Audio applications
Fohhn Audio Solutions
FOHHNEntertainment

Entertainment & Events

Divisible halls, conferences and live events driven from a single networked DSP core.

Halls
Up to 12 zones
Recall
Instant presets
Network
Dante / AES67
The acoustic challenge
  • Rooms are reconfigured constantly and every layout is a different acoustic problem.
  • Event crews arrive with their own consoles and expect a working system.
  • Both speech and full-band music must work in the same space.
The CaesarTechs engineering approach
  • A preset per partition layout, recalled from a touch panel in seconds.
  • Steered systems for speech, point-source systems for music headroom.
  • Standard patch and network interfaces for visiting production.
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Recommended system

The stack we would specify for this environment.

Loudspeaker families
Focus Modular · Perform Series
Amplification & DSP
System Amplifier DI-8.1000
Beam steering strategy
Preset beams per room configuration
Fast turnarounds

Layout change in seconds, not hours.

Dual purpose

Speech clarity and musical headroom together.

Crew-friendly

Standard interfaces for visiting productions.

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Integration scope
01

Partition-aware zoning tied to the venue control system

02

Tie-lines and network patch points at every hall position

03

Documented presets handed over with the system

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Visual reference

How it looks in the space.

Entertainment & Events audio integration reference 1
Entertainment & Events audio integration reference 2
Entertainment & Events audio integration reference 3
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Acoustic telemetry

The numbers behind the design.

Reverberation decay · RT60 2s
0 dB-60 dB
STI (predicted)
0.84
Direct / reverb
66%
SPL variance
± 3.8 dB
Throw distance
32 m
Vertical dispersion
Beam angle
-20°
Opening
15°
Mount height
11 m
Steering
Digital
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Signal chain

Microphones, UC codecs, media players and the emergency interface arrive on a redundant network layer with priority routing.

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Zone planner

Select the zones in your entertainment project.

Zones selected
3
Beam channels
5
Amplifier estimate
2 × DI-8.1000
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Coverage simulator

Pre-loaded with typical entertainment room data.

Adjust the room, steer the beam and export a branded coverage study for your project file.

Select the space
Scale

Divisible flat-floor space with banquet rounds. Coverage must survive partition changes and background chatter.

ViewCovered 55/121 · marginal 44
6.0 m20.3 m
Conventional loudspeaker — same room
6.0 m20.3 m34 m × 26 m × 8.5 m · Hotel ballroomDesign simulation — estimated coverage, not a measurement

Click any listening position to move the virtual listener · drag the array to change mounting height · every value is a design estimate until site measurement.

Room geometry · Hotel ballroom

Showing the parameters that matter most for a ballroom. Switch to “Build my room” for the full geometry set.

LayersSeats covered 9/14 · drag the array, beam handle or listener
Conventional loudspeaker

Fixed vertical dispersion sprays energy at ceilings and rear walls. Reflections smear consonants.

Fohhn Beam Steering
6m13m19m26m32m-20°6.5m86 dB · 20m

Drag the array to set mounting height, drag the handle to steer, drag anywhere to move the listener.

Live acoustic telemetry
1 beam15° coverageRT60 2.0s45 dB(A)Beam locked
0 m32 mSteered line source — 3 dB / doublingConventional — 6 dB / doubling
STI gain
+41
D/R
10.6 dB
Uniformity
±3 dB
Coverage profile along the audience
Front to rear · 32 m · 1 beam at -20° / 15°
88 dB
85 dB
83 dB
82 dB
81 dB
87 dB
87 dB
86 dB
86 dB
85 dB
85 dB
85 dB
84 dB
84 dB
0 m16 m32 m
Beam steered Conventional
Front-to-rear variation
±3.2 dB
Conventional variation
±10.8 dB
Rear headroom over noise
+39 dB
Array mouth / ceiling
6.5 m of 11 m
Suggested family
Linea Focus
Amplification
System Amplifier DI-4.1000

Steered energy holds level across the seating plane instead of falling away behind the first rows — indicative design estimate, not a measurement.

Live audition · hear the configuration

Real programme material — a recorded announcement, a music bed or a pink-noise test signal — played through the current room, beam and noise settings.

Audition idle
Direct / reverberant
+6.0 dB
Room decay in ear
2.0 s RT60
Noise floor
45 dB(A)

Beam on the listener at 20 m — direct sound stays forward of the room tail, articulation holds at STI 0.88. Indicative sound design simulation, not a measurement or a Fohhn recording.

Dolby surround test

Channel-by-channel identification for a 5.1 / Atmos room. Tap any speaker to fire that channel, or run the full sweep.

Listener

Output routing is detected on first playback.

Live simulation
Conventional STI
0.46
Beam steered STI
0.88
Direct / reverberant
10.6 dB
Suggested family
Linea Focus
SPL at listener
86 dB
Headroom over noise
+41 dB

Beam locked on the listener — approx. +41 points of speech-intelligibility improvement versus a conventional system in the same room.

Drag inside the steered room to move the listener. Indicative simulation — not a measurement of a specific project.

Engineering study · project record
Engineering notes · auto-generated, editable

Design simulation — estimated performance until site measurement

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Typical project profile
Convention center
12-zone divisible hall system
Event venue
Speech and music presets on one core
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Delivery program
PHASE 01
Acoustic survey

Site measurement of RT60, noise floor and geometry against the architect's model.

PHASE 02
Coverage modelling

Beam plots per zone with predicted STI and SPL maps issued as a report.

PHASE 03
Design & BOM

Loudspeaker schedule, amplifier count, cabling and containment drawn in CAD.

PHASE 04
Supply & staging

Equipment pre-configured and load-tested in the CaesarTechs facility.

PHASE 05
Installation

Mounting details coordinated with the fit-out contractor and MEP package.

PHASE 06
Commissioning & handover

On-site tuning, as-built documentation, operator training and remote monitoring.

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Engineering questions

We model the room in acoustic software and issue beam plots with predicted STI for every zone of the entertainment space before a single bracket is ordered.

Yes. Beams are steered digitally, so re-tuning after a fit-out change is a software session — no ladders, no re-rigging.

Slim column profiles in custom finishes, flush or recessed where the architecture allows. Most clients see nothing at first glance.

The DSP core supports prioritised emergency broadcast paths and supervised monitoring alongside the everyday program audio.

CaesarTechs provides remote monitoring, firmware management and an SLA-backed response with local engineers.

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Other audio environments
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Let's design the audio for your entertainment project.

Share your drawings and we will return a coverage plan, a bill of materials and a commissioning scope.

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