Madrid's performing arts centre uses ClearCom

Geny Caloisi, 14 November 2008

Madrid's multipurpose performing arts complex, 'Los Teatros del Canal' has implemented Clear-Com's Eclipse Digital Matrix, Encore Party-line and FreeSpeak systems to simplify internal communications for its staff members and to assist productions.

Due to its size, finding the right communications system for the comlex was difficult. Owned by El Canal de Isabel II, Madrid's public water utility, it comprises three large buildings - one with 900 seats split among two levels and an orchestra pit outfitted for 80 musicians, another that can accommodate up to 800 people and a third dedicated solely to dance performances. The facility required an intercom that was not only big enough to handle the communications needs of a large staff, but with range and reliability to allow people located in separate buildings to keep in touch.

Los Teatros del Canal is outfitted with an 80-port Eclipse Omega Digital Matrix system, featuring 52 stations and interfaces for 16 party lines, four wires and four relays, along with six Encore Party-line RCS-2700 matrixes and 25 wired beltpacks. The FreeSpeak setup is configured around two E-Que ‘Cell Controller' cards with a 20-antenna network connected to 30 wireless beltpacks. The work was performed by systems integrator Bienvenido Gil, based in Zaragoza, Spain.