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Friday, February 02, 2024
Meyer Sound Constellation Brings Flexible Acoustics To Opera In Vietnam
ProSoundWeb: Live performance hall at the new Ho Guom Opera in Hanoi equipped with 165 full-range self-powered loudspeakers working with dedicated D-Mitri DVRAS processors, and more.
2 comments:
Alex Reinard
said...
I really love reading about how brand new spaces are being decked out. I have experience in doing permanent install stuff and I enjoy it a lot, so it’s cool to see how a space was designed and the challenges that came up while creating a system. In this case, it’s really interesting how the space was designed for both acoustic sound, like concerts, orchestras, and other live performances, as well as electrically-generated sounds like films. To me, a multipurpose space like this is the most interesting because the system will meld together to meet all the requirements, instead of, for example a movie theater or a concert hall. It’s where you see the most innovative and creative technology as well as the most complex and fascinating system setups. The space looks really cool and I’m interested to see what they decide to host in it besides their opera.
I think this is quite an interesting development for the field of acoustical design. Constellations allows the designer much more latitude when configuring the sound in a space. Normally there is a vast difference between venues designed for different things, some concert halls are tailored for the sound of opera singers and orchestras, whereas some venues are tailored to rock, and yet others to musicals. Having a system like constellations lets you choose the exact aural characteristics of the venue. I do wish however, that the article went into more details as to how the system works, but to be honest that's not really the point. There are other sources that document the workings of constellations. Now having read about it, I would love to actually interact with the system to understand it's abilities, that is a pipe dream for now, as most places I work definitely do not have that kind of budget, but one can hope for the future.
2 comments:
I really love reading about how brand new spaces are being decked out. I have experience in doing permanent install stuff and I enjoy it a lot, so it’s cool to see how a space was designed and the challenges that came up while creating a system. In this case, it’s really interesting how the space was designed for both acoustic sound, like concerts, orchestras, and other live performances, as well as electrically-generated sounds like films. To me, a multipurpose space like this is the most interesting because the system will meld together to meet all the requirements, instead of, for example a movie theater or a concert hall. It’s where you see the most innovative and creative technology as well as the most complex and fascinating system setups. The space looks really cool and I’m interested to see what they decide to host in it besides their opera.
I think this is quite an interesting development for the field of acoustical design. Constellations allows the designer much more latitude when configuring the sound in a space. Normally there is a vast difference between venues designed for different things, some concert halls are tailored for the sound of opera singers and orchestras, whereas some venues are tailored to rock, and yet others to musicals. Having a system like constellations lets you choose the exact aural characteristics of the venue. I do wish however, that the article went into more details as to how the system works, but to be honest that's not really the point. There are other sources that document the workings of constellations. Now having read about it, I would love to actually interact with the system to understand it's abilities, that is a pipe dream for now, as most places I work definitely do not have that kind of budget, but one can hope for the future.
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