Award-winning audio and video system at UW Curtin Hall by Lewis Sound & Video, Milwaukee


Click any image to view enlarged	Curtin Hall University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Simultaneous interpretation, the art of real time oral translation from one language to another, is not an easy skill to teach. So when planners at UW-Milwaukee decided to renovate their SI classroom, they teamed up with the university's art and film studies departments to build a truly impressive audiovisual system. The finished room and its AV systems are impressive enough to have won a national award. Presentations Magazine chose Curtin Hall as one of the nation's top three auditoriums in their 2005 Best Presentation Rooms competition. This award-winning AV system includes: Audio equipment that allows up to six language interpreters to work at once, broadcasting from soundproof booths to audience members wearing Listen wireless receivers. A 7700 ANSI-lumen Sanyo UXGA projector, displaying video from a Crestron multi-image processor. The processor allows instructors to project a single wide-screen HDTV, video or computer image, a single normal aspect ratio image or two side by side images. 5.1 digital surround sound Ceiling-hung, podium, and wireless lavalier microphones A high-end document camera Slide-to-video transfer plus standard slide projectors Crestron touchpanel control of all AV and lighting An adjoining breakout room with an AV system that can function on its own or combine with the main room for overflow audiences. Read a detailed description of the Curtin Hall system