Reykjavík Municipal Theater rebuilds its intercom system around Arcadia (Clear-Com)

Arcadia Central Station Clear-Com It is the axis of the new intercom system of the Municipal Theater of Reykjavik, prestigious Icelandic stage venue that faces a new stage with a completely IP environment that also benefits from audio Dante (Audinate) throughout the infrastructure.

Since its inauguration in 1989, he Municipal Theater of Reykjavik It has been the cultural center of reference for the Icelandic theater community, hosting a wide range of productions in its three stage spaces, who share lobbies and dressing rooms backstage. Although the intercom system was updated in 2008 y 2015, the venue needed to undertake a new intervention to adapt to its recently opened unified production network infrastructure.

In order to adapt to this new high-speed network, The venue's technology team decided to opt for the central station Arcadia of Clear-Com, accompanied by high capacity IP transceivers FreeSpeak y 24 wireless hip flasks FreeSpeak II, along with networked speaker stations HelixNet. Another axis of the renewal was the arrival of connectivity Dante to the production audio network and public address system. This improvement is not trivial.: Allows you to assign any audio input or output within the intercom system, while preserving key panels V-Series, los beltpacks FreeSpeak and the analog components of the system partyline existing, now powered by Arcadia.

With the deployment of the updated Clear-Com intercom system, the Reikivik Municipal Theater benefits from a expanded coverage throughout the premises; the virtual role configuration, marking a before and after in inventory and task management in different locations; a centralized configuration management, accessible from any web browser, and a unified control via API with existing Q-Sys audio system.

Steinar Snæbjörnsson, RCT technical director, consider that the system Arcadia by Clear-Com has proven “to be the perfect solution for our new production network infrastructure”. Its flexibility and ease of use transformed our communication workflow, providing the clarity and control that made a real difference during this season's major productions, as Moulin Rouge”, explains.

From the prism of the integrator, Gunnar Gunnarsson, CEO of Atendi, distributor of Clear-Com in Iceland, comment: “This project demonstrates how today's customers can take a gradual approach to upgrades without replacing entire systems.”. Arcadia offers scalability, performance and effortless live setup, while minimizing interruptions, which makes it a perfect solution for a theater as busy as the RCT”.