With hybrid work environments becoming the new norm, the need for reliable audio solutions is increasing greatly. The market is filled with accessible one-on-one solutions, but what about the need to transmit audio picking up multiple people at once, populating larger spaces such as meeting rooms or lecture halls?
ADECIA, the new audio ceiling solution by Yamaha, is meant to do just that.
The advanced ceiling microphone conference system provides a complete audio solution for meeting rooms, classrooms or any other medium-to-large spaces. It comprises of a number of basic components: a ceiling microphone, a core processor, a set of two Dante VXL1-16P speakers, and a PoE+ switch.
All you actually need to bring is your laptop or PC – ADECIA brings all the rest.
How Does It Work?
The ADECIA microphone has 64 capsules, which work together to create four beamforming dynamic microphone arrays. This means that if four people are sitting around a table, each one will have a beam locked onto them, clearly transmitting whatever they say.
If a fifth person comes into the conversation, the oldest unused beam will be repurposed to them.
Other than its microphone, ADECIA has quite a few other attractive sound features.
It has automatic gain control, adaptive echo cancellation and active noise reduction; it's software-agnostic, which means it plays well with Microsoft Teams, Zoom or any other UC platform; and it's Plug-and-Play.
It also has three different mounting options: you can go for flush mount, suspend it from a pole via a VESA mount, or suspend it from wires.
"These are quite important in today's design world," explains Scott Coltham, Application Specialist at Yamaha.
"With COVID, designers are trying to create more volume in spaces for airflow, so a lot of meeting rooms are actually going up rather than out. This makes the suspended microphone extremely relevant"
Quality and Accessibility in One
ADECIA provides its user with a top-notch, comprehensive audio experience while still being extremely easy to install.
