TEATRE AKADÈMIA Barcelona, Spain

IN BRIEF

Amate Audio System Provides New Production Possibilities to Barcelona’s Teatre Akadèmia

As part of a complete infrastructural renovation encompassing new audio, video and lighting systems, Amate Audio was chosen to supply the loudspeakers, amplifiers and processors for a new audio installation at Barcelona’s Teatre Akadèmia. Sound designer, Roc Mateu and Amate Audio’s Industrial Designer, Guiu Llusá effectively specified two different loudspeaker installations, operating together within a matrix sound design but with different applications – a FOH dialogue PA and a wider ‘boundary system’ of smaller cabinets around the perimeter of the auditorium. Amate Audio’s Nítid N12P 12” two-way systems were selected for the dialogue installation, with Nítid S6P equipping the surround circuit. Six N12Ps are used for FOH loudspeakers, while the surround system comprises 12 S6Ps, three N18WP subs, and four S6Ps. “The objective role of sound design in this scheme was to evolve it from mere amplification to a dynamic, illusionary creative tool,” Mateu said. “With loudspeaker systems of this level of performance and compact form, it was possible to achieve, within a small studio theatre, a level of sound design more expected of a major commercial production.”

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