Alfred's Bar is independently owned by local entrepreneur David John, whose family operates other bars and businesses in the area. The multi-function two-storey venue is open in the morning for coffee and breakfast, morphs into a lively lunch bar at midday, and then into a brasserie-style restaurant in the evenings, complete with a small dancefloor downstairs.
PAI chose the compact, full-sounding EV ID speakers for the downstairs foreground sound system, together with Logic Systems subs, on the dancefloor and spread out around the other areas. The background music source is a Rolec hard disk machine, processed by an Allen & Heath iDR DSP system, supplied complete with two remotes for functional access. This allows the managers to switch configurations between the background music setting and those for other sources, including TV and video/audio, or the DJ setting - there is a hook in point for a mobile DJ to plug into the system.
For the upstairs restaurant, there's a straightforward 100V line background sound system, complete with an Australian Monitor system supplied to PAI by Fuzion. The small al fresco area at the back features a pair of Tannoy speakers.
For dancefloor lighting, PAI specified two Abstract VRX scanners and two Martin sound-animated fixtures to add some colour and movement to this area. For video, PAI supplied two Sanyo projectors and an electric screen, and two 42" Fujitsu plasma screens for use with video and TV. The installation was undertaken by David John's own electrical crew, with PAI commissioning and programming all the equipment and training the staff on its maintenance and use.
(Lee Baldock)
