Prosound News - April 2008 - (Page 60)

[60] Spider Ranch Pumps Up Gold’s Gym SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Spider The main cluster in Moran explains that adding this touch rethe spin room hangs ally helped solidify the sophisticated tone. Ranch Productions (Pesdirectly over the in- “I wanted the main distribution amp rack cadero, CA) recently structor, consisting of to pop in the main room—that’s Riverside completed a new distriba pair of iD1.112s and Red. The aerobics room has a sleek Seuted audio system for a an iD2.115 subwoofer. bring Silver rack, while the rack in the spin Gold’s Gym fitness center “When working out cycle room is Silver Blue Metallic and the as part of a complete to the limit on a spin yoga room rack is saddle tan.” renovation of the facility. Now that the renovation is complete bike, being able to get Don Dickerson, general in the zone and grasp and people are piling into the new Gold’s manager for Gold’s Gym the energy to push Gym facility, Dickerson is pleased with the in the San Francisco Bay further is enhanced feedback he’s getting from members and area, contacted Alex with energizing mu- employees. “It’s definitely the best-soundMoran from Spider Prosic,” Dickerson said. ing system of all the six clubs in the area,” ductions to design and “The instructors really Dickerson says, adding that that’s the install the sound system. value the clear cover- main reason why he’s going to continue Taking a 35-year-old fitness center, gutting it McCauley iD1.112 speakers were part of the massive installation inside age system in that working with Moran and Spider Ranch. room because their “We would recommend McCauley Sound and turning it all back a Gold’s Gym, designed and installed by Spider Ranch Productions. classes remain focused systems to anyone who’s looking to do a into a usable facility club-level installation. We’re extremely took a little over a year to complete. “It’s ma screen televisions on the wall above and people really get into it.” As an added touch to the new sound pleased.” pretty much a new club,” said Dickerson. the machines. The main workout room also has a and video systems, Moran built and cus- Spider Ranch “The only thing left from the original building was just the exterior shell. At the total of 14 iD108s and two iD112s, pow- tom-painted each amplifier rack to suit www.spiderp.com point in which we were ready to get the ered by QSC amplifiers for a distributed the club’s atmosphere. “Each rack has a sound system set up, Alex had already fig- system. Moran set the distribution pat- custom automotive finish from the 1963 McCauley ured out what would be best for the tern in a specific way so that when cus- line of Corvette Colors.” Enthusiastically, www.mccauley.com tomers walk in, they hear the music, but space.” Moran has done audiovisual work it’s not blaring. When members are for the six other gyms in the San Fran- working out on machines in the middle cisco Bay area that Dickerson manages, area, they will hear a fuller sound in the so it was no surprise when Dickerson system. The weight area is where the came to him for the renovation. Not on- sound really pushes, so that those pumply did Spider Ranch Productions provide ing iron not only feel the burn, but also SCOTTSDALE, AZ—P Diddy, Snoop . a McCauley Sound iDesign loudspeaker- feel the pulse of the music to keep them Dogg and Kid Rock were based system, but Moran also wired the motivated. headliners as part of BudweisThe aerobics studio is a separate room whole building to connect sound and er’s pre-Super Bowl parties in video to the exercise machines through- in the middle of the club, containing four Arizona this year. The threeiD2.112s and an AC58 sub; Spider Ranch out the facility. day event was put on by “We had to design an internal cable worked closely with the general contracMowalla Productions, which TV network,” recalls Moran. “There was tor to use materials to acoustically isolate commissioned corporate prono cable to the building, so I had to im- the room from the rest of the club. “I’ve duction outfit Technotrix (Bourprovise with satellite receivers and fre- had a few customers comment that the bonnais, IL) to provide sound, quency modulators. After building this in- aerobics studio sounds like a dance club,” staging, scaffolding and sup- Technotrix outfitted the stage at Bud Bowl ternal cable network, each machine now said Dickerson, “and it really does! It’s abport for the entire event. with a sizable Martin Audio rig. has 35 channels.” Not only do the individ- solutely fantastic! The coverage is so even, According to Technotrix’s ual machines have small screens, but the and you can tell people are really getting Kevin Kiefer, the plan was to “take over and W8LMs for front fill. In addition to main room is set up with five 50-inch plas- into their workouts.” about two-and-a-half city blocks in the Martin LE series monitors on stage and downtown club district of Scottsdale and WT2s in the tents the length of the turn it into a gigantic night club. We took street/dance floor, the system also includover one side of the street and put the ed Yamaha PM5D digital mixing consoles stage and the main PA at one end. The and Martin Audio power amps. According to Kiefer’s description of tent company erected a series of Saddlespan tents down the length of the the setup, “Basically you start with the street. We put delay speakers in each of stage at the end of the street, move furthe tents and lighting to further enhance ther away from the stage and get to the club atmosphere. The audience was FOH in the first tent, then there’s another tent a little further down the street, either standing or sitting in the street.” A high-profile event based on the and so on, all the way to the main enheadliners, Bud Bowl required that Tech- trance. The tents had bars and additionnotrix bring in a portable stage with a 45 al seating areas for the audience. Origiby 45-foot concert roof and truss system nally, we had the tents to cover the by Xtreme Structures for the lighting and street in case of inclement weather, but we used them for structures for lighting audio. Designed to provide audio coverage and audio, and they spanned the whole for the entire length and breadth of the location with extra delays to cover outdoors “nightclub zone,” the speaker everyone in the crowd.” system consisted of nine Martin Audio Martin Audio W8LCs a side with 18 WSX subwoofers www.martin-audio.com Martin Plays Bud Bowl prosoundnews.com April 2008 http://www.spiderp.com http://www.mccauley.com http://www.isptechnologies.com http://www.martin-audio.com http://www.isptechnologies.com http://prosoundnews.com

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