Turbosound installations

Heaven, London

Venue: Heaven
Location: London, UK
Venue-type: Nightclub
Loudspeaker system:
Main Room18 x Floodlight TFL-760Hs, 19 x TSW-718 bass enclosures
TFM-300 and TFM-330 monitors, 2 x TMS-2, 2 x TMS-5
Star Bar 8 x Floodlight TFL-760H, 2 TSW-124, plus Impact 80s
The Sound Shaft 4 x TFL-760H, 4 x TSW-718, pre-existing TXD-580s
TXD-530s and TXD-518
Dakota Bar TMS-2s, TSE-215s and Impact 121s
Throughout Impact 80s and Impact 50s

London club Heaven has undergone a complete audio refit throughout the building. The contract was worth in the region of £150,000 of Turbosound equipment to Jon Trotter's London-based Electracoustic, who have enjoyed a long association with servicing the club's requirements. The club was originally fitted with a TMS system in the late '80's.

This time around Jon returned to the successful Turbosound formula, skillfully reworking some of the old componentry into a vibrant new design based around skeleton Floodlights.The aim was to provide consistency and uniformity throughout, with dedicated live and disco systems in the main room.

Three Floodlight systems have been commissioned. In the main dance area Electracoustic have sited 18 skeleton Floodlights (TFL-760Hs) and 14 TSW-718s, while a further five existing TSW-124s (1 x 24") provide sub-bass. These are arranged into six clusters of various sizes (four-cluster Floodlights either side of the stage, three-box clusters further back in the centre and the remaining two clusters set either side at the rear).

The bass speakers are set under the stage - sitting in concrete bunkers which are floated on an acoustic membrane to control sound emission to the rear. Other Turbosound enclosures can be found on the stage itself - where TFM-300 and TFM-330 floor monitors are in use, while DJ reference monitors are provided in the form of a pair each of TMS-2s and TMS-5s.

The main sound system is tuned and configured differently for live and disco modes. When the system converts from disco to live reinforcement, the full stage PA is activated while the centre clusters then rotate to provide a delay (of around 45ms) and the speakers at the rear are disabled entirely.

"In other words," says Jon, "we create an enveloping soundfield for disco while in live mode there is a conventional sound source coming from the stage." Judicious system management comes via the six XTA DP226 six-way digital controllers, one assigned to each speaker stack, which provide the facility for built-in delays. The DP226 is MIDI and RS-232 addressable and allows different EQ and delay settings to be stored for disco and live use.

Turbosound and Electracoustic have completely refurbished some of the club's original enclosures.

	Heaven, London

	Venue: Heaven Location: London, UK Venue-type: Nightclub Loudspeaker system: Main Room18 x Floodlight TFL-760Hs, 19 x TSW-718 bass enclosures TFM-300 and TFM-330 monitors, 2 x TMS-2, 2 x TMS-5 Star Bar 8 x Floodlight TFL-760H, 2 TSW-124, plus Impact 80s The Sound Shaft 4 x TFL-760H, 4 x TSW-718, pre-existing TXD-580s TXD-530s and TXD-518 Dakota Bar TMS-2s, TSE-215s and Impact 121s Throughout Impact 80s and Impact 50s

	London club Heaven has undergone a complete audio refit throughout the building. The contract was worth in the region of £150,000 of Turbosound equipment to Jon Trotter's London-based Electracoustic, who have enjoyed a long association with servicing the club's requirements. The club was originally fitted with a TMS system in the late '80's. This time around Jon returned to the successful Turbosound formula, skillfully reworking some of the old componentry into a vibrant new design based around skeleton Floodlights.The aim was to provide consistency and uniformity throughout, with dedicated live and disco systems in the main room. Three Floodlight systems have been commissioned. In the main dance area Electracoustic have sited 18 skeleton Floodlights (TFL-760Hs) and 14 TSW-718s, while a further five existing TSW-124s (1 x 24") provide sub-bass. These are arranged into six clusters of various sizes (four-cluster Floodlights either side of the stage, three-box clusters further back in the centre and the remaining two clusters set either side at the rear). The bass speakers are set under the stage - sitting in concrete bunkers which are floated on an acoustic membrane to control sound emission to the rear. Other Turbosound enclosures can be found on the stage itself - where TFM-300 and TFM-330 floor monitors are in use, while DJ reference monitors are provided in the form of a pair each of TMS-2s and TMS-5s. The main sound system is tuned and configured differently for live and disco modes. When the system converts from disco to live reinforcement, the full stage PA is activated while the centre clusters then rotate to provide a delay (of around 45ms) and the speakers at the rear are disabled entirely. "In other words," says Jon, "we create an enveloping soundfield for disco while in live mode there is a conventional sound source coming from the stage." Judicious system management comes via the six XTA DP226 six-way digital controllers, one assigned to each speaker stack, which provide the facility for built-in delays. The DP226 is MIDI and RS-232 addressable and allows different EQ and delay settings to be stored for disco and live use. Turbosound and Electracoustic have completely refurbished some of the club's original enclosures.