seven lifting lines per

set. The theatre has a 907kg arbor capacity,

including batten weight. The house curtain is

19.5 meters by 13 meters to match the interior

design and can function as a guillotine, traveler,

and center split.

The theatre stage is outfitted with an orchestra pit, with a

useable area of 72 m2. The front section of the pit includes an

automated scissor lift, which allows it to function as additional

orchestra pit space, additional audience seating or as stage

thrust.

The facility provides 6 Star dressing rooms, 2 four person

rooms, 4 eight person rooms, and 1 sixteen person

room. Additional support facilities include: Green Room,

Crew Room, and Band Room which top out the performer

and crew accommodations.

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Whiteboard

Brio can turn touch screens into interactive whiteboards, allowing participants to add to or

edit an image using various writing and drawing tools. Unique to the Brio, is its ability to

share the same whiteboard in real time among participants in the same or different

locations. The whiteboard is also available through a browser window on a contributor’s

personal device. Users can write or sketch on the shared whiteboard, upload and annotate

images, or save the end result back to their personal device for later use.

Annotation

Brio enables annotation over any displayed content, including video. The end result may be

saved as an image for later use.

Audio

Brio can connect to a meeting/conference room or classroom’s sound system. Presentation

audio is streamed through the wireless protocol and may be connected through the Brio’s

physical inputs.

BYOD

Business and education environments rely on secure information sharing while offering

flexibility in an individual’s device of choice. Many devices are not standard issue, but may

be used for gathering, developing, and sharing information and ideas. Brio creates the

infrastructure that allows all of these devices to network in a common session. Using

wireless connection and communication protocols that are already part of the operating

system enables real-time screen mirroring from participants using Microsoft, Apple,

Android, or computers and devices without installing custom drivers.

Classroom Acoustics and

ANSI Standard S12.60 More than 400 employees now reside in 214,000 square feet

of modern office space located in Boston, Mass. The once

dilapidated pile of rubble housed everything from a

confectionary manufacturer to a builder of radar equipment

has risen to become a modern corporate headquarters

designed and built with creativity and collaboration in mind.

Coherent Design was engaged on the project

by Nike Corporation, Converse’s parent

company. Every floor in the 10 story facility

is integrated with the latest in presentation and

collaboration systems. The Union, which covers most

of the first floor, is an entirely open space with couches,

huddle spaces, multiple displays using sources such as

Apple TV, Google Chrome, DirecTV, and presentation

resources from hard wired connectivity to the latest in

wireless technology. The space can be used for both

special events with a high powered sound system to

quiet meeting areas or company calls with a large digital

media switcher.

There is a 5,000 square foot company gym with high

quality audio systems, as well as video distribution to

both the machines, and several flat panel displays. A

Yoga room and dance studio round out the workout

facilities.

Each floor is equipped with both huddle type rooms that

include simple collaboration and whiteboard capabilities

utilizing the latest in wireless technology.

These rooms support BYOD and offer a quick simple

solution for collaborative meetings. Dedicated video

conferencing facilities are available on certain key

floors. These rooms are purpose built video

conferencing environments with the latest in video

conferencing technology. (Cisco)

The 10th floor includes a large divisible ballroom type

space. The audiovisual and collaborative technologies

in this space include a large scale digital media

switcher that allows the rooms to act as one or as

single divided rooms. The latest in HDTV distribution

allows Converse to show the most vibrant images on

oversized screens during training, special events, and

presentations. The entire system is controlled via LCD

touch panels providing a simple and easy to use

graphical interface for Converse employees and guests.

Rounding out the technology is the 10th floor corporate

boardroom, with its massive video displays and high end

video conferencing technology, which allows Converse

executives to work in the most advanced collaborative

environment.

Every day, thousands of students across the country are unable

to understand 25 to 30 percent of what’s said in their classroom.

Excessive noise and reverberation in a classroom interferes with

a student’s ability to clearly hear their teacher.

Before reviewing the new standard, it’s important to be familiar

with the attributes of sound found in the classroom that affect a

student’s ability to hear and learn.

Direct Sound

The sound of a teacher’s voice traveling directly from the teacher

to the student is direct sound. It is always beneficial in terms of

speech intelligibility because it is not affected by anything in the

room, making it clear and distinct.

Reflected Sound

Reflected sound takes longer to reach the listener than direct

sound because its path to the listener is longer. Reflected sound

can be good or bad depending on the time delay.

Reverberation Time

The overall effect of reflected sound is called reverberation, and

the time required for reflected sound to become inaudible is

called reverberation time. Short reverberation times are good for

speech intelligibility.

Background Noise

Any sound that is generated outside the building, such as

playground activity, traffic and planes can be considered

background noise. It generally intrudes in the classroom by way

of the windows. Within the building, an HVAC system and

corridor noise can contribute to background noise.

Sound Transmission

The amount of airborne sound blocked from transmitting through

a partition is measured in a Sound Transmission Class (STC)

rating. A higher STC rating will Sound transmission through walls

will add to the background noise level in the space, degrading the

ability to hear and understand speech. Single or composite walls,

floor-ceiling and roof-ceiling assemblies should provide specific

sound transmission class (STC) ratings when separating a core

learning space from an adjacent space:

The New ANSI Standard

ANSI Standard S12.60 for Classroom Acoustics addresses the

issues of both reverberation time and background noise and their

effect on speech intelligibility by placing maximum permissible

levels on each.

Under the new standard, the maximum reverberation time in an

unoccupied, furnished classroom with a volume under 10,000

cubic feet is 0.6 seconds, and 0.7 seconds for a classroom

between 10,000 and 20,000 cubic feet. The maximum level of

background noise allowed in the same classroom is 35 decibels

(dBA).

The standard’s acoustical performance criteria and design

requirements apply during the design and construction of all new

classrooms or learning spaces of small-to-moderate size, and,

as far as is practical, to the design and reconstruction of

renovated spaces.

At the present time, the new ANSI standard is voluntary unless

referenced by a code, ordinance or regulation. However, school

systems may require compliance with the standard as part of

their construction documents for new schools.

Converse Headquar t er s

GREEN VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH

Green Valley Baptist Church, located in Henderson, NV (Las Vegas) was in

desperate need of a major remodel to their sound and video systems.

The majority of the sound system was original equipment, designed and

installed approximately 16 years ago. The church was running

approximately 500 in attendance at the time and has since grown to a weekly

attendance approaching 1,300. The 600 seat room had seen updates over the

years, but a new sound and video system was needed. Coherent Design was

brought in by the church to design the new contemporary sound system.

Coherent modeled the room using options from a couple of different

manufacturers; eventually settling on JBL Vertec as the correct solution. The

room is designed with Vertec line arrays left and right of the stage with side fills

and a center fill for speech enhancement. Panasonic projectors, a production

switcher, and Crestron Digital Media for video distribution throughout the

remainder of the common areas of the facility round out the new system. The

first use of the new systems was for packed crowds during the church’s 2015

Easter Celebration.

Galaxy Phase II Wows Macau

Galaxy Macau Phase II is a major expansion of one of the largest hotel

casino and entertainment complexes in the world. Coherent Design was

responsible for designing the entirety of the audio and video systems for

the project. Two hotels, a JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton, are included in this

massive project. Consisting of 450,000 square meters (4,800,000.00 s.f.) of new

resort space and an additional 3,600 hotel rooms and large expansions of retail

and meeting space, Galaxy Macau is truly a state of the art facility. Coherent

Design selected Biamp Systems as the property wide audio processor. The

Biamp DSP is the largest Biamp system ever designed and implemented into a

project. The entire property is served by an IPTV video distribution system.

Christie Digital was chosen to provide projection for all of the meeting and

ballrooms. Crown Audio provides amplification for the entire project and Martin

Audio was chosen to provide speakers throughout the facility.

JasonPritchard

Jason Pritchard recently joined Coherent Design’s

Las Vegas office. Jason has over 25 years’

experience in the professional audio industry. He

has been involved in projects ranging from themed

entertainment in hotels, on cruise ships, and theme

parks to Broadway theatre and national theatrical

tours. Previously, Jason was the Head of Audio for

Cirque du Soleil’s Grammy Award winning show at

the Mirage in Las Vegas, The Beatles — LOVE.

Jason’s past projects include audio project

management consulting for Cirque’s Criss Angel —

Believe at the Luxor, early stage consulting on

Cirque du Soleil’s theatre in Aria at City Center in

Las Vegas. Jason has also assisted Jonathan Deans

with projects in New York and the Dragon Treasure

show at The City of Dreams in Macau, China. He

has written several print articles for industry

publications, and was formerly the Audio Editor for

Stage Directions Magazine. Jason will focus on

Coherent Design’s entertainment and live

performance projects.

SandLeung

Sand Leung has joined the engineering staff in our

Hong Kong office. Sand holds a Bachelor of Fine

Arts from Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in

Sound Design and Music Recording. Sand comes to

Coherent after three years as a Technology Services

Project Manager with JBA Consulting Engineers

Hong Kong office and previously as a project

manager in audiovisual for PCCW (Pacific Century

Cyberworks) Solutions of Hong Kong. Sand has

been involved in the design of some of the largest

hotel casino projects in the world including: Sands

Cotai, The Venetian Macau, Wynn Macau, and City

Of Dream Manila. Sand joins Coherent Design as

Director of Operations Hong Kong.

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