The College of the North Atlantic Qatar (CNA-Q) is one of the most prestigious
schools in the Qatari capital of Doha. Related to the famous Canadian public school
of the same name, the College has celebrated the graduation of more than 4,000
alumni since 2002. Among its most impressive facilities is a world-class auditorium,
recently refurbished with a full technical upgrade.
Taking place over the course of two years, improvements have been made to every
technical system within the auditorium, from projection and lighting to the
loudspeakers. The aim has been to create a venue capable of meeting a broad
range of requirements. The auditorium now hosts spoken-word presentations,
concerts by local musical acts and even touring theatrical productions.
But while the technology within the auditorium is impressive, regional systems
integrator Audio Visual Technology (AV Tech) knew that the overall system had to
be easy-to-use and completely reliable, to accommodate a wide range of users.
“They wanted the system to be simple,” confirms AV Tech Technical Sales Manager
Mahmoud El Zein, whose dedication and hard work during the project earned him a
personal letter of recommendation from the College. Knowing he needed to use the
most trustworthy signal processing technology available, he chose a Radius 12×8
DSP from Symetrix.
“The entire I/O matrix within the venue, the routing of all inputs and outputs, is all
through the Symetrix Radius 12×8,” explains El Zein. “You can trust Symetrix; their
systems simply don’t fail.” Also included within the auditorium are IC-Live FR Dual
loudspeakers from Renkus-Heinz, Sennheiser microphones, and an Allen & Heath
Qu-32 mixing console, all tied together by the Radius 12×8.
It’s not the first time El Zein has deployed Symetrix processing for a prestigious
Qatari project. “We have been working with Symetrix for more than three years
now and I have used Symetrix products in mission critical areas of high-profile
locations,” he confirms. “You can count on them.”
