The new Formula 1 season is in full swing with Red Bull coming back to defend their three time win with wunderkind Sebastian Vettel.
For all of the races around Europe this year, The Red Bull – Renault team – will use their three floor Energy Station to host and entertain the staff and visitors of the team.
The audio in the Energy Zone is made up of six individually adjustable living areas with the power and processing coming from sixteen channels of Powersoft M28Q DSP+ETH amplifiers powering custom versions of the Martin Audio AQ5 and AQ6 speakers.
The Four-channel M28Q DSP+ETH amplifiers provide 700 W at 4 ohms from each of four channels.
The DSP+ETH units are equipped with Powersoft’s Armonía Pro Audio Suite software which provides control and monitoring as well as preset management, uploading over the network, various crossover filter types (including IIR and FIR), and separate input and output EQs with a wide variety of filters.
Austrian distributor, Technik Design, was responsible for the design and installation of the system.
“The specifications that Red Bull gave us was for a system that was both compact and powerful,” explains Klaus Tuefel from Technik Design. “With the same areas being used for both parties and press conferences, they needed power and definition but in the smallest possible space.
“Powersoft was the natural choice, coupling quality, reliability and high power density. The result is a complete system – featuring amplification, processing, zone control, various audio sources and a multichannel radio mic system in a rack that would otherwise be taken up by the amps alone.
“With the integrated DSP on the Powersoft M Series amps, we have been able to perfectly tune every single zone of the installation – from the Martin Audio speakers to the dedicated press speakers used for direct transmission to voice recorders.”
