The third floor of Taipei’s Nan Shan Plaza – the second tallest skyscraper in Taipei after Taipei 101 – has been created as a vast and open exhibition space. With ceilings at an impressive 8.5 metres in height, the venue occupies a total of 56 square metres but, features no beams or support columns, creating a challenge to any sound design proposal.

With the prestigious space earmarked by Taipei City Government to host an event cooperative to the New Year fireworks countdown, the challenging space required a sound system that was compact and stable, offering excellent sound performance, which to audio installation company, Imagepro System Technology Corp., Ltd., signalled Powersoft amplification.
Victor Shih of Powersoft’s distributor in Taiwan, Seapower Technology Co Ltd., working hand-in-hand with Imagepro’s Yung-Chin Hsu and the Plaza’s project leader Wen-Shan Tseng, planned and designed a discreet sound system in accordance with the requirements of the space, built around the efficiency of just three Powersoft amplifiers, controlled by Powersoft’s simple and easy-to-use, Armonía Pro Audio Suite software.

Armonía Pro Audio Suite software from Powersoft.

In just two months the team had created an audio environment with in-depth but simple control that delighted the customer.
The event management team within the Taipei Nan Shan Plaza, are, ‘very happy with high quality of the Powersoft products and the excellent sound performance.’

The main PA serving the exhibition hall is comprised of a left and right pair of Peavey VR-112 line-arrays featuring four cabinets per side, each flown with a VR-218F sub.
This high output array was matched with a single Dante enabled Powersoft X8 amplification system.

Amazing efficiency

Powersoft X8 amplifier: more than 40,000 W on 8 channels.

As Imagepro’s Yung-Chin Hsu explained, “We considered only the Powersoft X8 for this position, as the top amplifier in the world! Providing eight channels of up to 41,600W output power under the impedance of 2 Ohms: this is amazing efficiency that only Powersoft can reach so easily.”

Transforming the multi-functional space from an art exhibition hall into an arena with more punch, a further 16 Community DP8 pendant speakers are ceiling-flown. Powered by a Powersoft Quattrocanali 2404 DSP+D four-channel matrix amplifier, this supporting audio system can be mixed in with the main system for flexibility and high-quality added reinforcement for press conferences and larger events.

Stage monitoring

With stage monitoring also accommodated and powered by a single, highly efficient Powersoft M-Series M50Q DSP+ETH system – a leader in its class – the exhibition hall scales up in capability to host world-class exhibitions and concerts. Performers and audiences will enjoy the highest quality of audio no matter the size of scale of event due the overall sound quality animated by Powersoft amplification as well as the flexibility and control inherent to the Powersoft systems.

The patented Powersoft SRM (Smart Rails Management) technologyis featured in all Powersoft audio control systems, which maximises efficiency and drastically reduces power consumption in any load and usage conditions. Whilst Powersoft’s X Series leads the way in amplification with its innovative integration of a worldwide compatible power-box and a full feature DSP, Quattrocanali stands equally from the crowd, offering the lowest thermal dissipation in the industry, reducing the need for external cooling devices.

Advanced DSP capabilities

With the advanced DSP capabilities of the amplification linking seamlessly with Powersoft’s Armonía Pro Audio Suite software, the operator is granted in-depth control and monitoring of the full audio path.
With Armonía, a remote, decentralised location gives the ability to tailor the sound and manage the system.

However, within the venue, the easy-to-use Powersoft’s Armonía interface ensures the simple transition to each different audio set up as even non-technical operators can easily switch to the right audio configuration determined by the style and size of event.
This is a feature that ensures all events, including the recent New Year countdown fireworks, will dazzle and inspire.

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