LightSoundJournal.com: The Helong Stadium in Changsha, China is a 55,000-capacity multi-purpose facility, predominantly used for football. Although not home to an individual club, the stadium regularly hosts China’s national team fixtures, as well as large scale music events featuring Chinese and International artists.
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What impressed me most about this article was that they were able to do a full arena install in 12 days from design to completion of load in. They were able to install 70 speakers in a huge area in just a few days. Not only that, but their design and system wasn’t thought of even days before they started. This feels like an insanely short time for a complete turn around of a space and to have it completely hung and ready to go. I would love to read more about how they pulled this off and what they did internally with physical work or planning to make this as efficient as possible. I am interested in how audio works internationally and what changes based on different regulations, technologies, standards exist. I have some ideas that I would live abroad at some point in my life so learning about how other countries operate with installation and audio work is important for me to understand and learn more about.
Having lived in China for a brief moment of my life, I can attest firsthand to the insanely intense level that they put on productions. Often using millions of flashing lights and blaring audio systems, I think this all boils down to a cultural difference. While the treatment of traditional plays and works are more in line with the production of art forms to simply be shared with the public, newer spectacles focus more on the bling blang. This is different from the U.S. as they fall somewhere in the middle of the production of traditional Chinese works and the modern showcases. With that being said, I am excited to see how this new sound system is going to be implemented, because it sounds like it is quite revolutionary. Oftentimes, at least for the concerts I have been to, if you sit in the back then it is a little harder to hear and there is a lot of echo – something that is bound to happen in a bowl-shaped arena with metal everywhere. I am excited for this new benchmark for larger event acoustics.
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