The Client
The City and County of Swansea Council consists of 72 councillors representing 36 electoral wards. In 1996, a local government reform saw the district of Swansea merged with parts of the Lliw Valley district, to form a unitary authority under the name of the ‘City and County of Swansea. The City and County of Swansea now covers over 145 sq mi providing services to over 239,600 people.
The Requirement
The City and County of Swansea Council requested that during the restoration period of the Guild Hall, a complete delegate microphone solution with automatic PTZ cameras and display screens to be installed. The council requested the smallest and most discreet unit available to ensure that it would be unobtrusive to the surroundings. The building was originally opened in the 1934 and is Grade 1 listed.
- Envoy System
- 3 Audicam units
- 2 60″ LED screens
- Individual delegate loudspeakers
The Solution
Auditel’s Envoy System was selected due to its ability to be designed to be as compact as possible.
As the desks are listed, we were granted permission from conservation team to fix our compact Envoy unit to the table and to run the required cabling under the desk where the remote fixed loud speaker was installed.
The actual finished unit size was an impressive L 85mm x W 45m D 20mm.
Auditel installed three of its Audicam to cover all of the delegate microphones. Audicam automatically PTZ to the live microphone, this footage is displayed on two 60” LED screens. As the walls of the chamber are wood panelled and listed, we designed and manufactured brackets to allow the camera to securely hang down without being screwed into the wood work.
We also installed a laptop input which automatically switches between sources, that display on the screens. Any audio from the input was also played through each of the individual delegate loudspeakers.