Italy’s Bazzano Beach bar and restaurant, in the tourist resort of Sperlonga, between Roma and Napoli, has solved the problem of sound spill using a Yamaha audio system.
With fixed loudspeakers for the venue’s restaurant, terrace and the beach in front of the building, a movable dance system to cover a larger area of the beach for the weekend Spiaggia Italiana, which features DJ sets and live performances on Saturdays, and Session Sunday guest DJ sets. Previous audio systems failed to achieve the balance needed to keep all patrons happy, but the installation of a Yamaha Commercial Installation Solutions (CIS) series audio system has done just that.
‘With previous systems, Bazzano Beach suffered with an inability to control the sound tightly enough and had dance system subwoofers which devastated the restaurant when they were at the right volume for the beach,’ says Wouter ‘Tony’ Verkuijl of Yamaha Music Europe’s Italy branch.
The solution was a complete CIS audio system, supplied and installed by Sperlonga-based Remix Sound. Eight VXS8 and two VXS10S loudspeakers cover the restaurant, terrace and beach immediately in front of the building, driven by a pair of XMV4280 multi-channel power amplifiers. The dance system comprises four active DSR215 full-range loudspeakers and six DXS18 subs. Uniquely for subs at this price point, the DSX18 features a cardioid mode which, when a pair is used, effectively decreases sound pressure at the sides and back, while increasing the output towards the front, where it is needed. An MGP12X mixer serves DJ sets and live performance.
To provide maximum control, the system is divided into 11 zones and is controlled by an MTX5-D matrix processor. The MTX5-D fulfils a number of roles – these include managing the remote control of the system via Yamaha’s Wireless DCP app, limiting the maximum volume of all loudspeakers and managing inputs from an RX-V577 A/V receiver and an announcement microphone. Used for avising customers that their table is ready, an onboard ducker reduces the volume of the music in all zones except the restaurant when this microphone is used.
The MTX5-D is also used to precisely control the onboard DSP of the DXS18s, complementing the loudspeakers cardioid mode and keeping unwanted bass frequencies to an absolute minimum behind and to the sides of the subs. DCP1V4S and DCP4V4S wall-mounted controllers also provide local volume control and mute .
‘The sound quality is very high in the restaurant, terrace and on the beach, with plenty of headroom,’ says Remix Sound’s Riccardo de Simone. ‘The DSR-based dance system is very powerful, but the control provided by the MTX5-D and cardioid placement of the subs means that the sound of the entire system is very well contained. Bazzano Beach’s owners are very happy with the significant improvement that Yamaha CIS has provided over its previous audio systems.’
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