Commercial audio · Melbourne
The right background music, at the right volume, in every part of your venue. We design and install Episode commercial audio — zoned so the bar, the dining room and the courtyard each get their own, with paging when you need it — and look after it remotely, so it keeps playing through every service.
Sound familiar?
Most cafés, restaurants and pubs we walk into have the same four problems with their background music. Each one has a straightforward fix.
More speakers at lower volume, spread across the ceiling, so no one shouts and no one sits in silence.
Upbeat at the bar, relaxed in the dining room, quiet in the bathrooms — each area set on its own.
A wall plate in each area to pick the music and set the volume. Nothing to pair, and limits you set.
Your system reports to us through OvrC. Most faults are sorted remotely, without a call-out.
Built around your venue
A café, a restaurant, a pub and a beer garden each need something different. Choose the one most like yours to see how we’d approach it.
Hard floors, high ceilings and a coffee machine that never stops. We keep the music clear without fighting the grinder, and quieter near the tables where people come to talk.
Music that sits under the conversation. Low and even at every table, a little livelier at the bar, and nothing spilling into the kitchen pass unless you want it to.
Energy without shouting. Punchy sound at the bar, a subwoofer for weekends, the game on in the sports area and a microphone ready for trivia night.
Weatherproof speakers aimed at your tables, not the neighbours. We keep outdoor volume within sensible limits and can turn it down automatically at a set time.
Try it
Move through the day and watch each area change on its own. Turn on a full house, or make an announcement, and see what the system does.
Runs on its own at 7:00 am
At 7 am the system starts the breakfast scene by itself. The bar stays off until it opens. No one has to remember to turn the music on.
What we install
Episode is made for commercial spaces — amplifiers with sound tuning built in, speakers for ceilings, high ceilings and outdoors, and wall controls for staff. Tell us about your venue and we’ll show you where we’d start.
Music sources
Also need
Small venue
Best for: cafés, salons and small bars
An amplifier with its own mixer and sound tuning, in a half-width box. Two music sources to two areas, plus a microphone.
Medium venue
Best for: restaurants with a bar and courtyard
A four- or eight-channel Episode amplifier paired with a processor that sends any source to any area, each tuned for its room.
Large venue
Best for: pubs, multi-room venues and function spaces
The full system: up to sixteen sources and eight areas, with wall plates, a Bluetooth input for guests and noise sensors.
2 areas and one source: a MixAmp covers it with room to spare. Every venue is different — we confirm it on the site visit.
Why commercial speakers
Home speakers are wired in small groups, so a big room runs out of amplifier long before it runs out of ceiling. Commercial speakers use a system called 70-volt (a way of sending sound down one long cable to many speakers at once). That means more speakers, each playing quieter, for sound that’s even from wall to wall.
Episode amplifiers do both, so we can keep good speakers you already have.
Two to four speakers per channel. Add more and the amplifier struggles, so the far tables go quiet.
Remote monitoring with OvrC
Every system we install is connected to OvrC (pronounced “oversee”), a secure service that lets NorthTech watch your equipment and fix most problems over the internet. You keep trading. We sort it out.
Drawn in NorthTech’s colours to explain the idea; the real OvrC screens are for our technicians.
A power hiccup leaves the amplifier frozen. The dining room goes quiet.
OvrC flags it straight away. Our technician sees exactly which device, at which venue.
We restart it over the internet. No call to us, no ladder, no one leaving the floor.
Under three minutes, start to finish. We send you a note so you know what happened.
Monitoring is part of NorthTech Care, our ongoing support plan.
How it happens
Want to hear Episode before you decide? Book a visit to our Thomastown showroom. Music at home too? See multi-room audio and home cinema.
Book a free site visit. We’ll come in, listen during a service, and give you a design and a fixed price.
