NEWS
The Hard Rock Café Jakarta has relocated to Pacific Place Mall
INDONESIA: Having spent the last
20 years located in Plaza Indonesia
at Jalan M. H. Thamrin, the Hard
Rock Café Jakarta relocated to
Paci c Place Mall in late 2013.
Alongside the move, a sound system
for the new building was required
and having become something
of a specialist in this eld since
completing its rst Hard Rock Café
install more than 24 years ago,
Singapore-based Electronics &
Engineering Pte Ltd (E&E) designed
WORLD: PreSonus has opened
a new headquarters in Highland
Road, Baton Rouge, in order to
give the company additional room
for expansion. The manufacturer
invited its employees, distributors
and dealers from around the world
to attend the opening ceremony,
which featured speeches from
Louisiana Governor, Boddy Jindal,
alongside several senior company
executives.
and installed a system based on
EAW, Powersoft, Soundcraft and
Symetrix products.
The newly built 657 sq-m cafe
includes indoor seating for 145
guests together with the standard
Rock Shop, selling a wide array of
merchandise. Adorning the walls
is memorabilia from Black Eyed
Peas artists Fergie and Will.I.Am,
together with costumes worn by
Slash, Jon Bon Jovi’s guitar and
an autographed record of the late
Donna Summer. To many patrons,
the outlet revolves around the
burgers, t-shirts and cocktails.
However, like all other Hard Rock
Cafés throughout the world, music
plays an integral role in ensuring the
guests remain long enough to order
re lls. Open seven days a week from
late morning until past midnight,
the foreground music and sound
reinforcement systems installed to
host live music are put through real
world testing conditions.
Whilst the venue markets itself by
proudly serving for all, the dance
oor in front of the stage is catered
for in audio terms by L-R three-perside EAW JFL213 line array ceilingsuspended modules augmented by
ground stacked JFL118 subwoofers.
Each JFL213 module combines
dual 10-inch woofers with three
horn-loaded, 0.75-inch compression
drivers within a vented enclosure,
providing extended pattern control
into the LF range together with an
even dispersion of HF over the entire
110-degree horizontal coverage
area. The FOH system is powered
by four Powersoft Duecanali 3904
ampli ers, whilst speaker processing
is provided by an EAW UX8800
processor.
Overlooking the dance oor and
stage area from the upper level,
a Soundcraft Si2 48-channel
digital console is used for mixing
The PreSonus management team with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal
in front of PreSonus headquarters in Baton Rouge
The FOH system installed in Hard
Rock Cafe Jakarta combines EAW
JFL213 modules with JFL118 subs
MK5394i 800W two-way
speakers have been installed to
deliver higher SPL
the various bands that perform
on stage. The in-house engineer,
however, can mix from his iPad
courtesy of ViSi software. Between
live acts, the DJ operates courtesy
of twin Pioneer CDJ-2000 turntables
and a DJM-900 mixer, which are
interfaced to Rane Serato SL3
software on a PC via USB.
Powered by Powersoft M50Q
and M28Q ampli ers, MK5394i
‘This new facility enables us to
continue to grow PreSonus and at
the same time improve the lives
of our staff,’ said Jim Mack, CEO.
‘Its architectural design enables
us to work better as a team, be
more productive and better create,
market, and sell our products.’
‘We now have the facilities to
research, innovate, and develop
the next generation of music and
audio products,’ added Jim Oden,
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800W two-way speakers have
been installed above the bar area
to deliver higher SPLs. Two further
MK5394i speakers serve as rear
lls. The lower frequencies have
been adequately addressed as a
total of four SB120zp 12-inch and
ve SB150zp 15-inch subwoofers
powered by Powersoft M50Q
ampli ers have been installed into
the ceiling voids, hidden away from
view. A distributed sound system
serves the remainder of the café’s
peripheral zones including an
outdoor area and the Rock Shop, in
which 50 wall- and ceiling-mounted
EAW SMS5 5-inch speakers powered
by Powersoft M20D ampli ers are
located.
Upstairs in the control room, the
HRC further bene ts from a Symetrix
DSP system comprising of an 8x8
DSP Symnet processor linked to
two Breakout 12 units. The EQ,
compression, limiting and other
processing parameters in all the
various zones have been con gured
and stored as pre-sets. An ARC-2e
provides source and volume remote
control, whilst a further two wallmounted RC-3 controllers allow
the facility managers to control the
volume in the Rock Shop and bar
area.
www.hardrock.com/cafes/jakarta
www.enepl.com.sg
cofounder and chief strategy
of cer.
The building houses a specialised
recording studio and R&D space
custom-designed for PreSonus’
engineering and testing teams.
The studio features a control room,
a 46 sq-m live sound room, two
isolation rooms, a video-production
suite, and ve test labs.
www.presonus.com