‘Luz Cuenca’ Immerse visitors in a sensory experience with KV2 audio

The sound system of the San Miguel church is made up of twelve active speakers 2 ways KV2 EX26, distributed along the walls of the nave, while two others reinforce the upper gallery level. Bass boost is provided by 10 subwoofers EX1.5.

The old one temple of San Miguel, located in the city of Cuenca, in the mountains of central-eastern Spain, provides a backdrop for 'Light Cuenca’, a immersive sensory experience that provides an artistic expression of the cultural wealth of the city.

Based on the history of the city, closely linked to art (and especially the abstract), ‘Luz Cuenca’ is a multimedia exhibit that combines techniques of artistic lighting and a dramatic orchestral soundtrack with 2D and 3D projections.

The specialists in digital immersive experiences Ibercover Studio have been responsible for the production and content design of this project. They turned to leading experts from Fly OFF to design and supply a high quality sound system for the project, based on KV2 equipment.

“Ibercover Studio asked us to design a surround audio system, robust and high-quality as a key element of the overall immersive experience that combines sound, light and mapping. The main objective was to reproduce sound in space efficiently and uniformly at low volume.. The sound pressure levels required were not particularly high, since the acoustics of the church play an important role in the environment, giving more importance to quality than pressure. We chose KV2 systems because they are exceptional at delivering high-quality sound, detailed and transparent at low sound pressure levels, And that's not easy to do.", explains Jesus Cata, Fluge audiovisual project engineer.

Designed by sound engineer Poti Martín, The system consists of twelve systems active speakers 2 EX26 tracks distributed evenly along the walls of the ship. With its 100 horn×100 degrees, Provides broad, even coverage, optimal vocal intelligibility and high-quality music reproduction. Two more EX26s reinforce the upper gallery level. Bass boost is provided by eight subwoofers EX1.5 distributed in pairs on both sides of the altar, plus a couple more to the left and right a little further down the nave.

Due to the immersive nature of the room, each speaker receives independent audio signals that are sent via Dante, track by track, from the video playback system Dataton Watchout 6 and then processed and distributed to the speakers using matrices DSP of NST Audio. Finally, Custom white enclosures were designed for all speakers to minimize any interference with video mapping.

“The synergy between the EX26 and the EX1.5 compact subwoofer for the reproduction of the entire sound spectrum in a completely flat way, no drops in any frequency, It is unique”, comments Catá. “You can hear absolutely every detail of the music exactly as it is meant to sound.”, even at low SPL. However, This does not mean that it cannot reproduce higher sound pressure levels with the same success.; in fact, in addition to Luz Cuenca, “The system will be used for many other events with more demanding level requirements and we know it will sound just as good.”.