Saratoga Racetrack
Saratoga Racetrack is the oldest and largest thoroughbred track in the United States. Racing is televised with remote trucks from multiple networks coming and going during the racing season. A primary truck is provided by NYRA (New York State Racing Association) which feeds in house video systems, NYS on line and in some cases other trucks. In 2014 an audio problem occurred due to how signals were being controlled with the racetrack. Signals were being fed through trucks and back into the house audio system. The results were troublesome with echo, delay and feedback common. An additional problem that has been an ongoing condition was poor audio quality on the winners circles areas in front of the massive bleachers. The existing system of over 60 audio zones and hundreds of loudspeakers had to be upgraded to fix these audio uses, AVL was brought in to design solutions to these issues. At the same time NYRA was incorporating new fiber interfaces for video systems and intercom , which we also had to coordinate. The new design provided fiber paths for all signals to and from video trucks. New loudspeakers: over 50 RCF Outdoor loudspeakers driven by Ashly Audio amplifiers and DSP were installed on the winners circles area to provide high quality audio to this area. The DSP was also used to retune and improve audio in the bleachers themselves using existing JBL loudspeakers. New audio consoles with redundant backup were installed with all signals fully isolated between in house audio and broadcast trucks. New wireless microphones systems (Shure UHFR) were installed with extensive antenna distribution to feed in house and broadcast truck audio. The upgrade ran flawlessly in the 2015 Racing Season will continue to provide high quality audio in 2016 and beyond.
Saratoga Racetrack
Saratoga Racetrack is the oldest and largest thoroughbred track in the United States. Racing is televised with remote trucks from multiple networks coming and going during the racing season. A primary truck is provided by NYRA (New York State Racing Association) which feeds in house video systems, NYS on line and in some cases other trucks. In 2014 an audio problem occurred due to how signals were being controlled with the racetrack. Signals were being fed through trucks and back into the house audio system. The results were troublesome with echo, delay and feedback common. An additional problem that has been an ongoing condition was poor audio quality on the winners circles areas in front of the massive bleachers. The existing system of over 60 audio zones and hundreds of loudspeakers had to be upgraded to fix these audio uses, AVL was brought in to design solutions to these issues. At the same time NYRA was incorporating new fiber interfaces for video systems and intercom , which we also had to coordinate. The new design provided fiber paths for all signals to and from video trucks. New loudspeakers: over 50 RCF Outdoor loudspeakers driven by Ashly Audio amplifiers and DSP were installed on the winners circles area to provide high quality audio to this area. The DSP was also used to retune and improve audio in the bleachers themselves using existing JBL loudspeakers. New audio consoles with redundant backup were installed with all signals fully isolated between in house audio and broadcast trucks. New wireless microphones systems (Shure UHFR) were installed with extensive antenna distribution to feed in house and broadcast truck audio. The upgrade ran flawlessly in the 2015 Racing Season will continue to provide high quality audio in 2016 and beyond.




