Note:  I am not a certified system designer.  I do not use software such as Ease for precision.  There may very well be a more professional install for this room and as always, I’m open to critique.

Here’s what we chose.

Audio:  JBL Control 28 Speakers w/ SB2 Sub.  I chose these because of their cost, coverage (90ºx90º), weight (12 lbs), and ease of hanging.  3 Control 28s arranged as a center cluster provides the 180º of coverage needed.  The challenge was how to hang from drop ceiling.  Our solution: the Chief CMA-455.  It’s a 2×2 mounting plate that can be flown above the drop ceiling.  We flew this from the purlins, used 4 turnbuckles to level, anchored the mount to the drop ceiling grid and we were ready to hang.  The mount was also safety cabled back up to the purlin…just in case.  The JBL MTC-28/25CM ceiling mount arms were used to hang each speaker.  Each Control 28 is safety cabled to the mount.  The SB2 sub was mounted about 3″ from the ceiling on the back wall, stage right.  A Draper screen will be installed next week in front of the sub.  Allen&Heath ZED14, Sennheiser wireless systems, QSC amplification and DBX DriverackPA for system management.

Media:  We love Renewed Vision‘s presentation software, ProPresenter.  With our site license it just made sense to stick with this software.  I’m very confident with it’s stability especially when it comes to handling a lot of video.  A 20″ iMac w/ good size hard drive — we were granted permission to rip the curriculum DVDs to the local hard drive for more reliable playback.

Lighting:  Available power was an issue in this room.  I know LED lighting has a way to go but in this case it was hard to resist.  I chose Irradiant’s LEDPro64 Short fixtures.  They were very cost effective.  Since they are RGB LED mixing, the fixtures don’t produce the best white but for K1 children they’ll work just fine.  When we tested them today the different colors produced some great effects on the stage paint…completely changing the look.  I may post a video later on of this.

I must give a shout to my friends at Point Source Audio for all of their help with this project.  I wish every production team had a group of professionals they could trust like my friends at PSA!

I like photos….so here’s the progress thus far: