A K-array Kayman and Vyper speaker system has been installed at Chapel House Estate, a family-owned wedding and events venue in Kent, UK.
Surrounded by a centuries-old 35-acre estate, the sympathetically converted 700-year-old Chapel provides a timeless appeal for couples wishing to tie the knot.
Having purchased the property a couple of years ago, the new owners set about reinventing the space, adding a new purpose-built
barn housing the main banqueting reception which is now the focus of entertainment enhanced by the installation of a visually discreet K-array line array speaker system.
“Our client came to us with a brief for a smart sound system that would fulfil the varied
workload of speech, music playback and ceremonies in a well-established modern wedding venue environment, and also blend in discreetly with the bright décor of the room – they didn't want ugly 12” black boxes hanging off the wall or technology that would become obsolete
overnight,” said RASE Productions project manager Adam Ellis.
RASE Productions designed a speaker system consisting of two wall-mounted Kayman-KY102 line arrays in white over two Thunder-KMT218P dual 18-in subwoofers in white in a left/right configuration in the corners of the short wall facing the
bar. A pair of Vyper-KV52 line arrays finished in white are placed halfway down the room on a short delay, flush mounted to the walls on custom brackets manufactured by 2B Heard.
The intention was for the speaker system to be visually discreet, and flexible
enough in terms of connectivity to integrate easily with audio systems in other parts the venue, which are all run off an Allen & Heath AHM processor so that everything can talk to each other. Audio can easily be distributed from one building to
another – for instance, source material from the ceremony room can play back through the K-array system in the banquet room. A patch panel allows microphones or additional audio sources such as a DJ console or even a band mix to be easily connected.
The space itself is acoustically difficult because there are plasterboard ceilings, floor to ceiling glass windows and a stone floor, and all that is very reverberant. However, the speaker system is optimised for when there are 120-odd people filling the room during the celebrations
which really helps to break up reflections. Staff access to the sound system is conveniently simplistic. There are IP1 panels distributed throughout the buildings which enable input switching and volume adjustment, while iPad control gives access to further parameters such as muting and individual zoning.