Les Salles du Carrousel reinforces its events with the sound of d&b audio

Además del arreglo en línea cardioide CCL de d&b audio, have invested in 10 CCL-SUB compact subwoofers, which are completely movable; 20 frontfills 44S y 10 altavoces E8. La zona del foyer se ha equipado con cinco altavoces de columna 24C, pintados en un color personalizado que emiten música de fondo, anuncios y refuerzo vocal.

Dentro del Palacio del Louvre, en el centro de París y solo a unos pasos de la plaza Vendôme, Les Salles du Carrousel es uno de los destinos más prestigiosos de la capital para asistir a eventos, y ha sido uno de los primeros recintos de Europa en instalar el nuevo sistema CCL de d&b audiotechnik.

Seleccionado por Magnum por su mezcla de potencia, precisión y elegancia arquitectónica, su control de la directividad y sus tecnologías cardioides, el sistema CCL de d&b ofrece una gran nitidez para cada tipo de evento en uno de los entornos más célebres del mundo.

Les Salles du Carrousel se sitúa debajo de la emblemática pirámide de vidrio del Louvre, en el centro de París, y ofrece 6.635 metros cuadrados de espacio modular interior para acoger eventos de todos los tipos y tamaños.

Viparis es la empresa gestora de este espacio y durante años ha contado con el asesoramiento experto de la empresa Magnum, proveedor audiovisual francés, para brindar soluciones audiovisuales que elevan el prestigio y la excelencia de los eventos que ofrece.

Cuando llegó el momento de renovar el sistema de audio, Magnum seleccionó el nuevo sistema CCL (of arreglo en línea cardioide compacto) of d&b audiotechnik to elevate the venue's audio quality and respect the sustainability criteria of viparis y Magnum.

“Although the previous system still worked well, “It was more than ten years old and was beginning to show signs of wear.”, explains Eduard Dubus, who is in charge of the technical team at Magnum. “We thought about replacing it with something more modern and unnoticed to cater for the wide variety of events that take place at Les Salles du Carrousel.. After much debate and several demonstrations, It became clear that the CCL system of d&b was exactly what we needed”.

Magnum equipped three spaces with the new CCL system: the Delorme and Le Nôtre rooms, with a capacity each of up to 2.500 spectators, and the Gabriel room, a smaller space located directly behind Delorme that can be opened to form a single larger room.

In those three spaces, The challenge was a combination of low ceilings and reflective wood floors that generated unwanted sound reflections.. Magnum also wanted a compact solution that required fewer speakers than the previous point source system., which was much more visible.

“Our new CCL system meets all Magnum requirements and significantly improves sound quality, intelligibility and visual impact”, explains Boris Jaquier-Laforge, technical director of the d project&b. “Directivity control and cardioid design are relevant features, because they mean there is very little excitement behind the speaker and have made a huge difference to the sound quality at Salles du Carrousel”.

In collaboration with d&b, Magnum selected clusters of three CCL12s as a basic configuration mounted on trusses specially designed to follow the curvature of the roof. These also house the lighting equipment.

The largest rooms have seven clusters each, organized in three rows, with the two below along the entire length of the room, plus the central cluster. The smallest space has four clusters in two rows. All clusters are powered by D40 amplifiers of d&b.

“We prefer to use small clusters of only three boxes each to cover short distances since, thus, “The system is much more modular and flexible and is visually much less imposing than larger arrangements.”, said Dubus. “Precise laser directivity and almost complete absence of backspill are achieved thanks to the cardioid design. “Now we can really place the sound precisely where we want it and the reflections have been significantly reduced.”.

“For us it has been like taking a trip, because the workflow d&b Workflow is very different from anything we have used over the last decade”, Dubus continues, “But the results are excellent.”, the same as the d service&b, who has accompanied us every step of that journey. "We couldn't have imagined anything better.".

In addition to the CCL system, Magnum also invested in 10 CCL-SUB compact subwoofers which are completely movable, in addition to 20 frontfills 44S y 10 altavoces E8, very versatile, used as stage monitors. Finally, Magnum also equipped the foyer area with five 24C column speakers pintados en un color personalizado que emiten música de fondo, anuncios y refuerzo vocal.