The day-to-day life of a pro AV installer is challenging to say the least. Installation deadlines are getting shorter. The shift to AV on the network presents a barrier between AV and IT. And just staying up-to-date with the latest technologies can be a challenge in itself. There’s no shortage of hurdles for these AV professionals.

Q&A with Tom Lureman Director of Engineering in Elkhart, IN AtlasIED recently opened another design and engineering facility. This time, in Elkhart, IN. We sat down with Tom Lureman, Director of Engineering, to discuss what this new facility means for AtlasIED.

Doug Hall, Director of Technology for Mizzen Marketing, discusses how software is revolutionizing how emergency messaging is received and how GLOBALCOM® a proven communications solution in airports, is also a solution for K12 and higher education campuses.

With so many devices now living on the network, IT Administrators are forced to manage other systems outside of those they are familiar with. While there may be multiple questions an IT Administrator has about a network based communications system, one of their primary concerns tends to be bandwidth. “How much bandwidth will your devices use on my network?”

Why would a K12 or higher education institution use background music (sometimes referred to as BGM)? After all, background music is for hospitality such as hotels, restaurants, and retail stores right ? Wrong!

The way customers shop and buy has changed exponentially over the last decade. Consumers have more options than ever before where to buy the products they need. Consumers do have a lot of choices these days as online shopping has continued to outgrow traditional shopping models. Now you may be thinking, "this doesn't apply to me, my customers need me to do the installation for them so they have to buy their products from me" and if that is what you are thinking... You are wrong!

Speech privacy / sound masking are a rapidly growing category in the commercial AV market. If you are researching sound masking you may have seen the terms indirect field and direct field to describe masking systems. How do you know which one is best for your facility so that you can make the right choice?

Audio/video media drives the business world today. Whether you are running a restaurant or a retail store, successful businesses are leveraging business music as a medium to create an experience that attracts and retains customers while also improving employee satisfaction. You know what your business looks like with design details such as brand colors and styles, but have you taken a moment to close your eyes? What does your business sound like?

Horn speakers and compression drivers have been around forever. They are incredibly reliable, cost-effective, and can cover wide areas for voice, tone and public address applications. Horn speakers and compression drivers benefit when using filtering that protect the compression driver from lower frequencies while making them highly efficient. While in some applications these products are used for music, their most commonly used application is for the voice spectrum.

Speaker placement is one of the fastest ways to take a sound system from sounding great to you have to be kidding. Selecting the right speaker is only the first part of the job, getting it positioned to maximize its efficacy is just as important. Where should you start? Let AtlasIED help out.