Update your browser to view this website correctly. Update my browser now

The all-in-one conferencing system delivers "effortless" installation and integration

By Rob Lane ⋅ Published: August 19, 2022

Yamaha UC  is amping up the classroom audio experience for in-person and virtual students at the University of Arizona (UA). The higher education institution’s Systems and Industrial Engineering and Mining and Geological Engineering departments selected and installed the award-winning ADECIA  ceiling microphone and line array speaker system for lecture recording and video conferencing.

“With ADECIA, everyone on the far end can easily hear the in-room participants clearly, even if they walk around the room,” said Zachary Chapman, senior systems administrator at UA. “The microphone picks them up clearly, without picking up background noise from the room’s air-conditioning unit. Plus, there are far fewer troubleshooting calls to the IT department. That’s a success, in my opinion.”

The two classrooms at UA only required one RM-CG ceiling microphone each, demonstrating its powerful room coverage. The systems engineering classroom seats 30-40 people, while the mining department’s classroom seats up to 50 people. The team installed the ceiling microphone toward the front of each classroom, in the vicinity of where the professor normally stands and speaks. Thanks to ADECIA, despite the room’s large size, students asking questions from anywhere in the room are now successfully picked up by the ceiling microphone.

“Outstanding audio is an invaluable component of learning,” said Holger Stoltze, PhD, senior director of technical sales and marketing, Yamaha Unified Communications. “ADECIA simplifies edtech decisions, purchasing, and installation while delivering incredible audio coverage in one customizable, practically plug-and-play kit. The deployment of ADECIA at UA demonstrates how no element was overlooked in the pursuit of delivering great learning experiences.”

Tags ⋅ higher education ⋅ line arrays ⋅ mics ⋅ yamaha

Rob has been writing about AV (pro and consumer) for 26 years, editing a number of well known CE mags through the ’90s and ’00s, launching his own residential AV trade title in time for the very first ISE, and running Bigger Boat PR from 2009, while continuing to write for leading AV B2B publications in the UK and US. He joined Installation as editor in 2020.

© 2022 Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. All rights reserved. England and Wales company registration number 2008885.