MTSi Project Briefs


PROJECT BRIEFS
 
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MTSi Project Briefs


Media Technology Systems has been providing networked audio products for many years. Some of our experiences and those of our customers may be displayed on this page for your reference. Please enjoy looking over this information which we try to keep as accurate as possible.

Media Technology Systems is proud to be a supplier of  professional audio products to many of the world's architects, custom installation speciallists and ultimately the exciting venues where the products are utilized.

We have listed a few of our installations that have been submitted by our customers for your review.
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The Opposite House Hotel


CHINA: Bucking the current trend of supersized hotel towers piercing Beijing’s sky, Swire Hotels’ Opposite House was constructed in the run up to last year’s Olympics. Located in a once down-market but now thriving part of the Sanlitun neighbourhood in Chaoyang, the 99-room boutique property is six storeys high and clad in screen-printed glass in various shades of green. The Village at Sanlitun is a new retail and entertainment complex hosting brands such as Apple, Uniqlo and Adidas, with crystalline buildings designed by Japanese and US architects including Mr Kuma, SHoP and Lot-ek.

 

The hotel takes its name from the guesthouse that sits on the opposite side of a traditional courtyard, blending old with new design. The Mediterranean styled Sureno and North Asian Bei restaurants have already scooped a number of prestigious awards for their cuisine in Time Out and Conde Nast Traveller. Similarly, the cool contemporary cocktail lounge Mesh and the Punk nightclub have been given great attention when it comes to style. Finally, the cosmopolitan Village Café with its international menu completes the F&B outlets within the hotel.

 

Hong Kong-based Audio System Consultants (Asia) Ltd (ASCL) won the contract to design, supply and install the A/V system for the complex, with project manager James Wu, senior project manager Billy Wong and five technicians taking on the nine-month task. ... Read more?
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L 'Arc Casino Macau


With the development of Macao cautiously beginning to pick up speed again, L’Arc has opened with an extensive hotel and gaming complex – and advanced digital BGM and signage, as Richard Lawn discovers.


Opened in September 2009, New World Developments’ L’Arc is the latest five-star hotel accommodation and casino to make an appearance on the Macao skyline. The 21-storey hotel contains 301 guest rooms together with two casino floors, offering 140 gaming tables and a host of F&B outlets. With a wealth of facilities to accommodate, Hong Kong-based systems integrator ASCL was contracted to design, install and supply the digital signage and background music systems for the public areas of L’Arc.


The hotel’s facilities include The Coffee House, The Lobby Lounge, Chinese, Japanese and French restaurants and a round-the-clock Chinese diner. Additionally, there are sports, meeting and banquet facilities, and an entertainment centre. Overseen by senior project manager, Billy Wong, general contractor M&E pre-installed the cabling infrastructure prior to ASCL’s arrival on-site in March 2009. The systems integrator has established an office in Macao in response to the development the island is enjoying, through which it can better serve local clients. Having spent several years working in Beijing in addition to living in Hong Kong all his life, Mr Wong enjoys the change in pace in Macao: ‘There’s a lot less traffic and it’s not as congested – I find weekends relaxing,’ he comments. ‘For this application, we were late on site owing to other construction work, but were made aware by Dino Tech Limited [the project’s consultant] that the client demanded quality background music and clear announcements, in addition to high-definition digital signage. It was quite an undertaking, given the scale of the job and limited time frame we had to complete it.’ ... Read more?
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Grand Hyatt Shanghai

 

Nexus Technologies of Hong Kong have installed a networked background Music (BGM) system into the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Shanghai. There are 15 channels of streamed BGM feeding all the Restaurants and Bars, as well as the Executive Lounge, Fitness Center, Banquet Rooms and Hotel Lobby and all using the MTSI ION0.2 Cobranet Interface.

 

Nexus Technologies supplied an Advantech industrial rack-mount PC hosting music content provided by MusicStyling and where the content is regularly updated through an internet connection. The PC is also running Advantech’s Intelligent SNMP/HTTP System Manager Card that can email the Nexus office in case of any system component failure.

 

The PC is fitted with an AudioScience ASI5408 PCI, 8 play/8 record, CobraNet Card that streams the BGM content over the Hotel network to the various outlets. The outlets each have an MTS ION0.2 Cobranet interface that decodes the Cobranet BGM audio stream and supplies high quality analog audio to the outlet sound system.
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Hilton International Hotel, Shanghai

 

Nexus Technologies of Hong Kong have installed a networked background Music (BGM) system into the Hilton International Hotel in Shanghai. There are 7 channels of streamed BGM feeding all the Restaurants and Bars, as well as the Executive Lounge, Fitness Center, Banquet Rooms and Hotel Lobby and all using the MTSI ION0.2 Cobranet Interface.

 

Nexus Technologies supplied an Advantech industrial rack-mount PC hosting music content provided by MusicStyling and where the content is regularly updated through an internet connection. The PC is also running Advantech’s Intelligent SNMP/HTTP System Manager Card that can email the Nexus office in case of any system component failure.

 

The PC is fitted with an AudioScience ASI5408 PCI, 8 play/8 record, CobraNet Card that streams the BGM content over the Hotel network to the various outlets. The outlets each have an MTS ION0.2 Cobranet interface that decodes the Cobranet BGM audio stream and supplies high quality analog audio to the outlet sound system.
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Chengdu Municipal Party Committee, municipal government renovation project

The project is a total of 19 meeting rooms with independent audio processing systems using the MTS ION8.8 as the local I/O interface. The areas included the Executive meeting rooms, Standing Committee Conference room, Emergency command center, the city government television and telephone conference room, the municipal television and telephone conference room and the Office of the Mayor dedicated conference room. 

Each room used the MTS ION8.8 Cobranet interface as the audio input, output interface and connection to the host DSP. 
Jintang County Government Meeting Room
Jintang County Government executive meeting room
Location: Jintang County 
 
The project uses of PAG-1002s as a control host. Microphone audio and socket audio directly to the input of the host audio processing on the microphone and desktop signal input through the host within the DSP processing chip, the control panel to control the MTS MT-1002 4.3-inch wireless control panel, complete adjust the microphone volume size, the mode switch to adjust the output volume adjustment function. Audio host that comes with amplifier, speakers, followed by the device to complete the entire meeting room speech sound reinforcement needs.
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Zigong Sandalwood Forest Hotel
Location: Zigong City, Sichuan Province

The project contains a total of a grand ballroom (divisible into two small banquet halls) and three small meeting rooms. The system is divided into two sets of independently controlled audio systems, although by design can achieve the joint configuration of the audio functions. The system audio system uses the MTS ION8.8 as signal input and output devices, the conversion of external signals through the A / D  into the Cobranet audio network is sent to the media host matrix for audio processing. The processed audio D / A conversion through the network sent via the ION8.8s analog/digital audio output to the amplifier and the speakers in the room to complete the room's audio sound reinforcement functions. 

Conclusion: A banquet hall and conference rooms with two independent systems, which also acts as a single joint system of the multi-room installation.
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Samsung Group runs a human resource center for training Samsung new recruits, directors and new promoted human resources for not only Samsung companies but also their subsidiary companies.  The facility’s aim is to run a world’s best human resource center for cultivating Samsung Man with talents. For this reason, everything in the building has been carefully chosen in order to represent meanings.  For example some floors apply sprouts printing which represents educating their new recruits like fresh green sprouts.   Also glass walls on conference halls represent smooth communication with the customer.   As one of the leading electronic equipment manufacturer, the main concept of this facility is to adopt world’s leading state-of-the-art products operating the facility including A/V system.  MTS amplifiers were specifically chosen for full digital BGM system with Media Matrix Nion systems. 
Models used from MTS: AV1504, AV1508, AV3002, AV3004, AV3006, AV3008, AV6002, AV6004
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Paju Premium Outlet (Sinsegae – Chelsea)

With the successful operation of Yeoju Premium Outlet, Paju Premium Outlet opened in March 2011 as a 2nd premium outlet.  Its operational area covers 31,062 m² with 165 brand stores and parking space for 1,720 cars.  BOSS, Jil Sander, MaxMara, Tory Burch and other premium brands enjoyed 250,000 visitors in first 4 days of opening.  Paju Premium Outlet benchmarked successful operational system in Paju including A/V system.  One of the important requirements for this facility is perform a stable and easy to operate/maintain high class  audio system in order to deliver a comfortable BGM (Back Ground Music) for visitors.  MTS amplifiers were chosen once again with proven stability and outstanding performance.  BGM system consists of Media Matrix Nion system, MTS ION4.4 and MTS AV and PAG series.
Models used from MTS: PAG3008, PAG6004, AV754, AV3004, AV3008, AV6004
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Lotte mall Skypark is a gigantic multiplex with department store, shopping mall, mart, movie theatres, food court, hotel and leisure center in 5 basement levels and 9 stories high on total 314,000 m² in area.  MTS amplifiers, Media Matrix DSP and MTS ION were chosen for digital BMG and paging system covering skypark area.  

MTS modesl used: PAG1506, PAD3006, PAG6004, ION4.4
Turnberry Resort - Scotland (see full article)
A CobraNetTM network provided the backbone of the audio distribution system, with a Biamp AudiaFlex CM (CobraNetTM Main Frame) performing the routing and matrix. To eliminate the need for Biamp input / output cards and to ease processing power in the Biamp unit, Media Technology Systems (MTSi) COM Series multi channel amplifiers where deployed. These amplifiers have internal DSP and allow their analogue inputs to be routed to their CobraNetTM port, thus removing the need for input cards on this particular processor or providing additional inputs with other CobraNetTM enabled systems. With 12 amplifier channels running all of the public spaces this provided 12 analogue inputs at the rack location. While MTSi ION 0.2 and 2.0 CobraNetTM wall panels were located throughout the building to provide local inputs and outputs all via CobraNetTM. Working in such an old building the system architecture and cabling had to be kept simple. The fact that the MTSi ION wall panels convert analogue audio to CobraNetTM, and vice versa on the wall panel and not via a remote rack mounted piece of equipment improved the cabling and system design significantly.