{By: Keith Johnson}
An extensive article on the sound and lighting installation for the VIVA ELVIS theater has appeared in the latest issue of Sound and Communications magazine ( www.soundandcommunications.com ), a monthly magazine focused on the sound and digital signage contractor industry.
It can be viewed online here. Click on the article headline on the cover page to go directly to the article (which starts on page 34). It also can be printed as a PDF. (It’s a nice viewer if a bit complicated.)
The article includes a rundown of most of the technical equipment installed in the theater. Some items of note:
- The heart of the audio and control interface is a fiber-optic line that can hold up to 540 channels of input and has 776 outputs.
- 92 microphones are used to cover the drum and percussion sets alone!
- 143 different wireless frequencies are used throughout the theater.
- The Musical Director of the show is separated from the rest of the musicians and calls the show from offstage. He controls 32 tracks of additional playback audio through a keyboard at his station. He can also control the settings of the electric guitar pedals.
- During early runs of the show, guests in the first few rows complained of being drowned out by stage fog. The creators had to coordinate with the theaters environmental systems engineers to come up with a solution.
- The 8-panel LED “wall” (which can separate and move into sections as needed) is made up of more than three-quarters of a million LEDs. Surprisingly, the entire LED wall never gets warmer than 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
{ SOURCE: Sound and Communications Magazine }
