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With Dynamic Music Distribution, Powersoft offers SIs the ability to scale inputs and zones conveniently and efficiently with dynamic routing capabilities embedded on its amplifier platforms. This makes it simple to dynamically route music and other signal sources along with control signals between different zones and across multiple amplifiers \u2013 all independently of source location and without the need for a centralised DSP.<\/span><\/p>\n
Two Mezzo 604 ADs \u2013 Powersoft’s four-channel, 600W compact amplifier \u2013 are powering the entirety of the 250-capacity Matches Sports Bar, Grill & Social, forming the core of a unique hospitality venue incorporating multiple distinct audio zones and spaces. Tucked away behind the counter, a single 4.3\u201d wall-mounted Powersoft WM Touch screen, gives complete control of the entire DMD system, including Mezzo’s embedded dynamic routing capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/3wmcomms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/matches-scaled.jpg” title_text=”matches” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||1px|-38px||” custom_padding=”|||0px||”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”419.6px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”ABeeZee||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” min_height=”324.6px” custom_margin=”-171px|||||”]<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cBy using Powersoft\u2019s Dynamic Music 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Matches Sports Bar \u2013 located at Elwick Place in Ashford, around 95km south of London \u2013 opened in June and has been doing roaring business ever since, its food and drink, live sports and evening entertainment proving popular with both locals and Eurostar passengers.<\/span>
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Jon Shephard, Matches\u2019 owner, says the concept for the venue is to combine \u201call the best bits of the bars I’ve been to throughout my life, all into one place\u201d to create the \u201cultimate sports bar experience\u201d.<\/span>
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With a single four-channel Mezzo amplifier now able to drive up to four independent zones of audio, thanks to Powersoft\u2019s new Armon\u00edaPlus 2.2 software release, the DMD ecosystem was the natural choice to bring to life Shephard\u2019s vision for the venue, with a \u201ctailored sound experience in each individual area\u201d, he explains: \u201cFor example, we have three semi-private self-pour beer areas. In those areas, whilst customers want to be able to hear the experience, the volume still allows them to have a conversation with others across the table. We also have other semi-private areas, such as the snug area and in the private room, where customers are all-encapsulated in high-quality, 3D surround sound.<\/span>
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\u201cIn the main bar area, we wanted a system where customers could really feel like they’re in the stadium watching the match live. However, once that match is finished and we turn the [TV] sound off, we want to get the music pumping \u2013 to turn it up loud and have no loss in quality with regards to the audio. And believe me, if you come here on a Friday and Saturday night, you’ll definitely experience that.\u201d<\/span>
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The two Powersoft Mezzo amplifiers are responsible for managing the audio throughout Matches, including in the corridor and washrooms.<\/span>
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Powersoft’s UK distributor, CUK Audio, supplied MADE with the Mezzos and WM Touch, as well as the AUDAC loudspeakers (ATEO wall-mounted speakers, CIRA ceiling speakers, and BASO10 and NOBA8 subwoofers) the amplifiers power. Its installed AV channel manager, Steve Barton, says multiple output options like those on the Mezzo 604 AD were essential for a venue like Matches, where a single amplifier is able to power both Lo- and Hi-Z loudspeakers.<\/span>
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\u201cDMD was key here,\u201d comments Barton, \u201cbecause it provides a really cost-effective and stylish way of routing audio around venues like this. Here, we need small amounts of power going to smaller zones, like the toilets or corridors, and a large amount of power to provide high-quality, pumping audio to get the atmosphere going in the bar area. This is where the Mezzo amplifier running the Dynamic Music Distribution system really shines.<\/span>
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\u201cThe Powersoft amps have up to four channels running 600W, with full Power Sharing across all the channels. And the key here is that they can do low impedance and a 100V line on the same amplifier, all using the integral DSP \u2013 in a half RU space \u2013 so you can fit a heck of a lot of processing power in a really, really tiny space.\u201d<\/span>
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\u201cOne of the challenges on this project for us was to keep everything nice and tight with a small-rack install,\u201d adds MADE\u2019s Bond. \u201cBecause the Mezzos are so small in the rack, we were able to fit three satellite boxes, and an AUX input, so we could come in and throw [sound] around in different zones and make it easy for the client to use.\u201d<\/span>
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Despite its high spec, the Powersoft system is so competitively priced that recommending it to MADE for the Matches project was very straightforward, continues Barton. \u201cDynamic Music Distribution is very easy to justify to integration partners and end users because it offers supreme flexibility while being really cost effective,\u201d he explains. \u201cWhen you look, in terms of money and size, how much power, processing capabilities and content you’re getting out of it, it\u2019s a no-brainer.\u201d<\/span>
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Shephard says he is \u201cdelighted with the AV system we have in Matches\u201d, which made its public debut ahead of the UEFA Euro 2020 football championship earlier this summer. \u201cThe WM Touch system is super user-friendly \u2013 we have a control panel behind the bar, which any of our staff can log on to and be able to change the audio in a couple of clicks. Plus, the training [from MADE] only took a minimal amount of time \u2013 no more than half an hour \u2013 because it\u2019s so simple to use.\u201d<\/span>
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\u201cThe system is basically automated as far as it can be, and that\u2019s based on the fact that we used the Dynamic Music Distribution system by Powersoft. It\u2019s made our lives easier because we know that the customer benefits from a user-friendly system.\u201d<\/span>
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In fact, so impressed were the MADE team by the system installed at Matches that the company is already speccing an almost identical system for several upcoming projects. \u201cThat\u2019s off the back of how strongly it\u2019s performed at Matches,\u201d Bond continues. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely become our go-to solution for hospitality projects \u2013 so much so that we even hold stock of it just to have it when we need it.\u201d<\/span>
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Equally important as its equipment\u2019s technical prowess are the people at Powersoft, adds Barton of CUK, which has been distributing the brand in the UK since 2008. \u201cIt\u2019s not just about the products \u2013 it\u2019s about the relationships, and the guys at Powersoft are fantastic,\u201d he concludes.<\/span>
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\u201cThey’ve demonstrated time and time again that they’re approachable, personable and flexible, which is exactly what you need in a working relationship. And it’s a rare combination to find a top-level manufacturer that has such fantastic people working for them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/3wmcomms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_6447-1024x768.jpg\")
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