When RaceTech audio systems engineer Robin Dibble undertook the sound system fit-out in the old Queens Stand at the famous Epsom Downs Racecourse eight years ago, he used BSS Audio’s then state-of-the-art Soundweb 9088 ‘Green’ boxes to construct his network.
But the world of digital audio networking moves even faster than the pack on Derby Day, and when Jockey Club Racecourses recently commissioned a £38m three-year development project, including the construction of the new 11,000 capacity Duchess Grandstand, he knew that with today’s technology he could adopt vastly more progressive system architecture.
Several generations on, Robin Dibble was able to specify five BSS Audio Soundweb BLU-160 DSPs — placed on the new fault-tolerant BLU-link 256-channel ring. Based on Gigabit Ethernet cabling, The BLU-link equipped Soundweb units are situated in a dedicated air-conditioned control room that houses four 48U racks.
In summary, he says, “The BLU’s have made a huge difference to the efficiency and have enabled us to deliver a very user-friendly system. BLU-Link offers greater digital capacity and all the processing simply floats in the middle of the BLU-link network.
“Fifteen years ago this would have required huge amounts of cable and external processors, patch leads and so on. Now everything is contained within the Soundweb Processors and with a great deal more flexibility.”
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