New Underwater Restaurant Turns to Audio Engineering Schools for Help with Creating a New Experience
Diners at the Deep Sea Lounge expect to walk into an underwater paradise. Advertisements for the restaurant claim that diners will be treated to an experience that is out of this world, but a snag in restaurant development has diners feeling
(prHWY.com) January 22, 2013 - Seattle, WA -- Diners at the Deep Sea Lounge expect to walk into an underwater paradise. Advertisements for the restaurant claim that diners will be treated to an experience that is out of this world, but a snag in restaurant development has diners feeling as if they have experienced something that is less than extraordinary.
"We were using regular pop music to create the mood for our restaurant", explained the owner of Deep Sea Lounge, Danny Underhill. "While it helped create some background noise, it didn't provide us with the experience or atmosphere we were looking for at the Deep Sea Lounge."
Danny Underhill originally intended on piping in sounds from the sea. These sounds would include dolphin noises, whale sounds, and other undersea noises. Unfortunately, that plan hit a slight snag.
"I noticed that all the recorded sounds of undersea noises sounded really fake", explained Underhill. "I have been deep sea diving and the experience was nothing like the recordings I found, which is why I tried the pop music but that didn't work."
Danny Underhill in a last ditch attempt decided to turn to a local
group of audio engineering schools for help. He asked the group of schools to work on a project that would allow him to pipe in the actual sounds of the ocean into his restaurant.
"I tried several audio programs that claimed to allow me to broadcast underwater, but they didn't work properly", explained Underhill. "The sound was all garbled and it was hard to hear anything. That is why I turned to today's youth. I figured they could help."
The local group of audio engineering schools created a special program that included all the top students in the field of music broadcasting. These students worked for six months on the project trying to create a way to broadcast live underwater noises that didn't sound scrambled.
"It was a hard project to work on", said George Smithson, a student at one of the audio engineering schools. "Don't get me wrong the project was fun, but it was hard. It was really challenging."
After eight months of working on the project and several failed attempts, the students found a solution. They developed an audio broadcast system that was able to take the live sounds from the ocean and pipe it into the restaurant.
"I really feel that the whole atmosphere of the restaurant has changed", said Danny Underhill. "I see more people here and it sounds just like we're under the sea. It's amazing!"
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