Laurence Sound Matching History with ARX

Brian Laurence from renowned Melbourne-based audio soundscape producers Brian Laurence Sound P/L has recently completed a major Soundscape project at Beechworth, in the heart of Australia's 'Bushranger Country' using a variety of ARX products. In the new Beechworth Historic Precinct, Laurence Sound created several 12-channel surround soundscapes, one for the Bourke Museum's 'Street Of Shops', and the Old Beechworth Courthouse, each of them 'bringing to life' the static displays by re-creating the sounds of the wild 1870s Gold Rush period.

Sound replay is from Fostex 16-channel D-160 hard disk players which only have unbalanced -10dB outputs. To level-match to the required +4dB to drive the power amplifiers, Laurence Sound used two of the new ARX Level 8s line balancers per Fostex D-160 machine.

The large-screen video show features 8-channel surround sound based on a Fostex D-160 time-coded to a Pioneer DVD player. Laurence Sound again used a Level 8 to interface the unbalanced outputs to the inputs of the ARX Ambidrive 3-channel power amplifier used for the main left and right, plus sub, and the ARX ZA-600 6-channel power amplifier for the surround channels.

(Lee Baldock)

Latest Issue. . .