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SLS Loudspeakers Celebration Three: Star Wars convention
An SLS Loudspeakers sound system was used at the recent Celebration Three: Star Wars convention at the RCA Dome Indianapolis Convention Center. The speakers, installed by Forte Pro Audio, Inc., were used in four different rooms ranging in size. The convention, which was held over three days, averaged between 20,000-40,000 ticket holders daily.
"We originally bid for just one of the four main stages," says Chuck Oliver, executive director and chief engineer of Forte Pro Audio. "When we were called back and told we were given all four stages, we immediately knew the SLS speakers were the main selling factor. We went into this strictly as an SLS provider and knew we had to make a great impression. This is such a huge event and would not use anything other than SLS for this show."
Every year, the George Lucas Star Wars fan club hosts its annual convention showing the entire series of movies. This year, with the release of the newest film Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, attendance reached record levels. George Lucas, Rick McCallum (producer) and Jay Lagai'aia (Captain Typho) made a special appearance, joining the cast members from the previous movies who frequent the shows to visit the fans.
On the Jedi Training stage, an area for children, Oliver placed two SLS 112RTs on stands. Another room, which holds 2,500+, was home to Star Wars the Musical, a comical 30-minute play of the entire Star Wars script and used a 16 SLS RLA/2 speaker system. The main ballroom, which seats 3,500, used 32-line array boxes. Another 16 box system was used for the opening and closing ceremonies in the 5,000-seat room.
The 1,500-seat movie viewing room played an eight minute preview of the newest film with a mock surround sound system. Due to fire safety codes, speakers were not allowed in the back of the room, so Oliver used the LS8695 line array column speakers along with an RLA/2 monitoring system. The room was jam-packed every night, with the producer hosting a Q&A after the viewing.
"One of the challenges we faced was hiding the speakers," adds Oliver. "We needed to position them in some difficult spaces. We used SLS' Line Array Simulation Software (LASS) program by punching in the location of the stage, where the speakers needed to be placed, the height of the room and it mapped out all of the angles perfectly. Fulfilling the unique needs of the client was interesting. It was a big challenge, but SLS gave us all the support we needed and more."
Show producers also wanted clear audible sound from front to back without letting the low end (music) make it past the half way point of the room, which posed another challenge for Oliver. This concept was created so that everyone in the first half of the room could hear the rock n' roll, while preventing that noise in the back where cast members were signing autographs. With these unique requests Oliver was able to use the LASS program to coordinate how he should arrange the speakers so the low end would fade out.
"We were very excited to be part of this event," comments Rod Falconer, national sales manager for SLS Loudspeakers. "It was a very challenging job and we gave all the technical support and assistance that was needed. The producers had special requirements, but we knew our systems would be the perfect fit."
SLS Loudspeakers, a division of SLS International, designs, manufactures and markets proprietary ultra high-fidelity ribbon-driver loudspeakers and sound systems for professional, commercial and residential applications. The publicly traded company (OTCBB: SITI) was founded in the 1970s and its products are used in hundreds of installations worldwide.
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