Derryll White wrote:
>
> Fort Steele Heritage Town is currently undertaking a display in which we
> are rebuilding a North West Mounted Police Officers' Quarters (circa
> 1887).  As a part of this display, we had been thinking of using an
> audio system-i.e. mounted speakers in different rooms elaborating on
> interpretative themes and historical characters.  However, having never
> dealt with such an audio presentation before on our heritage site, we
> are not quite sure which is the best system to go with and who to
> contact for information.
>
> Has anyone out there dealt with mounted audio programming before (in
> other words, not the carry-along, tape recorder type)?  Could someone
> offer some suggestions on how to proceed, including what types of
> problems arise from using this type of interpretative tool?
>
> Thanks
>
> Noel Ratch
> Display Co-ordinator
> Fort Steele Heritage Town
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Fort Steele Heritage Town
> 9851 Highway 93/95
> Fort Steele, B.C.
> V0B 1N0
>
> Ph: (250) 417-1161
> Fx: (250) 489-2624
> WWW: http://www.islandnet.com/~bcma/museums/fsht/intro.html
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There were some really neat systems shown at AAM this year - a vertical
sound projection where the sound projection was directly down - if you
were outside the quite narrow projection zone (maybe 2 1/2' - 3'?) you
didn't hear anything - this would certainly help if you wanted to put
multiple vocals in one larger exhibit area.  you'd need to plan a way to
conceal the proj. unit - sort of an upside down snow coaster in acrylic
- but it might work really well.
linn