{"id":2695,"date":"2015-06-25T20:02:57","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T20:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/?p=2695"},"modified":"2015-06-25T20:17:49","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T20:17:49","slug":"shove-sound-system-gets-revolutionary-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/2015\/06\/25\/shove-sound-system-gets-revolutionary-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Shove Sound System Gets \u201cRevolutionary\u201d Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next time you attend a program or performance at Shove Chapel, go ahead and sit in the back. What ITS experts call \u201crevolutionary technology\u201d is now in place,offering a greatly enhanced sound system for the historic building.\u00a0 \u201cThe sound quality is awesome,\u201d said Jera Wooden, \u201cWe had no idea how clear and crisp everything would sound.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

ITS began working on the project about a year ago, recognizing the need for an upgrade to the sound system while also identifying very specific aesthetic and acoustic needs within the space. The Tectonic speakers are \u201ccutting edge\u201d said Randy Babb and Sean Roberts, members of the ITS Smart Spaces team who led the installation process. While traditional speakers distribute sound directionally, similar to the way light is distributed by a spot light, the new speakers use a flat surface to distribute the sound cleanly and clearly, with less echoing. Shove Chapel is one of the first buildings in the country to install this new speaker technology.<\/p>\n

Visually, the flat speakers are unobtrusive in the historic space. They\u2019re only 2.5 inches thick and five new speakers replace the 20 small speakers used in the old system. They were powder coated with a custom color to match the chapel\u2019s stone walls and the extensive wiring (they\u2019re wired speakers, but you wouldn\u2019t easily notice) required a month of drilling, boring, and cosmetic work.<\/p>\n

The new system launched with the 2015 Baccalaureate ceremony and has been used at weddings and other services throughout the summer. Now, controls are mobile, accessed via a handheld iPad, or iPads in two different stationary locations within the chapel, improving the ease of use, formerly done in one tiny control room, up a steep flight of stairs. \u201cWeddings are so much easier, not constantly running up the stairs, and we have wireless microphones; it\u2019s great,\u201d Wooden said.<\/p>\n

This $76,000 project was funded through an endowment used for regular maintenance of the facility. Take a listen here<\/a>,\u00a0 and a look at photos, from installation through the final product, below.<\/p>\n

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The next time you attend a program or performance at Shove Chapel, go ahead and sit in the back. What ITS experts call \u201crevolutionary technology\u201d is now in place,offering a greatly enhanced sound system for the historic building.\u00a0 \u201cThe sound quality is awesome,\u201d said Jera Wooden, \u201cWe had no idea how clear and crisp everything … <\/p>\n

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