Complete Electro-Voice Sound System for Club Gossip

After carefully comparing the offerings of three other suppliers, Gossip’s managers opted for a sound reinforcement system from Electro-Voice, designed by Norwegian installation engineers and audio consultants avon a|s.

The nerve center and heart of the system is found in the air-conditioned equipment room on the first floor of the club, where ten of Electro-Voice’s ultra-reliable CPS series amplifiers (8 x CPS2.6MKII, 1 x CPS2.9MKII, 1 x CPS2.12MKII) deliver the power while a NetMax N8000 signal processor with IRIS-Net v.2.0 software supervises the system via a WLAN router. It’s a set-up that has attracted considerable notice on the Norwegian club scene, since the integration of the NetMax N8000 – only two rack units high – brings with it a wealth of technical options. With its 300 MIPS (or optionally 600 MIPS) of processing power and a flexible 32-in / 32-out audio signal structure, the NetMax N8000 provides a complex control network that is nonetheless simple and intuitive to operate. By means of the IRIS (Intelligent Remote & Integrated Supervision) software for the PC, the control and supervision of the entire signal chain is available from a single platform.

The Programmable Wall Station (PWS-4) wall panels on each storey offer the staff and DJs the same ease and convenience when operating and controlling the system locally.

Erlend Aasved, who is responsible for the club’s sound equipment, is very impressed with the installation: “Everywhere in the club, the sound is outstanding; moreover, the system is ultra-reliable and child’s play to operate.” Since the feedback from DJs, performers and visitors alike has been uniformly positive, the system is making, as he says: “an important contribution to the success of the club.”

Equipment List
First floor
8 x Electro-Voice CPS2.6MKII amplifiers
1 x Electro-Voice CPS2.9MKII amplifier
1 x Electro-Voice CPS2.12MKII amplifier
1 x Electro-Voice N8000 NetMax processor with IRIS-Net v2.0 software
1 x Rx215 sub
2 x Zx1i100 speakers
6 x EVID 4.2 speakers in L-R-L stereo
1 x PXS-4 wall panels

Ground floor
4 x ZX5B
2 x Xsubs
3 x EVID 4.2 speakers in L-R-L stereo
1 x PXS-4 wall panels

Basement
2 x ZX3B
2 x Rx215 subs
5 x ZX1i100 speakers
1 x PXS-4 wall panels

Equipment for the three DJ consoles
1 x Pioneer DJM-400 mixer
2 x Pioneer DJM-800 mixers
2 x Pioneer CDJ-400 CD players
4 x Pioneer CDJ-1000 MKIII CD players
4 x Technics SL-1210 MK V

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