Leuven City Council chooses d technology&b Audiotechnik for your sound system

An old building from the 15th century, the Belgian Town Hall of Leuven, has installed a broadcasting structure that uses the Radio network 2. d&b Audiotechnik has been the company responsible for installing the PA system.

Leuven Town Hall (Belgium) choose d technologies&b Audiotechnik for the launch of its Radiohuis project, a complete broadcasting structure used by the Radio station 2 for their emissions. This Belgian town hall is a historic building from the mid-15th century that has become the headquarters of Radio studios 2, public radio and television company's network in dutch.

An unusual place to carry out this project but one that Frank Geerts, Director of Sales for Theaters and Professional Audio of Amptec explains, “VRT, the Flemish radio and television company, decided a few years ago to create a complete broadcasting structure in the Leuven City Hall, which they called Radiohuis and which uses, mainly, Radio 2, station in the province of Flemish Brabant and Brussels. It also has editing rooms, conference and the so-called R-Café. The latter is a space designed for live broadcasts, events and concerts in which the public can see the work of the VRT radio stations, which include Radio 2, Klara and MNM”. And it is in the latter where a PA audio system has been installed. d&b Audiotechnik.

The original configuration combined Ci7-TOP speakers, E15X-SUBs y E12s, but given the dimensions of the rooms and the public it hosts, that can reach a hundred, It was decided to expand the project. In this way, The initial infrastructure was expanded with some additional xS Series speakers, the 5S and the 4S. The objective was to avoid feedback during live broadcasts and overcome the problems that mobile stages and fixed obstacles in the room could present., like columns and a staircase. Besides, uniform coverage is guaranteed at all points.

The entire system is powered by D6 amplifiers.&b mounted on a central rack. Sound engineers have the option to control the entire setup over Wi-Fi using d's Remote Control R1 software.&b Audiotechnik.

Since its inauguration, R-Café has often been used for live Radio broadcasts 2 and concerts and auditions of the most popular local artists have also been held, allowing public attendance.