Newly-Designed Sound System Updates Girl Scout-Owned Corporate Retreat
BUENA PARK, Calif. — Set among 405 wooded acres in the heart of Westchester County, New York, the Edith Macy Conference Center is a place to enjoy nature and have a productive meeting at the same time. Owned by the Girl Scouts of the USA, and just 45 minutes from New York City in the town of Briarcliff Manor, the facility has served as a learning center for Girl Scout volunteers and staff members since 1926. Its six corporate conference rooms, a 185–seat auditorium, and rustic lodges are open to both nonprofits and for-profits for training events and executive corporate retreats.
The Edith Macy Conference Center, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Boulevard Production Specialists Inc. designed and installed updated sound and video systems for the Center's 185-seat auditorium, dining area, and common area.
Systems contractor and design/installation firm, Boulevard Production Specialists Inc. (Oradell, N.J.) recently upgraded the 185-seat Peter F. Drucker Auditorium's video systems so that control of LCD projection, DVD, and PowerPoint could be handled directly from the auditorium podium instead of from the control room located at the rear of the room. And, in December of 2005, Boulevard completed an audio system upgrade for the auditorium and the Center's common and dining areas.
System design for the auditorium was based around four Yamaha Installation loudspeakers and a Yamaha 01V96 digital mixing console, driven by QSC CX power amps. An Ashly Protea 4-channel EQ and system manager completes the system. "The Yamaha console is exactly what I was looking for," says the Center's Supervisor for Conferences and A/V, Carlos Oliveras. "We have five pre-set scenes for various setups in the auditorium that we can recall at anytime. It's very easy to use, and the sound is great."
Yamaha Installation Series detail
"The first five rows of seating are tables, each with a microphone," says Boulevard Production principal, James Cioffi. "We installed new microphones and a Shure SCM810 auto mixer for each of the tables. But the Yamaha 01V96 was the key to the new system. That brought the Center from 1985 technology to 2006 in one move."
Each area is a separate zone and covered by four wall-mounted Yamaha IF2205 (two for each area), powered by a QSC CX302 amp with a Yamaha Q2031 stereo graphic EQ. The equipment rack for this subsystem is located inside the auditorium, adjacent to the common area. Music feed is via satellite, and a lav or hand-held mic is available to speakers in either zone, with automatic music ducking.
