Led video screens and Dante audio network, an ideal combination at Jordan Hare Stadium

In addition to having one of the largest Led video screens in a university sports facility of the firm Daktronics, The fan experience is enhanced with the deployment of dozens of Dante audio networks to support other systems with high-quality sound.

J Football Stadiumordan Hare, Located on the campus of the Auburn University (Alabama – United States), with the capacity to 87.451 seats and home of the Tigers' home team, cuenta ahora con una de las pantallas de vídeo Led de alta definición del fabricante más grandes en este tipo de instalaciones universitarias (from 17x60meters) of Daktronics, which is accompanied by stunning high-quality sound over IP with the Dante audio network Audinate.

This public university, which hosts more than 27.000 students, decided to invest fourteen million dollars in renovating the audiovisual infrastructure of its football stadium, known today as Pat Dye Field, to improve the gaming experience of fans with multi-camera systems for the reproduction of multiple HD video sources and display them on the large Led video screen that has been located above the South end of the field.

This large screen is composed of more than 8,7 million Led and replaces the one that had, Features variable zoning content to display a single image (which can be viewed at a distance of up to 12,8 km) or split it into several different ones and display live video combinations, instant repetitions, scoring and statistics, Animations and advertising sponsorships.

As part of this project is added the deployment of a new Dante audio network that is used in the screen, to replace the analog audio distribution that was previously available. "Dante represents next-generation digital audio network technology", says David Sturzenbecher, audio project engineer at Daktronics.

Centralised in an audio control room located in the stadium press room, the Dante network allows a single audio operator to seamlessly manage a wide range of inputs from the players and microphones most used by broadcasters, Referees and musical artists.

"We use Dante in, approximately, the 60 Or 70% of our large format display installations because it is extremely flexible, scalable and configurable -underlines Sturzenbecher-. Its seamless interoperability between components makes it easy to expand existing installations.".

Audio elements are centrally controlled from a mixer Yamaha CL5 Series Rio, specifically model 3224-D, Dante-enabled, with 32 Tickets, 16 outputs and 4 AES/EBU outputs in 5U size. Working in conjunction with Dante-compatible network components, CL5 console delivers audio signals (until 64 canals) to DSP units distributed around the stadium.

London-BLU-806 digital signal processors Bss convert various analog and digital audio signals to the digital format required for transmission over Dante's network, thus for the realization of routing and equalization.

The Dante network also uses six London BLU-326 processors to decode in AES-EBU to the screen, Monitors and speakers.

As Sturzenbecher explains, "London BLU-806 essentially acts as the brain of the network, since it performs most of the operations, directing from the mixer and through Dante all the processing and directing the audio signal to different places, Like the press room, Speakers, Monitors, Etc. Having no signal routing limitations has been a definite advantage in this facility.".

Auburn University technical officials are already planning an upgrade for the stands on the north side of the stadium., which also includes the installation of another Led video screen.

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