Les
Well-Known Member
I'm hoping to expand the paging capabilities with my theatre's installed system. We currently have three TOA 900 series amplifiers which supply program audio and audience recall chimes to three zones: Lobby, Wings, Backstage (greenroom, dressing room, etc). I hope to add a fourth amp to allow a secondary paging means via 70v speakers for the auditorium (we already have a fire alarm system which plays a prerecorded announcement for evac). I mainly want this fourth amp to provide a reliable means for the box office or stage manager to address the audience and building if needed - ala 'God Mic' without relying on every sound technician to supply one.
The tricky part of the system is zone selection. I would really love a wallplate in the box office so they can select between "Lobby", "Backstage", or "All Page", etc. It would be nice if this panel was duplicated in the booth. This Atlas unit seems to kind of do what I want (?question mark?) but it wants to interface with a box that costs almost $350. Then I saw this Bosch unit, but it, also would prefer to interact with their specific gear (though a cursory glance didn't uncover anything particularly special about it). I guess I'm just looking for a really dumb wall-mount mixer.
Anyone know of anything like this, or am I just chasing my tail?
The tricky part of the system is zone selection. I would really love a wallplate in the box office so they can select between "Lobby", "Backstage", or "All Page", etc. It would be nice if this panel was duplicated in the booth. This Atlas unit seems to kind of do what I want (?question mark?) but it wants to interface with a box that costs almost $350. Then I saw this Bosch unit, but it, also would prefer to interact with their specific gear (though a cursory glance didn't uncover anything particularly special about it). I guess I'm just looking for a really dumb wall-mount mixer.
Anyone know of anything like this, or am I just chasing my tail?