Encompassing most of the greater New Orleans suburbs, the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court recently underwent an extensive renovation of its audiovisual facilities.
Among the enhancements to the court’s AV infrastructure, the facility is now equipped with sixteen DM1624 Digital Automatic Matrix Mixers from Lectrosonics.
Crescent Multimedia Solutions from Metairie, Louisiana completed the audiovisual overhaul.
“There were two primary considerations that influenced our decision to deploy the Lectrosonics DM Series processors,” said Cory Ancar, President and CEO of Crescent Multimedia Solutions and Systems Designer/Project Manager.
“First, we needed an audio mixing system that could operate effectively in an unattended environment and, for this; the Lectrosonics DM processors are an ideal match.”
“As there are no AV technicians on site at the court, this was a crucial consideration. Secondly, the ability to seamlessly interface the audio mixing system with the control system that would manage the entire setup was essential.”
As the plan called for a Crestron control system in each of the 16 courtrooms, the DM1624’s ability to interface with and be governed by the Crestron controller made it the right tool for the job.”
In each of the sixteen courtrooms, the Lectrosonics DM1624 processor takes input from the various devices. Three laptop computer interfaces as well as DVD/VCR combo decks at the podium inputs are routed into the DM processor’s auto mixer for easy integration with the house A/V system.
Each DM processor provides feed to a separate audio recording system for courtroom documentation.
Ancar was impressed with the DM1624’s configuration capabilities, including Crestron compatibility. “We configured the DM processors with Lectrosonics’ LecNet2 software,” said Ancar.
“This software enables us to address automixing, mix-minus auto zoning, teleconferencing, and other setups easily and effectively. This way, each room’s configuration gets saved not only to the individual processor, but to the computer as well—so each division has its own file that we save individually.”
“The DM communicates with the Crestron system via RS-232, so the end user really has no interaction with the DM processor itself, and this minimizes the chances for something to be inadvertently changed.”
“Every aspect of the overall AV system’s capabilities is accessed through the Crestron and, as a result, there’s one consistent interface for the entire AV system.”