Steve Shull, a principal with the consulting firm and the manager of the project, explains the primary goals for the 56,000-seat Dodger Stadium: "In addition to enhancing the audio for Southern California fixtures Nancy Bea on the organ and Mike Carlluci the (PA) announcer, the Dodgers wanted to improve the auditory experience for their fans in conjunction with expanded use of a production control room, video, player interviews and other components which all helped shape our decisions."

A central cluster behind center field supplies all primary coverage at Dodger Stadium.

Primary focus was replacement of the outdated cluster, residing beyond center field, with an EAW KF900-based full-range system. This primary cluster, solely responsible for all speech and music programming, is enhanced by two lines of Meyer Sound MSL-4 powered, full-range loudspeakers mounted beneath scoreboard and video board structures behind the left and right field bleachers.

"The left and right field effects clusters are primarily intended to allow ping pong and panning of sound effects or organ music across the stadium and the sensory redirect experience so its not all coming from the center cluster," Shull says. Capable of accurate reproduction down to 30Hz, the system utilizes EAW processors, QSC amplifiers with QSControl and Peavey MediaMatrix for primary DSP and signal routing.

Specifically, the KF900 cluster is comprised of 30 loudspeakers total, a mix of specialized modules designed to work with the company’s proprietary processing to attain maximized coverage to every zone, with exceptional point-source array characteristics.

The EAW central cluster in the foreground, and a line of Meyer loudspeakers for effects beneath the scoreboard.

Closer look at MSL-4’s for effects mounted beneath the scoreboard beyond right field.

The system installation was directed by Pro Sound President Larry Spurgeon and System Engineer Scott Marcellus, with tuning assistance by EAW’s David Gunness. According to Spurgeon and Marcellus, Gunness used data from AutoCAD drawings to formulate specific processing parameters offsite, with tailoring then done on-site by the install team and Gunness.