Watchung Hills Regional High School, which serves some 2,000 students in central New Jersey, recently added a 1,000+ seat theater to its complex.
In addition to plays, concerts, and talent shows, the new theater also hosts less colorful, but important, regional school board meetings.
Greater New York’s Audio Incorporated provided all of the programming and tuning services for the sound system, which includes a SymNet 8×8 DSP capable of auto mixing four microphones and a computer input, a great fit for meetings and presentations.
A left-right pair of QSC WideLine-8 line arrays deliver audio content to the room, with four QSC WL212 flown subwoofers and two QSC MD-SP218 ground subwoofers filling in the bottom end and QSC PL-series amplifiers providing power.
The forty-eight channel Yamaha M7CL 48 digital console provides complete and comprehensive control of complex productions, for which sixteen wireless microphone channels are available.
The SymNet 8×8 DSP, combined with a SymNet Break-In 12 for twelve additional inputs, provides the heart and sould of the system. A SymNet ARC-SWK and ARC-SW4 allow the school AV techs to place the system into different modes and control overall output volume, allowing manual “Show” mode for a fully human-engineered mix and “Automix” for meetings and presentations.
Watchung’s new theater adds support and inspiration for the many students and departments that have already put it to very good use, thanks in large part to SymNet’s DSP.
