The Future Art Lab (FAL) at the University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna, a multi-story complex representing the school’s latest commitment to advanced studies in musical composition, performance and recording, has multiple spaces that are equipped with Audinate Dante networking under the control of Dante Domain Manager.
When designing the building, school staff contracted with system designer WSDG (Walters Storyk Design Group) and integrator TSAMM to implement the acoustic vision for FAL. The design team was tasked with creating an interior acoustics and system design package for the entire complex that could accommodate both analog and digital workflows, network integration, and Dolby Atmos in some areas, as well as be configurable for a variety of multimedia production applications and educational needs. The range of room profiles include multiple recording studios, live rooms, sound design labs, and a theater for screening film and video projects.
“FAL was a momentous undertaking for the university,” says Dirk Noy, director, WSDG. “Each room had a challenging list of audio requirements, and the overarching need for each room to be interconnected to other spaces made the design very challenging indeed. Luckily, we could turn to Dante to help manage all the audio.”
Audinate states that FAL has one of the largest audio networks ever installed in a recording studio complex. All 12 control rooms, seven recording studios, the Arthouse Cinema, and virtually every other room on the university campus are interlinked via numerous audio channels. Several separate Dante Networks are managed by Dante Domain Manager according to the students’ schedules and lectures, allowing live performances to take place simultaneously with student activities without concern for compromising the audio network.
“Dante and Dante Domain Manager were crucial to the success of FAL,” says Mario Reithofer, director at TSAMM. “We integrated a multitude of devices in the building from many leading audio manufacturers to create a reliable and functioning system, and the only reasonable way we could accomplish the integration was with Dante. And Dante Domain Manager made managing the various Dante networks easy.”
