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 “Smaart keeps getting better, and as a result, it’s one of our most utilized tools, right up there with multimeters — and our ears.
"With new Smaart v.6, we get access to modern, multi-channel sound interfaces (via USB and Firewire). The user interface has been streamlined, providing simplified operation yet more capability, and, the multi-mode operation lets you view multiple measurement types without changing operating modes.
 "The user interface has been streamlined, providing simplified operation yet more capability, and, the multi-mode operation lets you view multiple measurement types without changing operating modes. This is not just another version, but a new program that is far more powerful than ever. ”
James Woods, Owner
Woods Engineering Services
Madrid, Spain
 In a project recently profiled in Technologies For Worship Magazine,
United Technology Service (UTS) designed and installed a dynamic new sound reinforcement system featuring a variety of EAW loudspeakers for the new worship sanctuary at New Macedonia Baptist Church in Riverside, Georgia.
The 1,300-capacity sanctuary is fully covered with EAW KF730 Series line arrays flown left and right above the main platform, handling musical programming, working with several EAW SB Series subwoofers positioned beneath the platform. In addition, a center cluster of EAW AS Series installation loudspeakers provide point-source precision for spoken word. Click here to read the entire TFWM report.
 Design/build firm John Lyons Systems recently completed a cutting-edge AV install at the Game-On sports bar and restaurant in the shops at Caesars Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Game-On features 96 HDTV displays on a 16x64 video matrix, with the displays are either installed as standalone displays or in groups with the goal to give patrons the best sightlines no matter where they stand or sit in the room. The audio package working in conjunction with this mondo video is an EAW-heavy system offering playback of sporting events with the power of a dance club system.
 The audio design includes 46 EAW Commercial CIS400 ceiling loudspeakers as well as 16 EAW JL12 custom 12-inch coaxial ceiling loudspeakers co-developed by Lyons and EAW, with low-frequency output provided by EAW SB250z subwoofers.
“We’ve taken the experience of watching a sporting event to a new level,” explains John Lyons, president and founder of Los Angeles design/build firm John Lyons Systems, who recently outfitted the space with AV systems. “Game-On is a place where you can watch sporting events in a party atmosphere enveloped by high-definition video and a professional-quality audio system.”
 S&VC (Sound & Video Contractor) magazine just published an interesting and informative roundtable discussion about the house of worship market from the point of view of leading AV manufacturers. The discussion features several comments from Joe Fustolo, head of the EAW Application Support Group (ASG), regarding EAW's views on working with and supporting integrators on the front lines of this crucial, challenging marketplace. Read the full discussion here.
 Stage Audio & Lighting Productions of Longwood, Florida is providing a top-shelf sound system, including EAW line arrays and UX8800 processing, for an exclusive "Pops" concert performance by the London Symphony Orchestra this coming weekend (7/28) in Daytona Beach.
Headed by Phil Kovacevich, Stage Audio & Lighting Productions is a leading live event company noted for its work in providing systems and superior technical support to touring and corporate clients. They will be supplying sound reinforcement to the 46,000-square-foot main arena at the Ocean Center in Daytona with a rig featuring EAW KF760 line arrays over KF730 line arrays, all finely tuned via UX8800 processing with Gunness Focusing. EAW's Jamie Anderson will also be on hand to support Stage Audio's efforts, including working with the company on optimization of the system utilizing EAW Smaart v.6.
In addition, a mix of EAW NT56 and NT59 self-powered loudspeakers with Gunness Focusing, as well as NTS22 subwoofers, will be deployed for various smaller events throughout the area, including live performances by string quartets and small ensembles. NT Series loudspeaker might also be utilized for supplemental fill during the main concert.
 Leading UK-based hire company Concert Sound will be providing concert sound systems for all stages - many of them headlined by EAW KF760 Series line arrays in addition to the new UX8800 digital processor - for the upcoming World Scout Jamboree to be held in Essex, UK, over the course of more than a week.
More than 40,000 scouts and event volunteers from in excess of 250 countries (more than the Olympic Games!) will be in attendance at the jamboree, with opening ceremonies in late July featuring an appearance by Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth. A diverse assortment of programming will be presented throughout the run of the event on several stages.
 The jamboree main stage will be outfitted with three hangs of EAW KF760 (the arena is very asymetrical), joined by SB1000z subwoofers. These will be enhanced by center-, in- and out-fills of KF750 Series full-range loudspeakers, with KF750/755 also extending coverage on delay. New UX8800 processors will also be deployed with this system. The two primary smaller stages will feature KF761/SB1000 and KF730/SB730/SB1000 combinations. (We'll be presenting more info and photos from the jamboree soon.)
 Eurosound, EAW's distributor serving Greece, reports on a recent club project of note, with 16 EAW KF650 three-way loudspeakers installed to provide primary sound reinforcement at Galea, one of the hottest nightspots in Athens.
The 16 KF650 loudspeakers are divided into arrays of four loudspeakers, each flown from the ceiling in tight-packed horizontal configuration.
 The huge club has a capacity in excess of 7,000. Program material is largely provided by DJ, covering a wide range of musical styles. By the way, the name "Galea" originates from a rare type of pebble, so it's only appropriate that the club now has a system that "rocks"... (Sorry, couldn't resist!) Thanks to Eurosound for the information and access to the photos presented here.
 It’s often noted that audio is not “rocket science.” True enough - unless, of course, it is. Troy Gwin and his team at ACS Sound and Lighting, based in Columbia, S.C., recently took on an “audio as rocket science” challenge presented by the University of Sound Carolina on behalf of Lockheed Martin Corporation and NASA (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration), utilizing sound reinforcement technology to test a Space Shuttle rocket component.
ACS was tasked with duplicating the acoustic noise conditions found inside of rocket fuel tanks during liftoff, specifically, testing the effects of high sound pressure levels on tiny (less than quarter-inch diameter) acoustic sensors designed by Lockheed Martin to monitor SPL within the tanks.
 The test required generating electro-acoustic output (in this case, pink noise) matching a NASA response curve depicting constant SPL above 120 dB at 30 Hz to 10 kHz, with a peak in excess of 135 dB at 400 Hz. This output, conforming to the response curve, needed to be sustained for a period of three minutes at a distance of two feet.
To generate the output, ACS assembled a system comprised of three cart-stacked EAW KF760 large-format line array modules joined by two EAW BH760 horn-loaded subwoofers (a.k.a. “SuperSubs”), with the loudspeakers aimed outdoors through a large back door at the ACS warehouse to avoid slap-back and reverberation generated by wall surfaces. (Troy Gwin and Travis Banks of ACS are shown above right with the rig.)
Then, to match the required output criteria, an Earthworks M30 measurement microphone (calibrated for SPL with a Metrosonics calibrator) was placed two feet in front of the loudspeakers, capturing output fed to Smaart v.6 measurement software on a PC, utilized for analysis in matching the desired response curve.
“We did a number of short ‘test runs’ to optimally duplicate the curve, and then brought the system up to the required level,” Gwin explains. “Smaart is a great tool for this – highly accurate while being so fast and intuitive to use.” (Click on the link directly below to see a direct comparison between the NASA curve specification and what was attained by ACS utilizing Smaart v.6.)
View NASA & Smaart Charts
Once the curve was matched, a piece of the carbon fiber fuel tank outfitted with the sensors was placed next to the measurement mic, and the official testing process commenced. Both setup and testing were conducted “after hours” to avoid disturbing neighboring businesses.
“It’s important to remember this curve represents an ‘envelop’ that covers the levels of multiple rockets generated inside the fuel tank – and not on the launch pad,” Gwin notes. “I can’t imagine reproducing levels of an actual launch, and it’s doubtful that it’s is even possible with a conventional sound reinforcement system.” (Estimates of SPL for an actual NASA rocket launch place it well above 200 dB.)
“We were just informed that the sensors indeed passed the test, able to survive the tremendous output,” he concludes. “All in all, it was an interesting project. And hey, it’s the first time I’ve been wrong in saying “this is not rocket science” about our work.”
 "New Smaart v.6, simply, is an audio professional's dream come true. Start with the fact that it works natively in Mac OS X - no more lugging around two computers (separate Mac and Windows computers) to project sites!
“It's also extraordinarily fast, the new interface is a lot cleaner and makes the program a breeze to use, while the new ASIO/Core Audio driver compatibility shows forward thinking.
 "The kicker to all of this is the ability to acquire unlimited snapshots, the ability to have a combination of any two traces being viewed simultaneously, as well as the new zoom feature. The ultimate tool we've been waiting for has definitely arrived.”
Arthur Skudra, Consultant
Hamilton, Ontario
 Internationally hailed as a spectacular live performance environment, the new Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes in Valladolid, Spain incorporates high-end AV systems developed by Chemtrol’s División Teatro (Theatre Division) that feature premium pro audio components, including a wide range of EAW loudspeakers such as NT Series loudspeakers with Gunness Focusing and KF730 Series compact line arrays.
The multifaceted venue offers three significant performance spaces, headed by a 1,700-capacity auditorium, which is the host venue of the Symphony Orchestra of Castile and Leon in addition to featuring a wide range of other productions.
 It’s joined by a beautiful 500-seat conservatory as well as a reconfigurable experimental theatre with seating for up to 600. The venue also includes the Professional Conservatory of Music, the Superior School of Dramatic Art, the Professional School of Dance, exhibition halls, a library, and rooms for congresses.
The División Teatro of Madrid-based Chemtrol (www.chemtrol.es), noted for two decades of excellence in working with top theatrical projects throughout Spain, was chosen to outfit all of these facilities with AV systems. A sampling of the division’s other projects includes the Palacio de las Artes in Valencia, Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona, the Auditorium in Tenerife, the Palacio Euskalduna de Bilbao, the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya in Barcelona, the Kursaal Auditorium in San Sebastian, and several others.
 Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes offers a very full slate of programming. In addition to featuring many of the top symphony orchestras from around the globe, dynamic jazz, flamenco and pop music artists also regularly grace its stages, along with touring theatrical groups and a wide rang of other theatre productions.
All of the performance spaces have excellent natural acoustics, while each sound system is outfitted with some of the latest audio technologies from top manufacturers that were carefully selected and integrated under the direction of Fernando García Carrión, head of the AV Department of Chemtrol Divisón Teatro. All audio components for this project were supplied and fully supported by distributor Pro3 & Co. S.A. of Barcelona.
Both the auditorium and the experimental theatre offer main systems headed by EAW KF730 Series line arrays, and in both cases, the arrays are made up of 18 modules split evenly into flown left-right configurations flanking the stages. In the auditorium, EAW SB730 flyable subwoofers are also incorporated into the line array structures, four per side.
 “The KF730 offers a pleasant, natural sonic signature, and its output very controllable from the lowest frequencies to the highest,” explains Carrión. “These arrays have plenty of throw for this application, but with very tight, clean intelligibility.”
Meanwhile, shadowed areas of the auditorium receive bolstered coverage from four EAW UB12Se ultra-compact loudspeakers on delay, while dual EAW LA215 loudspeakers provide stage fill and four EAW SM129zi wedges can be utilized for stage monitoring. All of these loudspeakers are driven by Lab.gruppen C Series premium power amplifiers, including a combination of C68:4 higher power and C28:4 lower power four-channel models.
 Also in the experimental theatre, Chemtrol Divisón Teatro chose to supplement the system with premium EAW NT Series self-powered loudspeakers featuring patented Gunness Focusing technology that produces studio sonic quality at much higher output levels. In total, four NT59 (15-inch woofer) and two NT29 (12-inch woofer) loudspeakers are available.
The conservatory is outfitted with a simpler system approach. Four EAW MK2396 high-quality two-way loudspeakers supply reinforcement, backed by dual EAW JF50s compact two-way loudspeakers. Again, all power is Lab.gruppen C Series, with just three C28:4 four-channel units required to fulfill all amplification requirements.
“The entire Chemtrol Divisón Teatro team is very pleased with the systems devised for this project, with the client equally pleased with what has been accomplished in terms of sonic quality and system operability in each application,” concludes Carrión. “We are very glad to have such a great working with relationship with Pro3, and really appreciate their unwavering support of our efforts, as well as the excellence of the top brands they represent.”
 A new sound reinforcement system for the historic Scottish Rite Temple, a performing arts center in Bloomington, Illinois, was designed by JaffeHolden and includes EAW AX Series three-way installation loudspeakers.
Wisconsin-based Professional Audio Designs provided expert system installation, positioning the AX Series loudspeaker arrays in a left-center-right configuration around the stage proscenium where they provide the vast majority of coverage to the multi-level, 1,320-seat venue. They're joined by EAW SB180 and SB250z subwoofers as well as six SL 12Se-JHA frontfill loudspeakers. Further, the stage monitoring system, designed by Technical Director Rodney Stickrod, features a wide range of EAW components, including four SM200iH, and two SM84N stage wedges, two SB850z subwoofers, an SB330z sub, and two JFX260i for sidefill.
The project is subject of an in-depth profile in Stage Directions magazine. Check it out here. (Photo courtesy of JaffeHolden.)
 Two system projects at churches feature the new UX8800 digital signal processor with Gunness Focusing, and both have produced sonic results beyond expectations.
The Church at Pinnacle Hills in Rogers, Arkansas, features a complex system designed by Acoustic Dimensions of Dallas and installed by the Clair Bros systems integration division that's based upon EAW KF760 Series and KF730 Series line arrays, as well as other EAW loudspeaker models, with consultant Ryan Knox choosing to implement UX8800 processing as soon as it was available. (The unique venue is pictured above left.)
Meanwhile, a new system at New Life Assembly Church in Henrietta, New York, headlined by EAW AX Series three-way installation loudspeakers, also incorporates UX8800 processing at its heart. The system was designed and installed by AVL Designs of Penfield, New York, with an optimization assist from EAW's Rich Frembes. The project is the subject of a feature article in the
July '07 issue of Pro AV magazine - click here to check it out.
 EAW is pleased to welcome Cowser-Lee Marketing as its new sales representative firm for Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. Headed by professional systems veterans Jim Cowser and Pat Lee, the team also includes Brendan Bishop, Greg Labruzzi, Chris Stephens and Kathy Cowser.
“We’re quite happy to be working with a firm offering such an excellent track record in the professional systems marketplace,” notes Scott Pizzo, EAW director of U.S. sales.
Find out more about Cowser-Lee Marketing www.cowserleemarketing.com.
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