Coolux Pandoras Box at New World Center, Miami

The New World Center, the New World Symphony's music academy in Miami Florida, designed by Frank Gehry, features coolux Pandoras Box server technology.

One of the most important aims of this epic undertaking was to break down barriers that might keep people from entering the world of classical music. Projections play a big part in the overall design, both inside and outside the impressive building.

The 247-seat concert hall itself can be configured in 14 different ways including cabaret-style performances or shows where musicians are seated amongst the audience.

The New World Symphony orchestra also projects simulcasts, or WALLCAST concerts, of biweekly concerts projected onto an outside wall, reaching out to a broader public. These performances are free of charge for those who decide to watch the projections in the SoundScape park in front of the building complex.

The live concerts are projected onto a 7,000-sq.-ft. projection wall, while 167 surround-sound speakers broadcast the audio.

Four 35K Christie Roadie projectors are set up in quadrants, with coolux Pandoras Box servers being used for masking and edge-blending. An HD feed gets sent out of a Grass Valley Kayak to live-input cards in the coolux media servers. Pandoras Box is also used to overlay pre-produced graphic content over the live video feed.

The 8,000-square-foot interior of the performance hall can be covered in video projections. This architectural feature allows the presentation of immersive video art to be synchronized with live musical performances. To accomplish this, technical director Clyde Scott employs twelve 30K Christie Roadie projectors and coolux Pandoras Box servers for warping, edge-blending, masking and to create a single continuous canvas that wraps around the room.