Bose Profesional technology provides sound to the new Humanitas Theater in Mexico

GeneSist has integrated the ShowMatch DeltaQ system and a distributed audio solution from this manufacturer for the different artistic shows and educational events that are presented on its stage.

Founded in 1979, the Humanitas University It has eleven campuses in Mexico, the newest of them is Presa Madín, which opened last year in Atizapán de Zaragoza, very close to Mexico City, and now has a functional theater, the first from this university.

To ensure that all works, shows, conferences and cultural activities presented in the new Theater of Humanity have all the technical facilities, the mexican specialist GeneSist has designed a comprehensive audio solution, video, theatrical lighting and clothing.

With capacity for 512 personas, The Humanitas Theater has a stage of professional dimensions, rehearsal and warm-up areas, dressing rooms, control cabin and a huge lobby. Being designed as a multifunctional space, A versatile technological infrastructure was required to respond to the needs of any production..

"Theater, danza, opera, classical and popular concerts; oratory, congresses, academic and even corporate presentations,…everything fits in the Humanitas Theater”, explains María Guadalupe Lima, coordinator of the same.

For this reason, the sound system had to respond to this versatility of events with a quality solution, performance, intelligibility and ease of use. “Since the theater was just a project in plans, GeneSist got involved to advise on different technological solutions, isoptics and theatrical mechanics, and finally we take care of all the technological integration”, remember Fidel Molina, operations and project manager of this company.

GeneSist chose the technology of Bose Professional for all audio solution. “To provide sound in the theater room, We decided to use a ShowMatch DeltaQ line array speaker system. We worked with the plans and data to generate a predictive model through Bose Modeler software and ensure that our proposal would sound exactly as we wanted.”, Molina adds..

The Humanitas Theater hall has a great height and is rectangular in shape, and the stage is located on one of the baselines, that is to say, on the longest face. These features were a challenge for GeneSist to achieve full coverage, no “sound holes”.

To solve it, a solution was designed with a ShowMatch linear array., Consisting of four modules and a subwoofer per side, plus a RoomMatch Utility speaker for sound reinforcement in the center.

“The ShowMatch system was ideal due to its wide horizontal coverage and, although the room is very high, Its modules offer various angles of coverage - points out the head of GeneSist -. With an appropriate design we reach every last seat with impeccable fidelity and sound pressure level.”.

Four PowerMatch PM8500 amplifiers provide the power needed to power the ShowMatch DeltaQ system, while ControlSpace ESP-880 ensures the quality of signal processing. The ShowMatch system is made up of four modules per side (two SM5, one SM10 and another SM20), dos subwoofers SMS118 (one for each side), and a RoomMatch Utility RMU208 speaker at the center of the stage.

This application is a good example of the performance of DeltaQ technology, because the sound is directed more precisely to the audience, while interchangeable waveguides in each module,allow coverage to vary, and even create asymmetrical patterns, The result is high sound quality and optimal vocal clarity for every seat in the room..

In addition to the room's sound system, GeneSist installed a speaker system to cover the lobby and dressing room area, and inform both the public and the artists waiting in the dressing room area about the start of the show, play background music or locate someone. The sound has been distributed in two zones with sixteen FreeSpace DS 40SE units, controlled by a FreeSpace DXA2120 digital amplifier and mixer.

As María Guadalupe Lima points out, The sound result is the result of comprehensive and very professional work with GeneSist and Bose, “It's really surprising about the sound of theater. The companies that come to present their works receive professional technical treatment, with a sound that only large auditoriums have and we are very happy”.