The Centre Culturel of Spa (Belgium) has recently installed an Apex Hera and Leto
The town of Spa is located in the south east Belgian province of Liège, in the heart of the Belgian Ardennes. Spa is famous for its waters and thermal centre.The Spa's Centre Culturel is a reputed and beautiful complex where various cultural events such as theatrical performances, concerts, expos and parties are proposed.
Because the Centre Culturel is situated in the city centre, behind the Casino, sound level needed to be controlled. Although neighbour's complaints were not very strong, the Centre Culturel's staff preferred to prevent troubles and to have a responsible attitude with regard to the sound level. The technical department then chose for Apex and installed a Hera Sound Level Controller and Leto Deported Display in the main venue.
The Leto has been installed directly at the left side of the stage to keep the audience aware of the sound level. The Hera's Warning logic output is used to activate a mobile red light which is intended to be placed near the sound engineer or the DJ. The Alarm logic output is then used to switch on the main lights in the venue instead of cutting the mains supply on the DJ's or sound reinforcement equipment: "This option is certainly restrictive enough and this way we are sure to avoid any discussion with the DJ or the sound engineer" said Eric Damoiseaux, the technical responsible. Depending on the kind of performance, the complete installation maybe switched on or off from a key lockable switch. The first real use of the installation, a techno party, was a "kind of a success": indeed the main lights have been switched on 14 times during the night !
This installation is the first one that uses the recently released firmware version 2.2 of the Hera. Indeed, one of its functionality was required here. They wished to be in a position to enable or disable the logic outputs in an easy way depending on the kind of performance. With the new firmware, this can be easily done from the Hera's front panel if you know the security pin code to access the adjustment menu.
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