Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi's newly-built Heritage Theatre boasts, as well as breathtaking décor, a state-of-the-art audio infrastructure that will allow it to be monitored from several thousand miles away in the United Kingdom, using QSC's QSControl.net technology. Perched atop a hill overlooking the Persian Gulf, the 550-seat theatre was designed as a multi-purpose venue, hosting historical and folkloric events, lectures, and conventions, as well as doubling as a cinema with surround sound. UK-based audio company LSI Projects specified QSC amplification and processing and performed the full system integration, including sound, video, lighting, engineering and project management, for Abu Dhabi's Ministry of Heritage.

QSC PowerLight PL4.0, PL236 and PL218 amplifiers drive the main PA, and are fitted with DSP-4 signal processing modules, which add high-powered digital signal processing without extra rack space. The system is remotely controlled and monitored via QSC's CM16a Amplifier Network Monitors, part of the QSControl.net platform, each of which provides 16 channels of audio level control, monitoring and system management, operated remotely via QSC's proprietary application software, Venue Manager, on a Windows-based PC.

PLX-1604 amps drive the monitoring system, supplemented by DCA-2422 digital cinema amplifiers for movie exhibition. Set-up changes, powering options and diagnostic routines are all carried out remotely from LSI's headquarters in southern England. The company's UK distributor, Shure Distribution UK, provided all the QSC equipment.

(Lee Baldock)


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