Education & School Sound Systems
AUDIO EDUCATION A+
- Schools & Colleges
- Universities and Campus
- Local Education Authorities
- Adult & Community Education
Education & School Sound Systems
Schools, colleges, universities and the wider adult/public education sector…. Many employ school sound systems to provide a variety of audio applications such as IP mass notification (IP Tannoy, Paging, PA), IP Music (IP BGM) and bespoke audio through innovative audio solutions such as digital / audio signage. Increasingly, we also find scheduled and triggered audio message playback for events & incidents such as alarm testing, security and lockdown announcements.
- School Tannoy, Paging & Public Address (PA) – announcements, mass notification
- Background Music (BGM) – events, common rooms, lunch/break times
- Scheduled audio Message Playout – class change, information, fire alarm testing
- Triggered audio Message Playout – security, school lockdown
- Audio signage – give screens their voice!
Audio Applications
Education and school settings employ a range of audio applications – typical examples as follows:
Mass Notification (Tannoy, Paging, PA)
Staff, students and visiting public, mass notification through audio communication using ‘Tannoy’, Paging and Public Address (PA) applications are regularly employed in schools and education settings.
- Staff call / announcements
- Event and Incident announcements / management
Background Music (BGM)
Background Music is regularly employed in many education and school settings. Reception areas, school radio, break and lunch times, common rooms often playout BGM.
- Stored Audio Playback (music player)
- Music Streaming Service (eg. Soundtack Your Brand)
- ‘Curated’ local/streaming music service (popular option / choice)
- Zoned Audio – The ability to select and playout different BGM to different areas (eg. common rooms, gym areas, corridors)
Audio Message Playout
Pre-recorded audio tones and messages are used within many education and school settings. On demand, triggered or scheduled playout of stored audio messages are used.
- School ‘Bells’ / Class Change
- Fire Alarm / Systems Testing
- Security & Incident, School Lockdown
Technologies | Education & Schools Sound Systems
Many education settings employ school sound systems for a variety of operational and process functions. IP audio technology provides excellent functional and integrated capability, which can be used to underpin the demand for flexible and scalable audio designs often associated with education and school settings.
AoIP vs Traditional Audio...
- Flexible speaker deployment & distribution (particularly useful for large education and school sites.
- Offers improved capability, scalability, management & control
- Provide topology and audio routing options not available with traditional audio
- Requires little or no centralised system equipment
Traditional Audio vs AoIP...
- Lower system, device and speaker costs
- Wide manufacturer and product choice availability
- Established sales and support channels
Which Audio Technology?
Education and schools audio projects requiring access to some of the improved capabilities of IP audio such as flexible management of audio source and audio output (routing and volume control), are likely to require and embrace IP audio. Balancing cost and capability, it is also possible to consider an integrated IP / Traditional system solution mixing both technologies for less complex / demanding project designs.
A good example of IP audio technology use in a school setting would be flexible zoning. Using IP speakers would enable logical audio zone assignment, configured in software or firmware system management. This would enable flexible zone assignment and targeted audio to individual speakers and small / large groups of speakers. Particularly useful for making individual classroom announcements and for audio output control (eg. restricting audio output during exams).
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