The new 2,500-seat Veronica auditorium at Patna Women’s College in India (Patna, Bihar) is equipped with a sound reinforcement system headed by dual Allen & Heath Avantis mixers in a project headed by Punjab-based integration firm SOUNDXPERTS.
The auditorium’s large stage can accommodate more than 350 performers, making it well-suited for live performances of bands, cultural programs, plays, and school programs. The facility can also be used for video conferencing, which is why four cameras and 14 display screens have been installed in various zones that include the green room, VIP room, control room, and main hall.
One Avantis mixer is posted at front of house while the other is serving as a monitor console on the stage. In addition, an Allen & Heath AHM-32 audio matrix processor, integrated via an S-Link card connected to a DX168 and DX012 expander, controls the main PA and all surrounds, and offers a preset recall feature from the front panel that can change the auditorium from a live venue to a cinema.
SOUNDXPERTS, able to deliver the project within the stipulated time frame, worked closely with Sun Infonet, purchasing and installing recommended products from audio brands such as Shure, Audio Focus and Quest Engineering in addition to Allen & Heath.
According to Kallol Nath, senior application engineer at Sun Infonet, “Allen & Heath’s AHM is an audio matrix processor that is perfectly suited for installs with multiple sources and zones. The range of I/O expanders that can be used with AHM really expands the horizon and it can easily take full control of an entire system with surrounds, green rooms, control room and so on. It is the perfect marriage of flexibility and power.
“Avantis handles the FOH and monitor mixes for the acts performing at the venue,” he continues. “Equipped with a gigaACE card and a DX Hub, Avantis controls the stage as well as the control room and multiple inputs coming from the Shure wireless microphones, and also provides enough inputs and outputs for any other required jobs that may need to be done.”
