Chestnut Hill, PA––Built on a tract of land purchased in 1856, the elegant and venerable St. Paul’s Episcopal church was built in 1929 on the foundation of the second building.

The ceiling of St. Paul’s is built like a ship, symbolic of the Ark and the boat of the fishermen but not the ideal setting for audio reproduction. The Rev. Cliff Cutler retained Spinnaker-Multimedia Solutions to study the room acoustics and design a compatible audio system. The original systems consisted of massive stadium speakers with overhead microphones for speech and choir reproduction.

“We were retained to correct poor sound distribution and speech intelligibility problems. Parishioners seated in the rear couldn’t understand the spoken word or the choir very well,� says Fenicia Redman, VP Project Development at Spinnaker.

“So we did what we always do,� relates Redman, “modeled the space. There was no way we were going to more

Ford at the Met Pavilion

The diversity of clientele at The Metropolitan Pavilion, one of New York City’s premiere event destination, requires Scharff Weisberg, a WorldStage company, to demonstrate its flexibility and extensive technical and creative capabilities with every new booking. As the exclusive AV and lighting equipment provider, Scharff Weisberg supports a surprisingly diverse, technically advanced and elegantly appointed range of events.

Located in the Ladies Mile Historic District on West 18th Street, The Metropolitan Pavilion attracts many corporate and social events to its unique space – from an automaker wanting to capture extra attention during the New York International Auto Show to leading communication companies announcing product launches and distinguished institutions hosting gala award celebrations.

Scharff Weisberg supplies turnkey AV and lighting solutions for these clients, enhancing more

Audio Loudness and dynamics specialist Jünger Audio is using the IBC platform to launch two powerful new additions to its range of LEVEL MAGIC™ processors. These new units form part of an expanding family of products that began with the launch of the Award-winning T*AP TV Audio Processor at NAB 2010.

The first unit, the D*AP LM2, is a two-channel Digital Audio Processor incorporating Version II of Jünger Audio’s renowned LEVEL MAGIC™ algorithm, which is compliant with all current broadcast audio loudness recommendations including ITU, EBU R128 and ATSC A/85.

Designed as a successor to Jünger Audio’s groundbreaking D06 unit, the D*AP LM2 offers a powerful combination of dynamics and loudness control, making it suitable for a wide range of applications including television, radio, music production and PA.

The D*AP LM2 is capable of handling both analogue and digital (AES/EBU) audio and features an automatic input switchover more