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From grain warehouse to concert hall with Yamaha Pro Audio

Maassilo, an old barn in the Dutch city of Rotterdam built in 1906, It has undergone a profound remodeling to become a modern cultural space, with concert hall and recording studio equipped with Yamaha ProAudio equipment.

The problem of what to do with industrial buildings when they are no longer needed for their initial purpose is known to urban planning experts. But in Rotterdam (Holland), Maassilo, the largest grain silo in Europe with 106 years old, has found a new use as a centre for musical and business events. It fell into disuse a decade ago and its size could have meant demolition was the only realistic measure possible.. nevertheless, the city authorities of Rotterdam have taken advantage of its size and transformed it into Maassilo De Nieuwe Oogst, an urban culture and entertainment center that includes two concert stages, a recording studio, a lounge-bar, Dance facilities and exhibitions.

Veteran Dutch sound engineer Edwin Haine, of the company Seeing and Hearing, He has been in charge of the specifications and supply of the sound equipment for the new enclosure, Choosing the team of Yamaha for its flexibility, because many technicians find it familiar and, as stated, "I can't remember a moment when I failed with the Yamaha team in the 25 years I've been working on sound reinforcement. "Above all,, The daily use of these reliable solutions saves us a lot of time," continued. "Connect or disconnect a panel like the PM5D, with so many inputs and outputs, In seconds it still surprises a veteran like me! A power supply, Two network cables, and that's it".

At the forefront of technology

The installation has a PM5D console with three Ethersound cards of the MY series for mixing room sound, one M7CL-48ES for SB168-ES monitors and three stage speakers. Amplification for the PA system is six Yamaha TX4N and four TX5N amplifiers, with eight other TX4N amplifiers to power stage monitors. An LS9-16 mixing console and another SB168-ES stage speaker have also been installed for smaller events..

Edwin Haine added: "I chose the PM5D because it's the standard console for international touring.. I decided to install an auxiliary Ethersound system throughout the building because it has many advantages., including the fact that it allows you to use Yamaha consoles, Speakers and amplifiers anywhere in the building. TX4n and TX5n amplifiers are also solid, Reliable, compact and have excellent sound quality. Their integrated programmable processors and MY card slots make them tremendously flexible."

Yamaha Music Europe staff has provided hands-on training for engineers on the Yamaha team and they use the Ethersound network.. "I'm really happy with the installation.. I know that the Yamaha team will be very reliable and that the versatility of the system has made De Nieuwe Oogst already well known for a wide variety of leisure and business events.", Haine has concluded.


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by • 18 May, 2012
• section: audio, Case studies