Powersoft Unica fills the Amsterdam RAI with sound and efficiency

As part of the technological renovation of this exhibition center in the Netherlands, a new audio amplification system has been installed, based on the Unica cloud platform Powersoft, which provides greater sound quality and efficiency, with lower energy consumption and operating costs.

The local integrator Van Brienen AV has installed eight systems Powersoft Unica in it Amsterdam RAI. This cloud-based amplification platform has transformed the audio system, now of higher quality, reliability and efficiency, of this exhibition venue, conferences and events in the capital of Holland.

As the former main venue of the fair Integrated Systems Europe (WHEREAS), and now of IBC, This venue has brought together professionals from the audiovisual and systems integration industry for more than a decade. Con 123 years of history, This international meeting center has inspired industry professionals, and so it continues to do, organizing and facilitating conferences and exhibitions.

With this successful track record and to maintain its reputation, the enclosure has renewed your audio system to offer the best sound quality to your visitors. For this reason, has replaced his old amplifiers, already deteriorated and causing operational failures in the facility's line array system.

El integror local Van Brienen AV, led by technician Mike Weijers, specified Powersoft's Unica amplifier platform for the project due to its performance, efficiency and reliability, in a compact form factor. One of the main challenges of the project was replace old system with minimal disruption.

“The existing configuration required two full racks of equipment, but Powersoft Unica condensed all the half rack configuration -Explica Jeroen van Brienen, propietario de Van Brienen AV-. This drastically reduced space without compromising power output”.

The new system consists of six four-channel amplifiers Unique 5K4 and two Unique 9K4, that power eight line array speakers Electro-Voice XLD281, ocho XLE181 and four X1i-212/90, dos subwoofers line array XSub-F and four Xi-1082.

These amplifiers, integrated with the software HarmonyPlus de Powersoft, allow the remote configuration, Real-time monitoring and DSP adjustment of the system, with preset settings, helping to optimize speaker performance without the need for external processing.

Thanks to this and the network monitoring capabilities of this system, Amsterdam RAI technical team can monitor amplifier performance remotely.

This is what Van Brienen points out: “when installing Unica amplifiers, we no longer needed external processors, given that All signal management is carried out directly within the equipment itself. The system receives five outputs from the facility's control room, that are distributed through the red Dante to the eight Powersoft Unica installed, guaranteeing precise and interruption-free audio routing”.

Time has been another critical factor to carry out the installation. “They asked us if it was possible to modernize the audio system, and it takes us four weeks from initial request to delivery, despite the holiday period. The team made sure simplify the installation process, minimizing the inactivity of the premises”, assures this responsible.

A key element to achieve it, añade Van Brienen, were “the DSP capabilities of the Unica amplifiers, “which allowed our team to easily fine-tune the processing of the Electro-Voice line array loudspeakers.”.

The choice of Powersoft amplification technology has been clear from the beginning, “We trust them for this project without even considering alternative brands,” he emphasizes.. The company's reputation for delivering efficient and high quality solutions They made it the natural choice, for which we cooperate with Mennegat, your distributor in the Netherlands”.

Beyond the audio performance, Powersoft Unica also provides this enclosure with operational cost savings, with a lower energy consumption and more space thanks to its compact format.