Audio Installation and how to Differentiate it from Acoustic Design
What is an Audio Installation?
Whenever you attend a venue, a temporary concert, or even a stadium, it is sound installations that have been perfectly designed to make sure that audiences achieve as clear an audio experience as possible.
Audio installations may seem as easy as renting a couple of DAS line array systems from Audio Production Hire and hanging them from the ceiling or rigging setup of the venue, but they must be considered dearly with the size of the venue, the space, the walls, and even the amount of audience members there affecting the acoustics. This process of arranging the speaker systems in a venue is known as acoustic design (link here) - and it goes hand in hand with audio installation.
Where acoustic design is the process of evaluating and surveying a venue’s specifications to understand what sound systems are most appropriate for the production, audio installation focusses on a team of professional sound install specialists. While many sound systems are auto-install and designed for easy home use, audio installation specialists are trained practical staff who fix in larger sound systems in acoustically challenged venues whilst working closely with the acoustic design professionals to obtain the clearest audio.
If we take Audio Production Hire’s team as an example: the acoustic designer’s will first survey the venue to relay onto the audio installation team the specific sound equipment needed and where to station the systems.
What is the Process of Audio Installation?
Much like in the foundation stage of building a home, the audio installation lays the bedding of the audio experience of a venue, it is then up to the acts and the sound engineer to form the experience for audiences. Also much like building a home, audio installers are practical forces.
Where most venue designers might believe that audio installations are able to be put up with ease, venues like to make acoustic design particularly difficult by hanging speaker systems from ceilings or hiding them discreetly.
Audio Production Hire’s management team have been dealing with audio installations for over twenty years: our sound design knowledge is embedded within the very philosophy of the company. This is why APH knows how to handle any audio installation with care and professionality.
But what are the first steps of installing an audio system into a venue, concert, or temporary event?
Firstly, as we mentioned before, acoustic designed survey and assess the venue specifications to get an understanding of what audio installation is the most fitting.
The acoustic designers are looking for venue size, capacity, material of surroundings (i.e. walling and flooring), and audio installation space.
This information is then mapped out into a physical sound sheet of the venue and the acoustic designers begin focussing on where the speakers should be fit to eliminate sound bounce and create as clear an audio experience as possible.
Once the map is drawn and finalised, it is then up to the audio installation experts to decide whether they will be using line array systems, ground stack speakers, or any other sound system for the venue.
The final stage of audio installation is, as you might have guessed, the installing of the noise systems in the venue. Heavy and expensive speakers are versatile, but they require audio installation specialists to fix the systems - hence where Audio Production Hire production hire services (link here) team come in handy
How can Audio Production Hire help you with audio installations?
If you are a venue owner or looking to put on your own event, be it inside or outside, do not leave the audio installations to yourself. You do not want to be dropping your new line array system and having to fork out for another one. Leave the risk and the heavy lifting with Audio Production Hire’s audio installation professionals.
We can assess your venue, make sure that you are investing in the correct equipment or hiring the perfect soundsystem from APH for your event, festival, or even conference. You can then just sit back and wait for the music as our staff carefully implement your new speakers.
As one of the only companies in the UK that are licensed to rent out and distribute DASaim technology, you can be safe in the knowledge that Audio Production Hire will take care of your audio installation.
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Are you facing audio installation issues and need professional assistance? Get in touch with us today to see how Audio Production Hire can help you comply with your audio installation requirements.
