Installations

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Athletics Complex

ICB performed extensive AV system renovations as well as new installation of AV systems throughout the Athletics Village at this major University. Work was performed both in buildings that were being renovated and buildings under new construction.  The Athletics Complex comprises the Baseball Stadium, the Athletics Center, the Basketball Arena, and the Football Stadium. The AV work in all phases was designed and installed by ICB Audio and Video.

Athletic Village

Athletic Village

This extensive renovation and upgrade of all of the athletics facilities, and the construction of some new venues, positioned the sports programs at  this University to compete with the nation's best.

The term "village" aptly applies because the close proximity and interconnection of the facilities provides ease of use and access to services for all of the sports teams and their student-athletes, similar to that of a small town.

The project comprised three phases.  The AV for all phases was designed and installed by ICB Audio and Video.

Medical Sciences Building

Medical Sciences Building

Linked by a nine-story glass atrium to a new Center for Academic Research Excellence, the Medical Sciences Building has been designed to support innovative thinking and collaborative discovery by adding lounges, a fitness center, bookstore, food-service area, breakout and study-group rooms, as well as a significant multi-level upgrade for the Health Sciences Library.

ICB provided audiovisual design, equipment, and installation for 32 rooms in this huge new facility.

Being one of the largest buildings in the state, this project spanned over 6 years and involved a high level of coordination over the many phases of the project.

Rooms ranged from simple study rooms through conference rooms to AMX touch screen controlled presentation rooms.

Technical and Community College: Advanced Technology & Learning Center Design

ICB was selected for the design of the specified A/V systems for the Technical and Community College Advanced Technology and Learning Center. The $1.6 Million audio-visual and technology portion of the construction project includes the Culinary Institute presentation room/classroom, an auditorium/lecture hall, Pro Tools digital audio production studio,  and a video production studio. The design also includes a sophisticated Crestron Control System. Each location comprises a unique and advanced audio-visual system.

Museum Center

Cincinnati Museum Center

The sophisticated control systems used today for audio-visual applications only started to become available towards the end of the 1980’s. These include AMX and Crestron Control Systems Technology.

ICB immediately embraced this technology and by 1991 were performing advanced installations of high caliber. The Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal was one of ICB’s first customers to take advantage of ICB’s expertise in this technology. At that time ICB provided fully automated control of 17 audio-visual exhibit areas.

The main exhibit featuring A/V Control System Technology is a full-size recreation of the original Cincinnati Public Landing, all locations managed by a single AMX Control System, providing centralized control of all exhibits.

All of the exhibit locations run on either automated cycle or local push-buttons, or from infrared proximity sensors. Wireless controllers can override audio-visual systems at any time to allow tour guides to do live presentations. Some of these exhibits require synchronization of audio, video and lighting effects.  ICB Audio & Video continues to provide support, service and upgrades to these and other display systems to this day.

THE BAMBOO ROOM

The Bamboo Room

An international recording engineer contracted ICB to custom design and build his new recording studio.

Together with our studio construction partners, we provided all design, architectural services, construction, equipment supply, and installation of the studio.

The studio is based on a Digidesign protools system with 5.1 mix capability using Air monitors.  An Otari MTR 24 track reel to reel recorder is actively used in the recording process.

 

Music Hall Building
Music Hall

Music Hall

The prestigious Music Hall renovation was, without doubt, the project of the year for Cincinnati.

ICB was proud to be selected for the AV integration of this project  - and what an installation it was !!  Here are a few of the amazing statistics:

• Over 4 miles of AV cables installed in 869 separate runs.

• Over 2000 AV connections made.

• Nearly 400 loudspeakers installed comprising 5 line arrays, 38 fill and balcony speakers, and over 300 ceiling and distributed sound speakers.

• Over 100 flat screen TVs installed comprising two 3x3 video walls, two 1x4 video walls and 77 digital signage/menu/display monitors.

• Two video projection systems installed, one of them being a huge 16,000 lumen projector for the auditorium. 

• Two PTZ camera systems for the auditorium and an assisted listening system capable of 80 headsets for patrons.

The systems as installed provided connectivity throughout the building all controlled from a central hub in the audiovisual rack room to which additional racks and panels throughout the building were connected. An intricate conduit and distribution box system was designed and installed in the basement under the auditorium to facilitate this connectivity. The basis of design of the sound system was D & B  and QSC speakers integrated with QSC QSYS control. The video system permitted any video source including the PTZ cameras in the auditorium and digital signage sources to be routed to any TV or video wall in the building.

 

 

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Large Conference Room/Board Room

Financial Institution Headquarters

This new Financial Institution Headquarters features state of the art AV technology in rooms throughout the facility.

Rooms designed and installed by ICB include the Large Board Room/Conference Room,  the Training Room,  Medium Conference Rooms,  multiple Small Conference Rooms and Huddle Rooms,  Video Chat locations, and Break Space Entertainment.  Digital Signage is installed throughout the building.

Rooms are booked by a Room Scheduling System with displays outside each room.  Video Conferencing capabilities,  BYOD (Bring Your Own Device),  and Touch Screen Control Technology are features in most of the rooms.

University Recreation Center Building
University Recreation Center Building

University Recreation Center

This University Recreation Center was a major project that involved a combination of renovation and new construction of the existing facility. 

AV systems installed in the facility included sound systems and digital signage in most activity areas such as the weight rooms, the courts, and the pool

Audio, wireless mics, hearing assist and video was installed in the classrooms, huddle rooms, meeting rooms, studios, and presentation rooms.

• Digital signage was installed at the entrances/reception and at multiple locations around the facility.

• A large format video wall was installed in the pool area.

• The AV was controlled throughout with Crestron and QSYS control systems.

The Global Operations Center Headquarters
The Global Operations Center Headquarters

Global Operations Headquarters

This Global Operations Headquarters is the major North American center for an International Company.

The building accommodates over 1,200 employees on 12 floors and features an extensive AV equipment installation.

AV equipment in the building is located in presentation rooms, training rooms, hub rooms, conference rooms, huddle rooms, and café and relaxation/fitness areas. 

Over 300 video monitors were installed for use in presentation, interaction, BYOD ( Bring Your Own Device ), and digital signage.

Several hundred room scheduling panels were installed along with vast numbers of speakers for distributed sound, presentation sound, and noise masking.

This project was one of the largest AV installations ever performed in Greater Cincinnati.

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Basketball Arena

With 10,250 seats and 14,415 square feet of space, ICB’s challenge in this arena was to engineer and install a sound system that was capable of being heard in all locations over the basketball team’s very loud and enthusiastic supporters.

The sound reinforcement system that was provided comprised 9 clusters of Eastern Acoustics Works speakers positioned around the catwalks to provide 360 degrees of even coverage.

Since the venue is also used for concerts, graduations, trade shows, and conventions, a computer controlled digital matrix was installed to permit changes in speaker coverage at a touch of a button to meet the preprogrammed needs of each of those events.

The design concept of the sound system was to convert audio to a digital signal as close to the source as possible and then transport it by fiber optic cable to the control room on the upper level where it entered the control matrix.  The signal then continued in digital form to the amplifier room where it was sent to the speakers.

Sound and video was also distributed throughout the facility to over one hundred video monitors and literally hundreds of speakers in the concourses, hallways, private boxes, bars, and lounges.

A media production room and a full satellite truck dock for broadcasting major national events was also installed.

Another part of the facility comprises several conference rooms and an executive meeting room all of which were fitted out with video projectors and control systems. A central equipment room provides unified AMX control of all of the rooms as well as serving as the central media distribution point.

Yet another level of the facility contains banquet rooms where large screen projection and sound reinforcement systems were installed.

Recently ICB designed and installed a complete arena sound system upgrade utilizing state of the art Danley sound reinforcement speakers. 

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Concert, Special Event, and Basketball Arena

ICB installed the AV systems in this 10,000 seat, state-of-the-art arena and entertainment destination. It hosts Concerts, Special Events, Basketball, and a variety of other Sporting Events.  

The primary AV systems installation by ICB Audio and Video comprises a 5 cluster Eastern Acoustic Works sound reinforcement system covering the Arena, and distributed sound and communications in other areas of the venue.  

The system is managed from a control room at the balcony level.  In this area a mixing console is located looking out over the arena and towards the rear of the balcony are the equipment and amplifier racks.  

The system is managed by a digital processor, which is programmed from a computer.  Sound system presets installed in the processor are selected as needed to customize to the type of event being hosted

ice arena

Ice Arena

This $34.8-million state-of-the-art 170,000 square-foot Ice Center comprises two NHL-size (200'x 85') sheets of ice.

The first sheet is within a 4,000 seat capacity Arena, and includes 2,800 reserved lower-bowl seats, 102 club seats, four opera boxes and six private suites. The second sheet of ice, with seating for 250, is used for practice and synchronized skating as well as youth hockey, intramural activities and other community-related events. 

The club seating area is accessible from the mezzanine level and extends into a full banquet area that provides fans with fine dining. Luxury suites have access to the dining area, as well as the opera boxes. Next to the club area is the press box, which provides one of the best views in all of college hockey, with seating for 18. There are also two four-person radio booths. The facility also includes state-of-the-art locker room facilities for both the hockey and synchronized skating programs, in addition to 13 other locker and player accommodation areas.

ICB Audio & Video installed the new Ice Center sound system comprising:

• Sound system zones in each of two ice rinks
• 52 total speakers providing full coverage in both rinks
• 36 speakers mounted to the catwalks in the main arena
• 16 speakers in the smaller practice rink designed for synchronized skating, classroom work and individual training
• Ceiling speakers located in the lobby, rental shop, bathrooms and throughout the concourse level
• A rental shop system switchable between its own music system and the main system feed
• New processors and mixers

Audio and Video tie lines were installed between the broadcast booth, press boxes, satellite truck docks, control booth, custom panels in both arenas, and the video distribution system.

The video distribution system provided feeds from multiple sources to screens throughout the facility including TVs in the arena, concourse level, players lounges, private boxes, club lounge, restaurant, and bar.

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Stadium showing stands, suites, and press boxes

Football and Soccer Stadium

ICB has successfully completed several upgrades to this combined football and soccer stadium with the latest being a major upgrade to the AV systems servicing the newly completed stands, luxury suites, press boxes and broadcast distribution system.

Features of the installation included nearly 300 video monitors, 300 loudspeakers, and 140,000 feet of broadcast cable.

The systems installed included video distribution, sound distribution, intercom, broadcast cabling, 30 luxury suites, press boxes, broadcast boxes, bars and lounges, a control room, sound and video control systems, broadcast panels and AV distribution panels.

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Motor Speedway

ICB designed and installed a high-powered sound system for this Speedway.  As anyone who has attended such events will know, sound pressure levels become extremely high when motor vehicles are racing. For announcements to be heard, a high SPL system with good intelligibility is required to override the ambient noise levels. ICB chose Community speakers for this installation. Speakers were mounted to cover the Stands, Pressbox, Concourse, Concessions, and the Park.

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Fountain Square

ICB performed the design and installation of AV systems in this well known gathering place in the center of Cincinnati. In the winter the Square features an Ice Skating Rink and associated festivities, and in the summer the Square is the venue for hundreds of concerts and events - all of which utilize high quality sound in the square and video on the big screen.  The AV portion of the project comprised 3 major systems: (1) A video mixing and distribution system that routed video to the 24 foot by 42 foot video screen mounted on top of Macy's; (2) A sound distribution system that routes sound for the big screen and other program sources to speakers around the square; and (3) A stage and sound reinforcement system that is used for the many music events and presentations that are held on the square throughout the year. The physical installation behind these systems includes: A control room and racks with amplifiers and video equipment in the parking garage below the square; Cabling between all AV locations; AV connection boxes; Speakers and remote controlled pan-tilt-zoom video cameras mounted on poles throughout the square; A full stage with trussing and rigging to support the lighting system, Nexio line array speaker system, and subwoofers, and; A front of stage mix position with a Yamaha digital mixing console.  The stage was designed by ICB with a truss and canopy that raises or lowers by pushbutton control using electric motors attached to the vertical support trusses. Everyday event operation is with the canopy in the raised mode. The lowered position is used for sound system and lighting adjustment as well as being a safety position if bad weather is anticipated.   The whole stage structure was designed and anchored to withstand high wind conditions.

 

auditorium

Auditorium

A major conference facility installation at this pharmaceutical company involved design and installation of audiovisual systems, lighting, and AMX control technology in a 300 seat auditorium and a large connected meeting room. Both rooms were managed from a control room located between them.

The AV systems were set up so that the rooms could be used independently or in combination.  A third room in another city could also be patched in when video conferencing was needed.

Typically in a three room set up, the auditorium was the main presentation room with the meeting room being used for overflow crowd. The remote site would mirror the main presentation room.

The objective in use was that the presentation could be seen and heard in all three rooms and questions from any of the locations could also be seen and heard by all.

Consequently this installation was zoned for multiple sources with close attention being paid to ease of control and avoiding audio feedback or switching issues.

Although all major events were managed from the control room, each room could switch to user control at the podium for presenters who wished to control their own stage. This local control also was used for simple unmanaged uses of the rooms.

Main Conference Room

Conference Rooms & Training Room

An international accounting firm relocated its Cincinnati offices. The design specified A/V systems to be installed in two Conference Rooms and a Training Room.

The Large Conference Room A/V System is controlled by an AMX Control System, including an 8.5" diagonal AMX wireless touch panel, eight table-top microphones and four ceiling speakers. Also included is a 61" Plasma Screen Video Monitor. A/V sources include a CENTRA Video Conferencing System. A wall panel allows users to interface portable A/V devices as well as providing a connection for recording devices.

The Small Conference Room A/V System design includes a 50" Plasma Screen video monitor. A/V sources include two portable computer connections and a CENTRA Video Conferencing System. The audio conferencing includes a three-microphone pod at the center of the conference room table. The A/V system is controlled by an 8.5" diagonal AMX wireless touch panel. room.

The Training Room includes a ceiling mounted LCD projector with a motorized 6'x8' projection screen. A/V sources include connection panels and CENTRA Video Conferencing System. The wall panel includes a connection for recording devices. The Training Room A/V System also includes four ceiling speakers and two wireless microphones: One lapel and one handheld. The Training Room A/V System is controlled by an 8.5" diagonal AMX wireless touch panel.

Video Wall

Conference Rooms & Video Wall 

In 2009 a well-known corporation split into two divisions. One division is now focused on the newspaper and conventional media while the second division is focused on interactive media.

A complete refurbishment of several floors of the building was undertaken to provide the new headquarters for the interactive Media division.  ICB provided the AV equipment and installation for the lobby, presentation systems, and conference rooms.

Conference Room

University Center

ICB engineered and installed all of the audiovisual systems in the University Center.

As part of the center package, the conference room is controlled by a very complex AMX control system and Media Matrix audio processing system.  This system controls 5 other conference rooms and two banqueting halls, with full interconnectivity between all locations. The boardroom contains video projection and a remote control panel. Any piece of source equipment whether cable, VCR, CD, computer, or cassette can be controlled from any room through a simple user interface. The design leaves the presentation rooms almost equipment free.

Other parts of the facility included 8 LCD video projection systems, 85 video monitors, a video production room, a bar, multiple private boxes, dining room A/V system, and multiple lounges, all operated by an extremely sophisticated control system.

Another element of this installation is a series of six conference rooms. Each of these rooms is combinable to create a larger room.  To achieve this purpose, there are three projectors per two rooms allowing either individual separated room operation with one or two screens, or combined room operation with up to three projection screens.

This project included also the sound reinforcement system for the arena.

In addition, ICB has performed countless other projects for the University over the past 15 years.

Conference Room

Conference, Training and Lobby Systems

An international accounting firm that relocated its Cincinnati offices to the well-known Scripps Building chose ICB to provide the equipment and installation of A/V systems for the office renovations.

The Training Room includes a ceiling mounted LCD projector and a motorized projection screen. A/V sources include VGA panels, installed DVD, VCR and CATV sources, a wireless microphone and ceiling speakers. The audio system has the ability to be split or combined with an adjoining room automatically via a ceiling mounted partition sensor.  The A/V System is controlled by a wall mounted 6" AMX color touch panel which automates all aspects of the system.

The Boardroom A/V System design includes a ceiling mounted LCD projector for video and computer presentations, motorized projection screen, and connections for laptops and other source devices. Connections are available via the boardroom tabletop, provided by the furniture vendor. A tabletop audio conference system was also included with external microphones.

The Kitchen, or Café, includes a 27" color TV mounted to the ceiling and is connected to a CATV jack for cable TV viewing. Additionally, the Reception Area, or lobby, has a flat panel 32" LCD TV monitor that greets guests and clients upon entering the offices. In addition to cable TV the reception desk computer is wired to the LCD monitor for the viewing of computer generated messages.

Athletics Center - Conference Room

University Athletics Center

The centerpiece of the University Varsity Village project is the 8 floor Athletic Center, located between the football stadium and the basketball arena. This 236,000-square foot facility is home to all athletic departments, coaches, student athletes and administrators. The Athletic Center houses offices, team meeting rooms, study halls, a sports medicine and hydrotherapy suite, locker rooms, a gymnasium, a 335 seat auditorium, a two-level faculty club with restaurant, a University health suite, and the ticket office.

The AV systems installed by ICB included over 100 flat screen TVs, 30 video projectors and over 200 speakers.  Interconnectivity within the building was by means of a private LAN and a cable TV backbone.

Great Hall

Auditorium

The Great Hall is a good example of a large auditorium/multi-purpose facility. The room is utilized for banquets, live performances, presentations, movies, and much more. Installation includes automatic microphone mixing system for presentations, AMX Control System with touch panel, a custom lectern, video projector with electronic screen, and multiple source devices for both audio and video playback.

Conference Room

Teacher’s College

The renovation of Teachers College has provided much needed offices, conference rooms, and teaching rooms for Staff, Faculty, and Students.  

The renovation provided a sensitive modernization of the historic building bringing new technology and natural light into all areas while recreating elements of the historic appearance of the building by installing replicas of the original lighting fixtures and repairing historic architectural details and plasterwork.

ICB designed and installed the AV systems for 3 conference rooms, a 50 person meeting room/conference room, a state of the art videoconferencing room, 6 classrooms, and the Library in this facility.

Distance Learning Teaching Station

Union College

ICB Audio & Video was the integrator of choice for the electronic classroom and distance learning system.  This historically significant facility serves the international community with its North American Archives and is one of only two Jewish Archives in the United States. The installation of a video teleconferencing system enhances the availability of international archival research opportunities and benefits the reputation of the institution through the educational impact provided by a system of such sophistication.

This state of the art facility is designed to allow local instruction, as well as multipoint video conferencing or distance learning. It achieves this goal through the integration of current display technology, the latest in audio processing, and custom control software on the AMX platform. The system has five video screens, three in the front, and two in the rear. Due to constraints of architecture the two front primary displays employ the sophisticated Draper Rear Projection System, combined with Sanyo video projectors placing images onto the ample 12' diagonal screens respectively.

The third auxiliary screen is a motorized 12' front projection system that drops down between the two primary screens when needed. The two rear displays mirror the two front primary screens for instructor confidence.

Instructors have their choice of the A/V display devices, which include local PC, laptop, document camera, VCR, and a DVD player. Capabilities also include a Star Tablet Annotation Monitor, which allows the user to write overtop VGA sources via an electronic annotation device and project the annotations onto the overhead screen. Annotations can also be saved and recalled in the monitor's computer.  

The complex audio processing is handled via five Polycom Vortex processors. Along with the source audio and instructor microphones, there are also 38 ShureMX392/c push to talk boundary microphones for student input and discussion during video conferencing.  All aspects of the system are accessible through the Graphical User Interface (GUI), an AMX CV-10 touch panel with video preview, located on the instructor workstation.

The custom GUI and control software were programmed in-house at ICB Audio & Video by an AMX ACE certified programmer which allowed for on the spot tweaks at the clients request. The system has two primary modes of operation, Electronic Classroom Mode and Videoconference Mode. Electronic Classroom Mode allows for local instruction, while Videoconference Mode opens the classroom to the world, literally.

The implementation of three local cameras, 1 instructor, and 2 student cams, coupled with the control system and push to talk microphones allows for a true face to face learning experience. When a student pushes to talk, one of the SONY EVID cameras will pan and zoom to that student, as well as send the video feed to the Polycom VSX 8000 for far site reception, as well as return to the previous display content upon release.

The center projection system can also come in to service during a Multipoint call as well. This allows two remote sites to connect, and each to have its own full screen in the local lecture hall, which allows the third full display for the instructional content.

This marriage of technology brought together by ICB Audio & Video provides the ability to smoothly interlace discussion with educational content from the vast archives of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center. This combination opens tremendous learning opportunities for all involved, and accommodates communication with an international community.

Electronic Media classroom

Music College

As an example of the track record ICB has sustained in the educational arena, ICB has now completed three generations of installations for this Music College

The installations demonstrate our ability to handle large installations incorporating all of the major elements contained in the proposed project.

It comprised 4 theatres, 5 recording studios and a large number of rooms and auditoriums.

ICB Audio & Video worked with Turner Construction on the renovation, for which ICB won the Turner Contractor of the Year award.

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High School and Community Center

ICB Audio & Video designed and installed the conference room at this high school. The technology at this school is some of the most sophisticated in the state and their conference room installation is a prime example of this. ICB Audio & Video performed the complete bid spec design for this project including CAD drawings and documentation. This is probably the most significant school system development in the Greater Cincinnati area. Design included video projection and an advanced control system.

This high school installation included a conference room consisting of 2 rear-projection screens, 1 video projector, A/V Conferencing System, 52 mics (one at each student station), distributed and zoned speech reinforcement system, video conferencing capabilities, surround sound system, document camera, 2 student cameras and one presenter camera for distance learning, and Audio-Visual capabilities.

Each location has a microphone and via the matrix mixers in the system, speakers in the ceiling are attenuated whenever a microphone directly below the speaker is being used. Cameras automatically locate to the microphone in use so that an image of the person talking becomes available for teleconferencing or event recording.

In addition to the conference room, ICB also designed and installed a full theatre and multiple other locations of audio and video throughout the facility.

Lecture Room

Videoconferencing/Lecture room

ICB completed a series of design/build teleconferencing/video streaming rooms for this Business College. Room 108 is one of the premiere rooms in this group. This includes four projectors and screens, robotic cameras, microphones, video feeds/VCRs, multiple monitors and a sophisticated control system over the entire installation. This particular installation was designed specifically for teleconferencing and multi-projector presentation. This installation required extensive initial planning as well as control system programming to achieve the end product. Even after construction delays, ICB achieved an operating system within the time frame requested by the University and to the total satisfaction of the administrators involved. Room 108 can be utilized as an electronic classroom or as a teleconferencing room using ISDN or IP. Different mode selections on the control system touch panel permit the instructor to switch between two operational environments.

Special features of this room include:

• One projection screen for local source, one for remote
• Two robotic cameras – one for the students and one for the instructor
• Automatic camera tracking of instructor during presentation
• Microphones for each attendee location
• Robotic cameras move to locations when microphone button is pressed.
• Record VCR switchable between remote and local sources
• Multiple monitors for instructor feedback – record, send video, computer, preview.

Room 108 was so successful that ICB was asked to design and install an additional series of rooms of similar capabilities for teleconferencing and streaming conferences to the web. A mobile teleconferencing system was also designed.

Sanctuary Audio Console

Church Design/Build

This church in Mason was a design/build project by ICB Audio & Video. Two high-output rear-screen projection systems with mirrors give the sanctuary high impact video presence. The front-end sound reinforcement system includes EAW speaker arrays and a Soundcraft Spirit Live 40 Mixing Console, as well as floor monitors, source devices, and various microphones. Mixing and Lighting consoles are located in the upper balcony

Main Sanctuary view from behind Audio Console

Christian University

This Worship and Ministry Center is an ICB design/build project that reached completion in 2004. The design work for the center occurred during 2002 and the construction was performed through the period from 2002 to 2004.

The installation comprises the sanctuary, a distributed sound and video system, a preaching lab, classrooms, coffee shop, and student lounge.

The Sanctuary features a sound reinforcement system with video projection, and cameras suitable for worship services and theatrical productions complete with Green Room and all necessary audio and video distribution and communication systems to support these activities.

Digital Mixing Console

East Side Church

This package includes full-range in-house broadcast facilities, a concert level sound reinforcement system and open architecture for a separate monitor system. The equipment includes a video projector system and screen, multiple plasma monitors, and installation and set-up of a DM 2000 Digital Mixing Console from the Yamaha Commercial Audio Company.

The in-house broadcast system allows portable and fixed cameras to feed signal to the control room for live broadcast and post-production distributed to the CCTV system. ICB Audio & Video also provided portable video cameras for on-location work. The foyer of the facility includes a sophisticated video system with multi-media and multiple plasma monitors.

Main Sanctuary

Christian Church

Located just south of Dayton, Ohio, in the community of Miamisburg, this Christian Church each week brings a message of hope and light to their community. Faced with bursting attendance in two campuses running a combined six services each weekend, they chose to consolidate their congregation into one new campus.

ICB Audio and Video was chosen in a selective bid process to install a sound and video system at this Christian Church’s new facility. Some owner-furnished audio and video equipment was relocated to the smaller theater and youth rooms, while an entirely new system was installed in the main sanctuary. The new sanctuary system included a Meyer M’elodie line array system with Meyer Galileo processing, a Yamaha M7CL mixing console, and a Clear-Com Cellcom wireless intercom system. The new video system included several remote-controlled cameras with AMX control.  The result is a full-scale production facility to fit the high-tech needs of contemporary worship services, as well as the needs of a wide variety of outside groups and conferences.

Main Sanctuary

Catholic Church Design/Build

The church system was designed and installed by ICB Audio & Video. This design includes speakers and distributed sound to the main sanctuary, hallway, foyer/gathering space and day chapel. All speakers tie in to the main control in the sanctuary and can be switched on or off and routed, local or distributed, for any purpose.

EAW built custom speakers (EAW SS750) for this installation that feature high intensity horn drivers for long throw, tight field design for sound dispersion from a ceiling mount 48’ high, and designed for minimal visual impact.  An EAW DX 810 Digital Systems Processor/Mixer features multiple scene control for program flexibility. This recently completed installation is versatile and was designed and built to suit the facility.

 

Main Sanctuary

Church Installation

This church system installed by ICB Audio & Video is an example of one of our audio reinforcement installations. It includes audio distribution, and a time aligned distributed sound system with in-ceiling speakers. The in-ceiling speaker system provides maximum audio coverage with minimal visual impact.

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The Brew Works Bar

The Brew Works was a 160,000 square foot retail/entertainment complex located in the historic Bavarian Brewing Company building in Covington, Kentucky. Unfortunately, this wonderful concept was relatively short lived and the site has since been occupied by a regional entertainment chain.

Among the original project's many claims to fame was a beer selection in excess of 2000 brands (probably the largest in the world), single malt whiskeys, their own microbrewery, humidor, entertainment stage, coffee house, restaurant, beer garden, gift shop, and a massive wine, beer, liquor, and party goods retail outlet.

The emphasis was on quality throughout the complex, so superior brand audio and video components were installed by ICB to provide a truly excellent audio and video environment.

The distributed sound system featured a unique remote switching and level control system which permits personnel in each one of the 24 zones to select their own preferred sources and sound levels by means of local controls wired into a computer bus strung throughout the building.

This system also permitted zoned paging from any telephone in the building to any audio zone. 16 audio sources were available on the system including 120 channels of satellite DMX, AM, FM, CD, cassette, DAT etc.  The video system offered satellite, off-air, VCR, and laser disk sources again selectable in every zone. The complex also included a recording studio and live sound stage.

Stage view

Live Music Venue

This mid-size theater in Covington, KY hosts a variety of local acts, as well as many national acts.  The venue can hold up to 600, so a very powerful sound system was needed to provide proper sound reinforcement throughout the facility.  ICB installed the sound system, the monitor system, and all the digital signage in this popular northern Kentucky venue.

Arena - Exterior view

Entertainment Arena

This is Greater Cincinnati’s newest 10,000 seat, state-of-the-art arena and entertainment destination. It hosts first class Concerts, Family Shows and a wide variety of Sporting Events.

The primary AV systems installation comprises a large Eastern Acoustic Works sound reinforcement system covering the Arena, and distributed sound and communications in other areas of the venue.

The system is managed from a control room up at the balcony level.  In this area a mixing console is located looking out over the arena and towards the rear of the balcony are the equipment and amplifier racks.

The system is managed by a digital processor, which is programmed from a computer via RS232.  Sound system presets installed in the processor are selected as needed depending on the type of event

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Restaurant

This franchise steakhouse in Cincinnati mixes contemporary with plush on a grand scale and is known for it's aged prime beef and fresh seafood.  ICB was chosen to install the BOSE sound reinforcement system with wall plate controls  that supplies music to the individual zones of the restaurant, and also the digital flat screen televisions throughout the facility.

Building exterior

University Theatre

As an example of the track record ICB has sustained in the educational arena, ICB has now completed three generations of installations for this Music College

The installations demonstrate our ability to handle large installations incorporating all of the major elements contained in the proposed project.

It comprised 4 theatres, 5 recording studios and a large number of rooms and auditoriums.

ICB Audio & Video worked with Turner Construction on the renovation, for which ICB won the Turner Contractor of the Year award.

Conference room Control Panel

ICB Technologies

In the mid 1980’s, ICB started developing control systems to provide remote intelligent control of AV systems and peripheral devices.

The number of peripheral devices we control with our systems has increased substantially due to both the drive for energy saving and the improvements in chip technology that provide faster, more sophisticated control capabilities.

A logical outcome of this growth has been to establish a separate technologies division that is focused solely on the energy and efficiency control capabilities of the systems we design.

Recording School

Recording Workshop

ICB has a long history of supplying equipment to educational institutions.

The Recording Workshop is the oldest recording school in the world and provides a unique short term education in the art of Audio Recording Engineering.

The school comprises 8 recording studios, all of which have been equipped by ICB.

To find out more about the Recording Workshop, go to http://recordingworkshop.com/

Video Wall

Panoramic Video Wall

This Extensive Video Wall greets you as you enter the reception area of a massive 11 story building.

All live video components of the wall were installed by ICB Audio and Video. They comprise flat screen TVs, commercial DVD players, and an Extron IP link system for control.

Extron’s Global configurator software provides control of the wall. Energy and equipment saving features are provided by this system. For example, the system automatically turns off at the end of the day and on weekends.

Automatic power up is provided in the event of a power failure and the system is monitored to ensure it is on and functioning during operational hours. The system is connected to the internet so that external control and notification of system failure to external locations can be made.

Baseball Stadium

The Baseball Stadium Sound and Video system was the first part of the project.

The Baseball Sound System comprised groupings of Community Loudspeakers driven from an amplifier rack located in the main building.  Sound and video distribution was installed for the press and radio boxes. Distributed sound was provided for the concourses and team rooms.

Culinary Institute Presentation Room Classroom Design

The Culinary Institute presentation room/classroom is a multipurpose room designed to support presentations of food preparation ranging from small group instruction to 200 seat audience presentations. This location includes interactive teleconferencing, S-video quality recording capabilities (5 remote, 2 fixed cameras), projection screens, video monitors, video conferencing, tie lines and wall panels for remote audio recording and live broadcast capabilities. All A/V is controlled by Crestron Control Systems panels located at the instructor workstation and the kitchen counter. There is also a kitchen presentation control room on the second floor, featuring a Crestron Control Panel. The room also includes a sound system with wireless microphones, podium, intercom, and a wireless ADA hearing assist system that can accommodate up to eight users

Museum Center

Museum Installation

This Museum in Kansas City comprises a series of walk through exhibits each with an independent program but controlled from a centralized AMX Control System. All exhibits can be powered off and on from one central control panel.

The control cabinet for the system is centrally located and contains the main system intelligence in the form of an AMX Axcess control system plus much of the source equipment and amplification.

Video players are software modified to eliminate the command display and to customize the display to designer requirements for non-video portions of the presentations.

At the entrance to the museum two video monitors, each in its own kiosk display information for visitors. Both are switched into repeat modes at the start of the day.

In the “Parade” portion of the exhibit hall, two speakers create a stereo image of the band music, one located on each side of the band. Two other speakers located over entrance doors from the kiosk area create a single channel of ambiance for crowd noises.

In the "Meet The People" exhibit, the visitor is able to select a person they would like to learn more about and see and hear their story with accompanying light changes and effects.

In the "Put Yourself In The Ring" interactive display, the visitor is seated upon a horse saddle. The camera views the visitor against a Chroma-key blue background.  The video of the visitor is superimposed upon an active video scene source from the video player.

Other exhibits include speakers for music and sound, video playback, and other automatic playback devices for exhibit applications.

University Classroom A/V Systems

University Classroom A/V Systems

These classroom AV systems were installed in 2006. The project comprised a series of rooms featuring Crestron Control Systems, programmed, designed and supported by ICB Audio & Video.

All equipment was housed in Spectrum workstations. Devices installed in the system included Da-Lite powered screens, Sanyo video projectors, Samsung document cameras, University supplied PC and Laptop computers, Extron Switchers, Kramer switchers, TOA amplifiers, and JBL speakers.

CBM RECORDING

CBM Recording

This was one of ICB's earlier recording studio installations.

The room was used for audio post production for video. It comprised a 24 track recording capability, SMPTE synchronization, and a direct tie line connection to the neighbouring video production facility.

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Baseball Stadium

The Baseball Sound System comprises pole mounted and building mounted Community loudspeakers designed to provide even coverage of the spectators and field. Speakers were driven from an amplifier rack located in the main building. Sound and video distribution was installed for the press and radio broadcast boxes. Distributed sound was provided for the concourses and team rooms. Tie lines provided audio and video connectivity to the Athletics Center and Arena rack room.

Athletic Center

The centerpiece of the project is the 8 floor Athletic Center, located between the football stadium and the basketball arena. This 236,000-square foot facility is home to all athletic departments, coaches, student athletes and administrators. The Athletic Center houses offices, team meeting rooms, study halls, a sports medicine and hydrotherapy suite, locker rooms, a gymnasium, a 335 seat auditorium, a two-level faculty club with restaurant, a University health suite, and the ticket office.

The AV systems installed by ICB included over 100 flat screen TVs, 30 video projectors and over 200 speakers.  Interconnectivity within the building was by means of a private LAN and a cable TV backbone.

Auditorium/Lecture Hall Design

The Auditorium is a multi-use facility intended for lectures, multi-media, theatre and music performance applications. The facility includes audio and video reinforcement systems as well as audio and video recording and broadcast capabilities. Crestron Control panels control all A/V in the room and are located at the lower and upper level of the auditorium, at the mobile lectern and in the auditorium control room. The package includes an S-Video remote controlled camera, projection screen, LCD video projection, distributed speaker system, wired and wireless microphones, a front of house/control room with a full-featured mixing console, an intercom system, and a wireless ADA hearing assist system.

RSRS RECORDING

RSRS Recording

This control room is a part of a four room complex that was built by ICB on a Caribbean Island over a period of 10 years.

Videoconferencing Suite

Foyer, Video Wall & Videoconferencing Suite

Hospital Installation

This 11 story building showcases extensive audiovisual capabilities all of which were installed by ICB Audio and Video.

There are three AV enabled conference rooms on each floor, an impressive video wall in the foyer, a sophisticated meeting room complex just off the foyer, and a video conferencing suite.

As you enter the building through the main entrance, a spectacular video wall greets you.

All live video components of the wall were installed by ICB Audio and Video. They comprise flat screen TVs, commercial DVD players, and an Extron IP link system for control.

Extron’s Global configurator software provides control of the wall. Energy and equipment saving features are provided by this system. For example, the system automatically turns off at the end of the day and on weekends.

Automatic power up is provided in the event of a power failure and the system is monitored to ensure it is on and functioning during operational hours. The system is connected to the internet so that external control and notification of system failure to external locations can be made.

The video-conference suite, while hospital utilitarian in appearance, contains a significant level of sophistication.

The room is managed by a Crestron control system and the user interface is a custom programmed Crestron touch panel.

Video Wall

Video Matrix

This video matrix adorns the wall in the client reception area of a major national corporation.

The wall comprises of flat panel TVs mounted on a grid.

The video is controlled by a custom matrix switcher that has the capability of taking individual sources and routing them to one TV or any combination of TVs. Images can be shared across several TV's as is seen in the photo.

The matrix provides timed switching allowing sources to be switched on and off in an automated manner. Sequences of images moving from one TV to another can also be programmed.

ICB supplied and installed all the products and provided system programming.

Audio Recording Studios Design

The digital audio production studio and mix suite provides a totally digital recording and mixing environment equipped with a Pro Tools HD System from DigiDesign. The package includes software as well as hardware in a 5.1 surround environment. The control room features a DigiDesign ProControl  surface, 24 channels of mic inputs, a full selection of analog processing gear, a 5.1 surround monitoring with active speaker system, and a remote video camera monitoring system linked between the control room, isolation booth and main studio. The isolation booth features 8 mic inputs plus headphone monitoring and a video camera linked to the control room. The main studio has 24 mic inputs plus headphone monitoring and video camera, as well as an assortment of microphones. All Pro Tools workstations share a centralized data storage fibre network. Tie lines connect the video studio and audio control room.   

Basketball Arena

The sound system work completed in the Arena comprised the installation of new AV panels, conduit and wiring including connectivity to the truck dock, press rooms, control room, scoreboard room, and central distribution rack. New processors were installed for the sound system. Connectivity to the Athletics Center was made through cable TV distribution from the new head-end created in the arena, and the CAT6 AVLAN network.

As part of the Varsity Village project, ICB Audio and Video designed and installed all of the interconnectivity between the buildings in the providing new Audio and Video tie lines between the arena, the Athletics Center, two truck docks, the baseball stadium, and other surrounding sporting facilities.

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Athletics Center

The centerpiece of the Athletics Village is the 8 storey Athletics Center. There are five floors above ground and three floors below ground. This 236,000-square foot facility is home to all athletics departments, coaches, student athletes and administrators. The Athletics Center houses offices, team meeting rooms, study halls, a sports medicine and hydrotherapy suite, locker rooms, a gymnasium, a 335 seat auditorium, a two-level faculty club with restaurant, a University health suite, and the ticket office - all of which feature ICB installed AV systems. The AV systems installed by ICB include over 100 flat screen TVs, 30 video projectors, and over 200 speakers.  Interconnectivity within the building is by means of a dedicated AV LAN and a cable TV backbone.

Video Production Studio Design

The video production studio and mix labs are equipped to provide professional level video production. The television and video production studio and control room includes digital video editing stations and post-production equipment. The production studio includes cameras, a production switcher, router and video disk recorder in SDI format. The monitor wall in the control room includes large format plasma screen, traditional monitoring and operator positions. All video and audio signals pass through a matrix router. The engineering section resides behind the monitor wall and consists of several racks including patching, routing, switching, video recorders and tape operator equipment. A Videotek VTM-150 is also included. The video production facilities also include sound monitoring, production intercom, an assortment of microphones, analog audio mixing console, video labs and a storage network.

Advanced Technology & Learning Center Design

ICB was selected for the design of the specified A/V systems for the Technical and Community College Advanced Technology and Learning Center. The $1.6 Million audio-visual and technology portion of the construction project includes the Culinary Institute presentation room/classroom, an auditorium/lecture hall, Pro Tools digital audio production studio,  and a video production studio. The design also includes a sophisticated Crestron Control System.  Each location comprises a unique and advanced audio-visual system.

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Basketball Arena

The AV system work completed in the Arena comprised the installation of new AV panels, conduit and wiring including connectivity to the truck dock, press rooms, control room, scoreboard room, and central distribution rack. New processors were installed for the sound system. Connectivity to the Athletics Center was made through cable TV distribution from the new head-end created in the arena, and the CAT6 AVLAN network.  As part of the Athletics Village project, ICB Audio and Video designed and installed all of the interconnectivity between the buildings in the complex providing new Audio and Video tie lines between the arena, the Athletics Center, two truck docks, the Baseball Stadium, the Football Stadium, and other surrounding sporting facilities.