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QSC RAVE, QSCONTROL SYSTEMS LINK EXPANDED OREGON CONVENTION CENTER
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PORTLAND, OR… It took two days for the Oregon Convention Center to properly celebrate the recent completion of a $116 million expansion project. Luring some 40,000 people with music, fine Northwest cuisine, a beer and wine festival, and extreme sports, the gala bash drew attention to the facility's new digs, which now offer 255,000 sq. ft. of contiguous exhibit space, 50 meeting rooms, and two grand ballrooms, making it the largest space of its kind in the region. Equally impressive in its own right, systems integration for the project includes RAVE (Routing Audio Via Ethernet) signal transport and QSControl network audio equipment from QSC Audio Products, Inc., both of which were implemented by Milwaukie, Oregon's Delta A/V Systems, Inc. using a blueprint penned by Seattle-based Sparling Inc.
Sound reinforcement for the expansion relies upon sprawling, distributed 70V systems throughout. Driven by a total of 27 CX204V amplifiers, the various new systems are linked with the convention center's existing AV capabilities via a CobraNet™ backbone incorporating QSC's RAVE signal transport products.
"The RAVE network plays a vital role in connecting the facility's previously-existing AV control room with the new one," notes Delta A/V Project Manager Jeff Overbo. "With it, system operators are able to tie-in the various patch bays at both ends, go back-and-forth with source materials, and even facilitate recording, which is something they do a lot of for meetings and other special events."
While the RAVE links have been primarily used for shuttling signals between the convention center's old and new control rooms, Overbo is also quick to point out that the same network can additionally be used to transport virtually anything else camping out along the CobraNet pathway. "It works great in the exhibit halls too," he says. "When the new exhibit space is opened up to combine with the old, a truly cavernous room is created. For these times, the only real practical way to distribute signals across the entire space is with RAVE routing."
Besides offering comprehensive monitoring and control functions for the entire structure, QSC's QSControl additionally proved useful during system setup, providing Delta A/V with a convenient medium for testing and analysis anywhere in the building with a data access point.
"Both QSC systems did a lot to shrink distances in a very, very large space," Overbo adds on a closing note. "I'd hate to have to attempt a project of this scope without technology of this kind."
On April 18th, the center was honored by the City of Portland for its forward thinking and design with the city's BEST (Business for an Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow) Award. Located near the Willamette River, the facility is surrounded with expansive views of Portland, and is part of the Lloyd business and retail district.
QSC Audio Products, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of power amplifiers, loudspeakers, signal processing, digital signal transport, and computer control systems for professional audio markets worldwide.
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