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- Marquee Audio installs
Turbosound Aspect system in
venue's main room, with TQ/TXD
loudspeakers in Carling
Academy 2
The Academy Music Group
has opened the doors to its
new venue, the £4 million
Carling Academy Newcastle.
Headlining the opening night
were The Futureheads,
supported by two other bands
from NE England - Field Music
and Kubichek!. Among the first
UK live music venues to
feature a Turbosound Aspect
system, the Carling Academy
Newcastle represents an
important addition to the UK
touring circuit. Originally
built as The New Westgate
picture house in 1927, the
impressive 2,000-capacity art
deco building joins the other
Academy venues in Brixton,
Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow,
Islington and Liverpool, as
well as West London's
Shepherd's Bush
Empire.
Marquee Audio's system
design for the new venue's
main room includes some 30
Aspect loudspeakers and
comprises four trapezoidal
Aspect TA-880H mid-high
enclosures flown 2 x 2 on
either side of the proscenium
arch, with a further 3 x
TA-880H ground-stacked on each
side of the stage. Handling
the bottom end are 6 x TA-890L
Touring Bass cabinets,
ground-stacked each side, plus
4 x TSW-218 double-18" subs.
Marquee Audio has also
installed four further TA-880H
mid-highs as dance-floor
fills, underpinned by 4 x
TA-880L cabinets, while 6 x
TQ-315 QLight™
loudspeakers handle balcony
and under-balcony delays.
The venue's secondary room,
the 400-capacity Carling
Academy 2 Newcastle, can take
feeds from the main venue or
operate as a stand-alone
facility. Marquee's system for
this room features
Turbosound's 4 x TQ-445
QLight™ cabinets with 4 x
TQ-425 subs, plus 4 x TXD-121
units and 2 x TXD-218
double-18" subs. The venue's
sound systems are being
controlled via 5 x Turbosound
LMS-D26 digital loudspeaker
management systems.
Academy Music Group's
Property & Development
Manager, Archie McIntosh,
commented:
"We invest heavily in PA
and lighting equipment at all
our venues and set high
production values, so that all
AMG sites can offer the same
high quality, in-house
production as standard - not
only to international touring
acts, but also to talent on
the way up looking for a high
class, professional
environment. We have worked
with Marquee Audio on several
installations, from the first
one in Birmingham in 2000,
through to the openings of
Academy venues in Glasgow,
Liverpool and Islington. This
Turbosound Aspect system for
Newcastle is a really exciting
development for us as a
group."
Marquee Audio's
incorporation of the
trapezoidal version of Aspect
in the system design for
Newcastle is underlining the
flexibility of this innovative
loudspeaker design. The
TA-880H has been designed
specifically for fixed
installations, using the
identical drivers and
Polyhorn™ technology as
the touring version - with the
same ultra high-efficiency and
sonic clarity - which has been
thoroughly proven across
numerous tours and festivals
throughout this year. The
Newcastle system design is
also showcasing Turbosound's
new double-18" subwoofer, the
TSW-218, which is setting a
new low-frequency benchmark in
terms of level, accuracy and
speed. Throughout the design
process, Dan Orton,
Turbosound's Applications
Engineer, provided Marquee
Audio with general advice and
design assistance, and also
provided the EASE modelling
data that helped determine the
system parameters.
Paul McMullan, Turbosound's
UK Sales Manager,
commented:
"With Aspect now thoroughly
well recognised as one of the
optimum loudspeaker solutions
for touring, it is very
satisfying to see it also
being deployed as a permanent
fixture in a live performance
environment, and particularly
at such a high profile venue.
Marquee Audio's system for the
Carling Academy Newcastle
emphasises the growing market
acceptance that Aspect is
enjoying, as well as its
suitability for the widest
range of venues. We are very
pleased to see Aspect being
used in such a
quality-conscious
environment."
The Carling Academy
Newcastle's second night
featured a set from Goldfrapp,
with The Kills, Rooster and
Happy Mondays scheduled for
upcoming dates at the new
venue.
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