Amadeus and Merging Technologies, along with installer C2 Artechnolozy, have announced their combined involvement in the ‘Paradise Fun City’ complex located in front of Incheon International Airport, the largest hub airport in Northeast Asia. The install of the complex’s media infrastructure was designed, built and supervised by C2 Artechnolozy, and includes more than 200 Amadeus loudspeakers. With the 2019 opening of the ‘Wonder Box’ indoor amusement park, the Paradise Fun-City complex has become the largest entertainment site in South Korea.
C2 Artechnolozy was deeply involved in the design phase of the newly opened Paradise-City phase 1-2 project which includes ‘Chroma’, the largest club in East Asia which encompasses three separate nightclubs, Wonder Box, and the boutique hotel Art Paradiso. The complex also features the ‘Art Garden’ and the ‘Paradise Walk’ areas. C2 was responsible for designing and supervising the entire resort's audio, video, and lighting systems, as well as the design, development, and supervision of the EBGM System (Enhanced Background Music). In addition, the company was responsible for the design and construction of both the Chroma staging system and the audio, video, and lighting systems for the recently opened Wonder Box. Paradise City's plan was to build a media infrastructure that differentiated itself from existing hotels and convention areas and C2 has delivered.
The EBGM system is based on the Ovation Server, Horus, and Hapi interfaces from Swiss manufacturer, Merging Technologies. The system is capable of up to 384KHz or DXD via the AES67 RAVENNA network. The 352.8KHz DXD EBGM was applied to 69 zones with 145 outputs, including four buildings and three outdoor spaces, and is the first time anywhere in the world that a background music system supports and operates at DXD/384KHz quality throughout a whole resort area.
Utilizing Apple's iPad and Ovation's Web Server functions, C2 designed the control interface so that each space within Paradise City can be individually controlled for its volume and channel, as well as for selecting sound sources of various genres through channel selection. With the iPad control system, the user can create a playlist to suit the location and taste, or it can be set to play back the selected music in a random order.
In order to reproduce differentiated sound sources with the highest quality, C2 chose Amadeus speakers. After long discussions with Amadeus, the integrator chose Amadeus C Series, PMX Series speakers, and ABB 15 and ML 12 SLIM bespoke subwoofers. Powersoft power amplifiers are applied throughout the boutique hotel Art Paradiso to power the speaker system.
Wonder Box is equipped with over 60 Amadeus speakers with Powersoft amplifiers and 6 Ovation servers from Merging Technologies for the show control and audio control. It also equipped the space with 14 Panasonic 21,000 ANSI laser projectors projecting two large indoor screens of curtains which are 33 meters in length and 9 meters in height. The site also has two 10,000 ANSI laser projectors and two Grand MA 3 Consoles, one full size and one Compact XT for the lighting. The system can create immersive AV using the audio, video and lighting system.
C2 Artechnolozy was involved in many aspects for Paradise Fun-City from design, through supervision, and construction, and many of its operations including the day-to-day directing and operating of the club’s systems.
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