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Integration firm Horizon AVL recently implemented Yamaha UC CS-700 video sound bars and YVC-1000 microphone and speaker systems at University of Virginia's Biocomplexity Institute.

Yamaha UC Conferencing Equipment Deployed At University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute

Integration firm Horizon AVL opts for CS-700 video sound bars and YVC-1000 microphone and speaker systems for a range of lectures, meetings, and research presentations at the facility.

Yamaha Unified Communications equipment was recently implemented at the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute — a research organization specializing in bioinformatics, computational biology, and systems biology in Charlottesville — for lectures, meetings, and research presentations, including COVID-19 analysis.

After experiencing a range audio and control system integration challenges with previous conferencing equipment, integration firm Horizon AVL elected to opt for Yamaha CS-700 video sound bars and YVC-1000 microphone and speaker systems. “Audio sets the tone for remote collaboration. If those on the far end can’t hear you or if the product is hard to use, it’s really challenging to create a high-caliber experience for anyone,” says Michael Fitch, vice president of sales and marketing at Yamaha UC. “The installation at the Biocomplexity Institute is a great example of how organizations can deliver better, more productive meetings and classes with easy-to-use conferencing tools built for intelligible, natural conversation.”

For the huddle rooms, the CS-700 resolved the poor audio issues that the Biocomplexity Institute experienced as well as the lack of interoperability with the Crestron control systems installed in the rooms. The Zoom-certified sound bar combines an adaptive beamforming microphone array to capture conversation joined by four Yamaha speaker elements to provide high intelligibilit and a wide-angle HD camera that captures participants and the room in detail for students and other participants on the far end.

The CS-700 has an open API for integration with Crestron and other commercial-grade room controllers. Users can control CS-700’s control volume, mute, and camera’s zoom, pan, tilt, and input functions directly from the control system and staff can quickly launch Zoom in seconds with all the controls they need within reach.

Inside the institute’s medium and large conference rooms, Horizon AVL installed Yamaha YVC-1000 microphone and speaker systems integrated with Huddly cameras. The Zoom-certified Yamaha YVC-1000 is designed for both remote learning and conference calls, incorporating separate intelligent microphones and a full-range speaker unit that can be placed close to a display for more naturally blended audio and video to enable improved far-end comprehension. Yamaha’s adaptive echo cancellation and human voice activity detection (HVAD) sound processing technologies developed over the years are designed to minimize background noise.

Because the YVC-1000 allows for up to five microphones to be daisy-chained, it’s suited to pick up the audio around the room. The number of mics used in the room and where they are laid out can be tailored for more optimized audio coverage suited to the room size and shape. Yamaha’s automatic auto-tuning is designed to measure and analyze the room environment and adjusts acoustic settings to an optimal level while automatic system warnings help ensure microphones are placed for the best pickup. Like the huddle rooms, staff can control the YVC-1000’s functions right from the touch panel alongside the other devices in the room.

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