DFX has been providing and installing large flat panel displays with optical runners to accommodate extended HDMI distances, basic HDMI distribution amplification systems and an Exhibio digital signage server for multiple locations throughout the campus.
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Bowling Industry and the Great work from DFX : Sound Vision and US Bowling Corporation utilizing VersaLamp LED lighting effects
The project features a full 20-lane video MASQ system as well as sixteen 50″, eight 42″, and two 60″ televisions. Everything in-house works through a 4 TPS, 6 LB touch panel, so the entire bowling center, including projectors, sound system, and volume control, is commanded from a central location. DFX programmed and processed all of the controls into the user-friendly touch panel, so that the center managers could operate it with ease.
The entire installed system is fully automated through Crestron control, the leading provider of home, building, and campus control systems, with innovations in touch panel and touch screen remote control technologies. A Crestron system allows control over theater systems, video, media servers, lighting, climate, and audio, including amplifiers and speakers. Crestron also partners with Microsoft, Apple, Texas Instruments and other industry leaders, developing control solutions that work with familiar devices, such as the iPad and iPhone.
A black box theater, a concept which started in the 1960s, provides flexible staging techniques and allows the entire space to be adapted to the artistic elements of a production. The black box space provides the academy a versatile environment for their acting, voice & diction, movement, and musical theatre history, as well as for students’ professional and career development.
CCTS chose DFX to help design and implement the sound, lighting, and video systems in the theater. DFX incorporated some of the school’s existing sound equipment, such as powered speakers, wireless microphones, and a 24-channel mixing console, in order to keep the budget in line. These items were supplemented with digital processing, multiple input locations, and wireless intercom.
Through the use of LED technology (specifically Elation ELED Fresnels and LED Par Zooms), DFX was able to provide CCTS with a low energy and maintenance-free lighting solution. The lighting is controlled by the user-friendly Martin Light Jockey, a PC-based system through which students can manipulate the output.
The video system consists of a 6000 lumen projector and a 240″ diagonal projection screen. In addition to the impressive projection screen, another unique part of this Black Box Theatre is the use of black drape throughout the entire room. In addition to “blacking out” the room, the fabric acts as sound dampening material as well by absorbing echoes and reverberation, leading to a much more enjoyable listening experience. DFX also installed a 15’H x 25’W sharkstooth scrim to project onto for lighting and video effects.
Since CCTS is a technical school, their carpentry students assisted with the steel stud framing, drywall, moldings, setting floor tile and painting. Upon their completion in February 2011, DFX began the A/V installation process and completed it in a matter of just 2 weeks.
A wireless Crestron touch panel controls all aspects of the A/V system as well as other fixtures, such as the window shades. A rolling console desk allows our clients to keep it out of sight when it is not in use, and the multi-pin connector makes for simple plug and play.
The high-quality audio and video system ties into the rest of the building and into the main sanctuary. If the main sanctuary attendance overflows into Fellowship Hall, cameras in the main sanctuary are set to provide live video and audio feed into Fellowship Hall.
