Sound Concepts in Practice

Silkross events allows you the possibility of speaking with your normal microphone voice in your personal volume and experiencing the full benefit of music and video contributions in the room.

Our top 3 Key Points for the Sound Concept

• A speaker system that is customized for every event venue,
• The requirement—making sure the sound system fulfils the intended purpose,
• Harmonizing the audio sources for the intended sound experience of the event.

Possible audio sources include microphones for voices, instruments, sounds, onomatopoeia, and language interpretation, as well as pre‑recorded media in the form of audio, film, or video recordings. Of course, the acoustics of the room or the surroundings also act as an indirect sound source.

What Is a Sound System?

The sound system includes all audiotechnical equipment, transmission paths and loudspeaker systems that are needed for the sound concept of an event. The sound concept means the electro‑acoustic amplification of contributions and impressions. We use mainly loudspeaker systems made by Meyer Sound, L‑Acoustics, and Fohhn Audio.

Sound Concept Accommodates All Needs in Conference Layout

Frequently we use a combination of central and decentralized speakers. The choice follows acoustic, aesthetic and economic considerations. Thus Silkross events can accommodate varying sound requirements in the course of a conference, support the acoustic properties of the location and ensure the right sound balance between music, spoken text, film sound, artistic performance, and interpretation. Contemporary Dante audio networks help us to quickly and securely perform the change of functions of rooms and areas.

Decentralized Sound Concept

This sound concept is always advisable where noise emission has to be minimized, where the ceiling is low or where acoustically problematic rooms (e. g. with glass or marble surfaces) should only be supplied with little sound energy in order to avoid disturbing sound reflection. Other than a front sound concept, where high‑volume sound signals go into the room from a front line, a decentralized sound concept divides the room into several individual sound areas that are supplied by smaller loudspeaker groups with the suitable local volume. Every loudspeaker signal is processed individually, and the run‑time of the acoustic signal between the sound area is taken into account in a correction algorithm to ensure the best sound for the whole sound space.

The result is a superior sound distribution over the whole room, with the stage taken into account separately.

Sound Concepts in Practice

It is no longer sufficient at all to just set up a voice‑optimized sound system for the conference day and to make it compatible with music for the evening event. Instead modern audio services in a conference environment include microphones for speakers and guests, stage music and a branded piece of audio that relates to the conference or to the company. In addition an example of a best practice process can be shown in a film contribution, and participants can be included by a telephone or direct video link. . . .

Several conference working groups usually work under the motto: we only need ourselves, and no technical equipment ( i.e. they do need a computer connection for a screen or beamer presentation, pinboards or internet access), or: we also want variable availability of telephone and video transmission, small‑area sound systems with handheld microphones, flexible discussion systems, and the occasional audio recording with automatic AI transcription here and there.

That may be one of the reasons why the role of firmly installed sound equipment in some conference centres is diminishing, and in the worst case the only elements that are still used are the power sockets. One way out of this dilemma would indeed be to offer only the power sockets with circuits that are systematically distributed over the facility and to rely on mobile sound systems. Or the alternative—to upgrade the installed sound equipment for network capability so it can be split up and controlled from several control desks.

The great advantage of this option is: Silkross events gets you a practical sound concept useful for speech, voice, and music alike.