Ken Lewetag working with Smeed's educational systems specialist, Rick Iverson, designed new systems for eight hearing rooms: six of standard-size, and two smaller rooms. Ken Lewetag is the Capitol's media technician/system administrator, Smeed equipped each of the six standard spaces with Biamp AudiaFLEX digital processing systems and between 10 and 20 active microphones. For the two smaller spaces, he used Biamp Nexia processing hardware and five microphones.
"The challenge in these rooms lies with the ability to present audio to the committee, present audio to the presenter or the witness, and then present audio to the audience," Lewetag explains. "The Biamp system gave us this versatility. They provide for as many microphone inputs as are required and allow for five audio outputs."
"We're often required to accommodate teleconferencing, videoconferencing and multimedia presentations, but the Biamp boxes are versatile and do a very good job of satisfying all these needs," adds Lewetag. "Having used Biamp products on the previous systems, we were very satisfied with the controls, dependability and the ability we have to modify everything as needed."
(Jim Evans)
