There are many nightclubs which are limited in terms of available space, and so zoning audio can be a problem in terms of where a club owner might want to have different areas and the lack of physical barriers between them.
One such venue is Globe, located on the top floor of a Milan department store. Despite the fact that the site is effectively a single, open-plan space, the use of a Yamaha DME24N digital mix engine at the heart of a sophisticated audio distribution system to divide Globe venue into no fewer than eight zones, has meant that the open plan doesn’t restrict the club’s functionality at all.
Globe is open from 10am until 2am and offers everything from corporate conference facilities to restaurant catering and private parties. “There’s always been a demand for this kind of multifunctionality,” says installer Stefano Papetti of Audioprogetti.
“But it’s only now that the technical solution has become affordable to the majority of end customers.”
The creation of outdoor balcony areas - an increasingly popular choice among venue owners in countries which have banned indoor smoking in enclosed public places - has given more options to operator and installer alike but, even so, Globe’s versatility would not be possible without the Yamaha DME.
