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Genelec loudspeakers installed in Finnish performing arts school

Izzy KingtonBy Izzy Kington30th August 20244 Mins Read
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Lumit, a performing arts school in Kuopio, Finland

Lumit is a performing arts school established in 2015 in Kuopio, Finland. In 2022, Lumit – now numbering around 600 students from across Finland – moved into a new building with high-tech facilities. Earlier this year, the building received a further upgrade, this time to its sound system, with a range of Genelec smart active loudspeakers that power the facility’s four music classrooms and studio.

Ville Heikkinen is a music lecturer and coordinator of the music studies department at Lumit, teaching band playing, music technology, music production, staging and lighting. He is responsible for the maintenance of these spaces and also works closely with the school’s in-house AV engineer on the upkeep of the three stages in the school. Indeed, Heikkinen was Lumit’s planning lead for the music classes, studio and stages during the development of the new building, so the quality of the offering in these spaces is a subject very close to his heart.

“We were looking for an audio system that would provide high-quality listening and also act as a great band PA,” said Heikkinen. “I knew of Genelec, but only in a studio context. Following discussions with Henri Ulmanen from Genelec about what I hoped to achieve, he offered to provide us with a pair of S360s and a subwoofer for testing in our band class – so that we could properly evaluate their performance as a band PA system.”

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Heikkinen and his students were able to test the system for an entire month with numerous bands and musical styles. “Frankly, it worked out great across all genres,” he said. “Initially I was a bit nervous about the short-term max SPL of 118dB for the band – but in reality, even pushing it as hard as we could during our rehearsals, we couldn’t make it peak out – and we tried pretty hard!”

The S360 is a versatile two-way loudspeaker used in studios worldwide and designed to offer high-SPL performance and a compact size. Genelec shares that when the S360 is combined with a subwoofer, as was the case for Lumit, it becomes a system that easily satisfies the demands of electronic dance music (EDM) playback. The S360 has been embraced by clubs and live music venues, including the Finnish G LiveLab in Tampere.

performing arts school music studio space with player at keyboard facing monitors, audio equipment

For Lumit, Heikkinen and his colleagues opted for a pair of S360s plus a 7380 subwoofer in both the band rehearsal class and the largest music classroom. In both instances the S360s are wall-mounted, while the subwoofer is in its own designated position on the floor beneath the wall furniture. In the main band room, they are connected to the rackmount mixer – and to a desktop mixing console in the second rehearsal space. “The Genelec systems work fantastically well in the music and band classes,” said Heikkinen. “The sound is perfect for listening to music, and at the same time we have an amazing sounding audio system for the bands. We also save a huge amount of floor space by having a single system that performs both roles, and having it mounted on the wall.”

In the other two music rooms that are more dedicated to listening – rather than playing and performance – there is a combination of wall-mounted 8330s and the slightly larger 8340 two-way loudspeakers – complemented by a 7370 subwoofer in each room. Finally, in the studio, Heikkinen selected a pair of 8361 three-way coaxial studio loudspeakers – flagships of ‘The Ones’ range – combined with a 7380 subwoofer.

Heikkinen is thrilled with the results overall. “My colleague and I pretty much did the installation and all the wiring ourselves,” he said. “However, Henri Ulmanen calibrated all of the loudspeakers for us via Genelec’s GLM software, and the results are stunning. Visitors to the school are always impressed with our audio systems! We’ve virtually eliminated any feedback issues with the microphones, and all the keyboards sound amazing – we rarely require any EQ. Additionally, even though I was warned that the S360s don’t have a particularly wide dispersion, I’m amazed at how good and detailed the sound is everywhere in the class. Finally, speaking of detail, we get so much more information out of the music compared to listening through regular band PAs. We can hear all the tiny details and nuances that we never heard before – it’s as though a veil has been lifted from our ears! It’s made a real difference to both the teaching and learning experience.”

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Izzy Kington

Izzy became editor of Auditoria magazine in 2018, having previously served as assistant editor on the title earlier in her career. She is also the editor of Business Jet Interiors International and Railway Interiors International. Over the course of a decade as a business-to-business magazine editor, Izzy has covered everything from airline catering to car safety technologies, autonomous vehicles and business aviation airports. Outside of work, Izzy loves watercolour painting, live music and travel.

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