To celebrate the Centre's 10th anniversary, the ICC Durban launched the new extension to their facility, The Arena. As a multi-purpose platform forinternational conferences and events, The Arena consists of three halls, each with the capacityto be sub-divided into separate rooms. The three halls can also be combined to crate a single large hall, with a capacity for up to 10,000 people. WhenICC Durban isn't hosting conventions The Arena lives up to its name, hosting theatre and live music performances, and sports including tennis, wrestling,gymnastics, equestrian events and even motocross.
With such a wide variety of activities to host, The Arena's audio installation needed flexibility. Specified by TDC Africa and Prosound, one of the largest professional audio and lighting companies within Sub-Sahara Africa, were the new PowerSoft Digam Q-series, with remote control optioninstalled into the amplifiers. A total of four equipment racks were installed at various points in the roof service area of The Arena, each rack filled with a number of PowerSoft Q-series amplifiers as well as PowerSoft Power Control Hubs.
In total The Arena now holds 24 Q3002 power amps, 43 Q3204 power amps and seven TU-4 insulation units, all controlled via 15 PowerSoft Control Hubs and linked by PowerSoft Remote Control and Monitoring Software.
(Jim Evans)
