text: Installation The Cathedral Museum in Florence reopens with an RCF system The newly-renovated Cathedral Museum in Florence was inaugurated on 29th October with a DXT 9000 evacuation system from RCF. The Museum, located a few steps away from the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, is the largest permanent exposition of sculptures dating back to the Tuscan Middle Ages and Renaissance. A group of distinguished architects led the massive renovation project and this resulted in a doubling of the area where the artworks are shown, and is now around 6000 sqm. The COO of the Museum's special systems, Mr. Daniele Baccellini from GM Engineering studio, expressed his satisfaction with the system: "The DXT 9000 is compliant with the EN 54 standard, works very well and allows pre-recorderd evacuation announcements to be integrated with vocal messages that are broadcast to the public in specific situations." The system was designed by professor eng. Giancarlo Martarelli and can broadcast messages in both Italian and English as part of the fire alarm system. The package includes an MX 9504 amplified master unit, a UP 9504 four-channel amplifier and a BM 9804 multi-zone paging microphone, all manufactured by RCF. The evacuation system is completed by around 60 PL 70EN ceiling speakers, that blend into the Museum's interiors in a subtle and discreet manner. As Mr. Baccellini explained: "This is an extraordinary exposition, so presentation is also really important. We chose the ceiling speakers not just because of their functional features, but also because of their look." Mr. Francesco Fallani, a representative from the company C.L. Impianti, which installed the Museum's electrical systems, was no stranger to the DXT 9000: "We had already used this evacuation system in other projects in the past and we will keep on proposing it. Besides the functionality and efficiency of the products, we value RCF's collaboration and technical support in all operation phases." High-quality products and a fruitful collaboration were the key elements for the evacuation project in the Cathedral Museum, where thousands of tourists have already enjoyed the artworks of Donatello, Michelangelo and other masterpieces of world sculpture. Más información Event RCF HDL20-A gives good Vibrations for XCPH French rental company XCPH recently fielded its premium RCF HDL20-A composite line array for the Vibration radio tour headlining the young stars (and former TV talent show winners) Louane and Marina Kaye. With support from production coordinator, Jean Louis Couleard, the opening concert at Le Mans was one of six, also including Orleans, Blois, Tours, Angers and Bourges. It saw 7,500 people arrive at the Place des Jacobins in the centre of the city for an event that almost didn't take place, as the tropical storm Henri had crossed the country on the day of the show. By then the Orleans based production company had rigged the PA comprising two clusters of RCF's HDL20-A, each with seven elements, and a further six HDL20-A enclosures as front fills. Nine 8006AS subs, in 3 x 3 stacks, provided cardioid pattern control. "We were almost ready to cancel the concert," admits XCPH's sound engineer Nicolas Fournier. "Finally the rigging was made secure but we really appreciated the rain cover accessories provided with the HDL. "In fact we appreciated everything about the system: it was very easy to set up and its modularity meant that when we were playing small to mid-sized venues we could use just a few speakers in a stack configuration. In addition to that, the mechanics are also pretty clever and that saved us a lot of time." Generally, XCPH deploy their HDL20-A in an indoor configuration along with their HDL18-AS single 18' subwoofers in an array. But for the Vibration tour, they extended this, and beefed up the LF with the double 18" subs in cardio configuration. Reviewing the attributes of the sound system, Nicolas Fournier notes the extreme power generated from a mid-sized PA that is powered by a 1400W (peak) 2 way digital amplifier, and controlled from a powerful DSP. "We are always impressed by the energy from the HDL20-A," he said. At the concert in Blois, over 12,000 people attended, with special guest artist Shy'm added to the show. "Once again we kept perfect clarity thanks to a delay cluster of six HD20-A at 40 meters from the stage. "The 8006AS subwoofers were also incredible, producing an extremely strong and deep bass response. Cardioid control is very easy — it only requires a preset button to be pushed and the internal DSP manages all the pattern behaviour." But the main advantage of HDL, he says, is the sweet and natural equalisation, which rarely requires much external processing. Summing up the reasons why they prefer the HDL20-A, Nicolas Fournier concludes, "For rental companies like us, concerned with tight budgets and cost effective systems, RCF's HDL20-A guarantees a similar performance to 'premium' systems that are two or three times more expensive." Más información Event RCF rock solid in the German city of iron Two of Europe's biggest DJ/dance festivals, Splash! and Melt! have grown considerably over the 17 or so years they have been running, and today find themselves running on consecutive weekends at the Ferropolis disused colliery site at Gräfenhainichen, near Dessau. This German venue is also known as the "City of Iron", and with Splash! specialising in hip hop and reggae and Melt! one of the largest electronic open air music festivals in Germany, a premium sound system was required. Thus a top of the range RCF TTL line array system was specified, provided by TSE AG of Berlin, with Silvio König as technical director and Marcel Kuch as project manager. In both cases, RCF's TTL55-A line array system had to provide coverage for crowds of up to 25,000 people. The rental company fielded a total of 24 x TTL55-A (12 elements per side) and 18 x TTS56-A subs. These were arranged in three stacks on end in a straight line across the front oft he stage (rather than as a cardioid array). A further eight RCF TTL33-A were also placed atop two of the TTS56-A to act as front fills while a further four RCF SUB8004-A and a pair of TTP5-A were deployed as stereo monitors for the DJs. The whole set up was driven and controlled by RDNet, RCF's proprietary protocol. The challenges facing the production company were due to the distance from the FOH position to the stage, which was approximately 50m. "For events of this nature the FOH technical team needs to rely on continuous, powerful and deep bass response — and this was delivered by the special set-up of the TTS56-A," a spokesman confirmed. Más información Event RCF amplifies the Pope's visit to Cuba The Live and Touring series gives voice voice reinforcement to Pope Francis as he addresses believers packed into the city squares The Pontiff's historic trip to Cuba last September was amplified by RCF audio systems. Pope Francis landed in Cuba on Saturday 19 September in the afternoon. The next morning he celebrated Sunday Mass and the Angelus in Havana's Revolution Square, in the presence of more than 40,000 people, who were divided into separate zones for security reasons. The closest area to the stage, set aside for VIPs, politicians and diplomats, was reinforced by eight TTL55-A three-way active line arrays (four per side), plus six TTS36-A high-power subwoofers, in cardioid configuration. On Sunday afternoon the Pope celebrated Vespers inside the Havana Cathedral. An RCF system comprising eight HDL20-A active line arrays and two 8006-AS high-power subwoofers ensured good SPL and intelligibility to more than 2,000 people gathered in the Cathedral's square. On the morning of Monday 21 September the Pontiff flew to Holguín, the third-largest city in Cuba, where he celebrated Holy Mass in Revolution Square, which was filled with around 15,000 people, according to the authorities. The system used to amplify the Pope's voice in Holguín consisted of 24 units of TTL55-A and TTS36-A, in cardioid configuration. Back in 2012, during Pope Benedict's trip to Cuba, the local government had chosen RCF's TT+ Series to amplify the Mess in Havana's Revolution Square. Even before that — back in 2010 — the Touring and Theatre products had ensured a homogeneous and powerful coverage to the immense crowd (more than 120,000 people) that had flocked to Brno, in Czech Republic, for the visite of Benedict XVI. Más información Event Touring with EVOX and ART Series "It was great. The system performed very well everywhere we went, both in open squares and indoors," said Francesco Monti, known as Fré Monti, one of the most promising emerging musicians on the Italian scene. A finalist in the first edition of The Voice of Italy TV programme, he toured Tuscany, Sardinia and Latium in summer 2015 with an RCF audio system that comprised two EVOX 8 and several ART 712-A MK II, winners of the Red Dot award – a prestigious international prize for product design with more than 15'000 submissions per year. Besides regularly performing outdoors in the most popular localities, such as the exclusive Costa Smeralda area, Fré Monti also played at the Cala di Volpe Hotel and Porto Cervo's Yacht Club, in front of many members of the international jet set – including the business magnate Karīm al-Husaynī, main pioneer of Sardinia's tourist boom. EVOX 8 turned out to be the perfect companions for Fré Monti's trio, thanks to their outstanding portability, high power and constant horizontal directivity of 180°. ART712-A was designed to offer strong resistance for an intensive usage, high sound definition and a complete range of frequencies. "The products exceeded my expectations, and worked perfectly, both in mid-sized closed venues, as well as in open squares, where our music was heard from a great distance," states Fré Monti. "It is a particularly agile audio system. This feature was essential during the tour, because we were assembling and dismantling almost every day." During the intense tour of around 70 concerts, the 28-year-old songwriter's trio (voice and acoustic guitar; percussion; bass) performed original songs as well as covers on stage. Fré Monti will continue to play live shows in Italy and abroad, and is currently preparing an album of previously unreleased songs. Más información Installation The Lincoln Center Festival in New York flies with RCF TT+ Series The Philharmonia Orchestra of New York along with the Concert Chorale of New York and several soloists performed at the Lincoln Center Festival in Manhattan's world-class venue Avery Fisher Hall. The event, held from July 6-12, was a tribute to Danny Elfman, the phenomenal composer of Tim Burton's movie soundtracks. Elfman was present in person and sang the part of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas with his powerful baritone voice. The orchestra and chorus – led by Grammy-winner conductor John Mauceri – managed to offer a truly unforgettable show to a jubilant crowd, with a precise and portentous interpretation of Elfman's inventive, creepy, yet hilarious compositions from Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attack, Corpse Bride, Beetlejuice, and several other Burton's movies. The show was also supported by spectacular visuals. The audio system installed at Avery Fisher Hall for the occasion was composed of 10 x 2 clusters of RCF TTL33-A II active three-way line array and four TTS56-A active high power subwoofers. Four TT052-A ultra compact high output speakers were used as lipfill, and two TT2-A active high-output two-way speakers as sidefill. One of the reasons behind the choice of the TTL33-A II lies in the need to cover the whole concert hall, comprising three levels of balconies. With its 100° horizontal coverage angle, this line array was capable of ensuring perfect coverage to all seats, even those in the highest balcony. On the other hand, the TTS56-A subwoofers provided an excellent reproduction of very low frequencies through their two 21'' neodymium woofers. The whole system was monitored with RCF's proprietary RDNet protocol, that allowed fine tuning of the system for a homogeneous coverage in the whole complex area. Paul Bevan, FOH engineer for the show, explains that one of the principal challenges was to maintain a very natural "orchestral" sound at a slightly elevated level than a purely acoustic presentation. With a wide range of dynamics, incorporating a male and female chorus, vocal soloists, electronic sounds from keyboards and some pre-lay tracks from the original scores, the concert required a system that was capable of great clarity. "When designing a suitable system for this project, RCF TT+ line arrays were recommended to me by several people whose opinions I respect," Bevan says. "We had very little time for set-up and tuning the system. The cabinets went up quickly and easily. The RDNet software gave an extremely even and natural sound throughout the venue, even before the small amount of tweaking that would be necessary in any venue and with any system. The clarity and separation that I was able to achieve, given the many different textures, made mixing the show in an extremely reverberant hall much easier than I expected. The system integrated these various elements beautifully." The concert was filmed for a TV show, and a further validation of the system came during the mixing of the recorded tracks. In the words of Paul Bevan: "The cleanliness of the recorded tracks is astonishing, with no sign of the PA spilling back into the microphones. Considering that there were approximately 90 microphones in use throughout the orchestra and chorus, this is a testimony to the control that I was able to achieve, while maintaining a full and dynamic mix in the hall. I look forward to the next opportunity to use this system." RCF TT+ systems had already been used in the same venue in 2012, when the Philip Glass Ensemble, along with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Collegiate Choir, had performed Philip Glass's soundtracks. The two-and-a-half-hour event of 2015 was a huge success, largely praised by the critics and public, that offered an impressively long ovation to the performers. Más información Installation Tewkesbury Abbey steers towards RCF's VSA digital columns Sound Advice carries out complete audio upgrade as mediaeval meets post-modern Back in 2010, when the medieval Tewkesbury Abbey was considering the installation of a new LED environmental lighting system it simultaneously saw the opportunity to rectify the problems it had been having with its sound system — which was becoming unreliable and lacking in intelligibility — and at the same time take advantage of the new cabling infrastructure. The contract went out to tender, and from the five companies originally approached, Jon Hunnisett's Sound Advice PA Installation, specialists in houses of worship, provided the successful bid. He based his proposal around an RCF VSA (Vertical Steerable Array) solution, having seen it successfully deployed in other famous heritage buildings such as St. Mark's Basilica in Venice. VSA would need to be sensitively installed in Tewkesbury's Grade I-listed visitor attraction under the watchful eye of the DAC (Diocesan Advisory Committee) since it dates back to Norman times. In fact The Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin (to use its correct name), is the second largest parish church in the country and a former Benedictine monastery. Founded in 1087 by nobleman Robert FitzHamon, building of the present Abbey did not start until 1102 and was eventually consecrated in 1121. Jon Hunnisett's company has worked on many projects with RCF — aside from installing column speakers in houses of worship they have fitted many of their conference systems in commercial meeting rooms and chambers. "They are a great company to deal with — we always get excellent support, including the technical expertise in Italy to back us up," he said. In this case the back-up came from the project manager from RCF's in-house division, who provided the measurements and analyses. This gave the project team the acoustic background in which to design their series of VSA2050, VSA1250 and VSA850 columns in a six zone system incorporating the main Nave, Quire and Lady Chapel. In another zone — the Ambulatory walkway which runs around the perimeter behind the altar — these were supplemented by eight passive CS6940, powered by a pair of RCF UP8504 quad channel power amps, a column speaker the installer has used on many occasions in the past (and which features in Westminster Abbey). Hunnisett continues, "This time around I didn't want a large number of distributed speakers with separate delays so much as minimal equipment that would provide a lot of options with more versatile delay and EQ options. I had heard VSA and knew it would tick all the boxes while still hitting the price points." And so in addition to the high directivity CS6940, he specified a total of six of RCF's flagship VSA2050 powered and steerable vertical array columns (four for the nave and two for the high altar), five VSA1250 (for the Choir, the Font and Lady Chapel) and a pair of VSA850, which sit under a pair of the larger VSA's either side of the aisle at the front of the nave. While the VSA2050s handle the long throw focus over a 20-metre distance, the VSA850's cover the near-field. The two VSA1250, installed on pillars facing the Font, provide independent local coverage for specific services. The Diocesan Committee were already aware of the power and flexibility of the preset beam patterns, as the Sound Advice team had earlier provided a VSA demonstration to the entire Abbey church committee. "We put one speaker up and they were enormously impressed," Jon Hunnisett remembers. "As a result, the Faculty immediately approved [the investment]. "The trick was to use the loudspeakers in conjunction with the excellent natural acoustics of the space to amplify the sound, rather than try to overpower the reverberation." So what attributes make this multi-amplified RCF series, in which each VSA2050 contains 20 x 3.5in RCF neodymium full range transducers and 20 x Class D 50W digital amps, so impressive? The principle is based on the power of the DSP's which process the audio signal sent to each speaker for controlling its vertical acoustic dispersion. This enables it to address the audio signal to the listening area, rather than scattering acoustic energy to ceilings and empty floors, creating unwanted reflections that would affect speech intelligibility in buildings with high reverberation time, such as churches. This speaker offers vertical coverage selectable within 10°-30°, with steering angle selectable within 0°-40°, and frequency response 100Hz-18KHz with best steerable directivity control between 150Hz-6kHz. The values measured at the end of commissioning by the RCF team, using the latest analysis software, make interesting reading. STI average values were recorded at: 0.57 (Nave), 0.59 (Choir), 0.56 (Lady Chapel, Ambulatory), with a 40dB background noise correction factor enabled. At the same time, the RT60 average value over different measurements on octave bands revealed 4.85 secs (125Hz), 4.63 secs (250Hz), 4.44 secs (500Hz), 4.18 secs (1KHz), 3.36 secs (2KHz), 2.08 secs (4KHz) and 0.94 secs (8KHz). The decision had already been taken to leave the speakers in factory finish white, rather than apply a custom stone finish that would see them disappear into the stone columns on which they were mounted, but the same was not true of the cable runs — on 12-metre drops from the Triforium above — as these have been painted to blend invisibly into the background. Yet these physical demands were nothing compared to the challenges of providing highly sophisticated control that could nevertheless be managed intuitively from a remote Crestron interactive touch tablet. Even clergy in a mediaeval abbey are still expected to sign up to the iPad/remote tablet generation. With all the control housed in a remote 32U rack, the architecture is based around three Symetrix DSP Radius digital 12 x 8 matrix devices, giving 36 input channels (including CD player and recorder) feeding 24 output channels; it is this that issues relay commands via the processor. Jon Hunnisett explains the rationale. "There was not a manual slider available which would meet the requirement and so we spent ten days programming each of the zones so that the matrix could be controlled over wi-fi, with individual input control and volume control for the outputs." For the speaker coverage it could scarcely be simpler as graphic representations of each zone appear on the tablet, clearly showing masked areas that can be selected for sound coverage, depending on the service rota. "For example," says Hunnisett, "for the Lady Chapel the remote touch screen would tell the DSP to access certain outputs as required. Behind the scenes a lot of programming has taken place to achieve this." The iPad also contains an app for the radio mics so that the control panel will show whether any of the five lapel mics are muted or not, as well as the status of the rechargeable batteries. These radios are joined by two condenser microphones for the lectern and pulpit, hardwired to the equipment rack. An audio feed is also sent to the new induction loop system, but as RCF's Phil Price notes: "Some people may be reluctant to use aids, even though they may be hard of hearing — but now they can hear every word of the sermon. Another interesting fact about the new sound reinforcement system is that if there is choral music at low level the sound appears to come from the choir itself rather than from the speakers." At the end of it all, mediaeval abbeys were never built to host music — such as CD's for weddings and baptisms — and were hardly built with slide rule precision. At the survey stage Jon Hunnisett realised that the pillars down the nave tilted slightly, and he had to decide whether to follow the line of the pillars with the steerable columns or take a true vertical approach (which he eventually opted for, with the aid of a laser leveller). He could scarcely be happier with the implementation. "The new set-up offers two-way interactivity and with all the DSP pre-programmed, and the beam steering computer optimised by the RCF specialists, anyone who can tap a button can now use this." Más información Corporate Freund Elektronik to distribute RCF voice alarm products in Denmark RCF has appointed Freund Elektronik A/S to handle all their voice alarm products in Denmark. The new partnership was confirmed, with immediate effect, by Jørgen Freund, director of the Danish company, and Phil Price, who has taken on a new role heading up Voice Evacuation, Commercial Audio and Installed Sound for RCF in Europe. Founded in 1981 to supply the country's wholesalers and electricians with high quality products, Freund Elektronik A/S has been specialising in the sale of Voice Alarm systems for the past ten years. States Freund Elektronik technical consultant, Thomas Knoth, "We researched the market, and realising that RCF was the industry leader, we approached them at ISE 2015. "With the new and high demands of voice evacuation equipment we were pleased to discover that RCF had EN54 compliance on all their VA products, combined with easy installation." He added that with the company's heritage in supplying fire alarm and fire protection equipment the partnership with RCF was a natural fit. "With the RCF VA systems portfolio we will be able to offer customers product that fits perfectly within their field of specialisation," he said. In reply, Phil Price added, "RCF has been involved in PA/VA for over 15 years and this marries well with the our general pro audio heritage, stretching back 66 years. "However, with the new EN54 legislation we decided to make a major investment in our in-house technology by mounting a strategic and ongoing R&D programme. "In some instances this has required a channel to market that differs from our traditional routes, and in identifying suitable partners in the fire and voice alarm sector, I met Freund Elektronik. I was very impressed with the technical support they offer customers and their ethos of long-term after-sales support — and this made me realise that they were a partner we could work with." Pic (left to right): Jørgen Freund, Thomas Knoth, Phil Price and Kenneth Freund Más información Installation Harrogate's iconic Royal Hall advances with RCF steerable system Seven years after the grandeur of Harrogate's iconic Royal Hall was restored following an £8m grant-assisted investment, the theatre has installed a digitally steerable RCF column PA system. With its spectacular décor, the Grade II*-listed 1000 seat multipurpose theatre not only forms part of the large Harrogate International Conference Centre (HIC) but significantly is one of the few surviving Frank Matcham-designed theatres from the Edwardian era. Among its many technological breakthroughs, it remains the last surviving Kursaal, a genre which was particularly popular in spa towns, offering a 360° ambulatory for visitors. Originally designed 115 years ago, the venue is focused on a wide range of performance, from the three-week International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival to a myriad of community activities. Therefore, the new sound system needed to be versatile and distribute sound evenly across the three tiers, while the heritage listing meant that the system needed to be free standing and easily demountable. The house's technical manager, Ross Simpson, and in-house sound engineer, James Burn, pointed out that a raked stage further compromised placement of the PA – and a flown system was not an option. "Technology has evolved a lot over the past four or five years since we first went digital with our new mixing desk," said Simpson. When local rental and installation company AV Matrix hired in their lightweight and steerable active RCF TTL11A-H/TTL11A-B columns — mounted on TTS26 subs — to reinforce last year's Tour de France opening dinner they believed they had found the solution. And by the time the Gilbert & Sullivan Festival took place at Harrogate later that summer an identical system had been installed by Mark Parker's company, along with a pair of NX L-24A active processed columns on each side of the balcony, to delay the sound firing into the upper tiers. The top speakers are inverted for improved acoustic coupling while a loudspeaker management system controls the delay times and preset parameters. The sophisticated 96 Khz, 32-bit DSP-controlled column speaker array system, composed of two modules — one for the mid-high and one for the bass frequencies — is vertically steerable down to -10° (in 1° increments), either manually or via RCF's proprietary RDNet software, and delivers 90° horizontal coverage. With the addition of the new TTS26-A subwoofer, the TTL11A system becomes a powerful, compact and high definition live sound system. James Burn is in no doubt of the benefits the RCF solution has brought, although HIC Yorkshire auditioned several top-line systems before making their decision. "The TTL11-A is a small footprint system, visually unobtrusive, but sufficiently potent to encourage incoming productions to use the in-house set-up. And because we are able to steer the sound dispersion electronically we can achieve even distribution, with far greater intelligibility than what we had previously. "There's also better isolation on stage than the previous system. For performers wearing lapel mics the feedback rejection is so much better and we can avoid radio mic feedback when we bring the system forward, if the stage needs to be built out." He concluded, "The RCF system delivers even coverage for conference, speech, music, CD playback and awards ceremonies. The sound now gets to the back quite easily and by monitoring the consistent SPL in the control booth we also know it's not deafening the front rows." Más información Event Outstanding RCF audio system for Italian music event of the year A concert lasting more than three hours, and performed in front of more than 150.000 fans, was a fitting way for Luciano Ligabue, one of the Italy's best-known singers, to celebrate a career lasting 25 years. Several events industry professional lent their support to help realise effective and innovative solutions for the show, under the supervision of production director Franco Comanducci. Once again, Ligabue and his management chose RCF for the sound reinforcement system. "The collaboration with RCF dates back to 2012," the artist's manager Claudio Maioli explains, recalling the concerts at Royal Albert Hall in 2012, at the Verona Arena in 2013 and the tour of sports arenas and stadia in 2014. For this 2015 celebration RCF designed a system of 2 MegaWatt of power, able to offer flawless audio coverage to the enormous listening area, measuring more than 120.000 square meters. The impressive main system was composed of two clusters of 24 TTL55-A active three-way speakers in flown configuration, plus two clusters of 12 TTL36-AS subwoofers. Moreover 72 TTS56-A subwoofers (electronically curved, in cardioid configuration) were placed on the ground to reinforce low frequencies. On top of the, 20 units of TTL33-A II active three-way modules were used as front-fill. Two clusters of 20 TTL55-A were used as side-fill, and stage monitors were also from RCF (in the shape of TT45-SMA and TT25-SMA). RCF engineers noted that, the main requirement of the project was to cover the large distance between the stage and public – the back rows being at a record distance of around 300 m. The listening area was divided into four zones in order to ensure a perfect output of the sound timbre and good SPL level. The first zone was covered directly by the main system, whereas the others were supported by purpose designed delay lines. The first delay line comprised six clusters of 16 TTL55-A arrays in each. For the second delay line, located 120 metres from the stage, seven clusters of 12 TTL55-A and 4 TTS56-A subwoofers each were used. Finally the third delay, 170 metres back from the stage, was composed of six clusters of 12 TTL55-A, plus four TTS56-A each to reinforce low frequencies. The use of RCF's proprietary RDNet monitoring system during the show allowed RCF engineers to have a real-time remote control of the system's state, and adjust the EQs through a tablet computer. Alberto Butturini, FoH engineer of the show, was more than satisfied with the system. "The system delivered huge power and perfect timbre for a concert where guitars have a dominant role," he commented. "I achieved excellent results on the frequencies of Ligabue's voice, which stood out in the best possible way from a powerful mix, full of instruments." Remembering his previous experiences during Ligabue's tour, Butturini states: "RCF's systems were highly effective even in the toughest venues, such as some sports arenas with acoustically challenging environments." Willy Gubellini, owner of rental company Nuovo Service with over 30 years of experience, highlighted an additional strength of RCF's system: the compact size of the speakers with amplifiers on board, that helped reduce weight and footprint. Gubellini also praised the quality of RCF's human resources and their important contribution to the huge event: "Another winning trait of this concert was the excellent relationship that we established with RCF's team, whose competence and willingness to help supported us in setting up the installation in the best possible way," he explained. A mix of high-level technical competence and passion for sound, were the ingredients that, led to another unqualified success for RCF with Ligabue. FoH N.48 TTL55-A main N.40 TTL55-A side-fill N.24 TTL36-AS subwoofer N. 72 TTS56-A subwoofer N. 20 TTL33-A II frontfill 1st DELAY: 6x16 TTL55-A, 2x4 TTS56-A 2nd DELAY: 7x12 TTL55-A, 7x4 TTS56-A 3rd DELAY: 6x12 TTL55-A, 6x4 TTS56-A Monitors N. 6 TT45-SMA monitor N. 6 TT25-SMA monitor Más información Página 21 de 51 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 — 10 Items per Page Mostrando el intervalo 201 - 210 de 509 resultados. ← Primero Anterior Siguiente Último →


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Lena Dunham and her Girls co-showrunner, executive producer Jenni Konner, have plans to write a new HBO series about Bergdorf Goodman personal shopper and notable Manhattanite Betty Halbreich called "All Dressed Up And Everywhere To Go."
From Deadline:
At age 85, Halbreich is still running her Bergdorf-based personal shopping service, which she launched in 1976. She has been the dresser and confidante of three generations of Manhattan socialites and stars including Joan Rivers, Meryl Streep, Sarah Jessica Parker, Katie Couric and Glenn Close. Additionally, she works with top Manhattan stylists and has consulted for movies and TV shows, including helping design the signature look for HBO's Sex And The City and capture the New York style of the early Woody Allen films. Halbreich is known as much for her unparalleled eye for fashion as she is about her unpretentious attitude and tart one-liners. The brassy Chicago native's manner has been described as "part Angela Lansbury and part Lucille Ball." Her memoir is said to provide behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of high fashion, as well as inspiration for women from all backgrounds.
Meh, sounds more like a Bravo reality show concept than an HBO series to me, and not one I'd particularly want to watch. But perhaps it'll be interesting to see how Dunham handles the voice of another generation.

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International mine safety experts have today met families of Pike River victims to start formulating a new plan to enter the collapsed mine and recover the 29 bodies.
The consultants got together in Greymouth last night just hours after the grieving families received a first-look at the much-anticipated Royal Commission of Inquiry report into the disaster.
Bob Stevenson, a former UK principal mines inspector, and Dr David Creedy, a fellow Englishman and methane gas specialist, have come to the West Coast with local expert Dave Feickert off their own back to give expert assistance to the families desperate to bring their loved ones home.
Before they leave at the end of this week, the consultants hope to be able to tell the families conclusively if a recovery operation is safe and feasible.
Today, they are meeting the new mine owners, Solid Energy, as well as New Zealand Mines Rescue officials, and later in the week, Department of Labour officials.
They will pore over the damning Royal Commission report and try to find a safe way back underground.
Stevenson said he has no interest in reopening the mine - only in recovering the bodies.
He said it was a "serious situation", with high volumes of potentially explosive methane gas in the mine.
"This is not a decision we'll take lightly," Stevenson said.
One option would be to pump nitrogen into the mine to neutralise the methane to safer levels, Mr Stevenson said.
He said re-entry to mines has been done in the UK many times, but none of them were operating under such "appalling" standards as Pike River, he said.
He said the tragedy has damaged New Zealand's reputation "quite severely" in the UK mining community.
Stevenson also criticised the system of recognising hazards but failing to do anything about them.
If they came up with a sound plan, it would need to be implemented by trained and experienced mine personnel, the consultants said.
Dr Creedy said: "It has to be a safe process."
He said everyone has to be on board with the plan: "The fighting and the blame has to stop."
Local publican, Bernie Monk, spokesman for most of the 29 families, said the families were aware of the dangers, and would be relying on the three experts.
"If these guys say it can't be done, than we must accept that," he said.
Monk, whose son Michael died in the November 2010 disaster, says he will be pushing Prime Minister John Key to fund a recovery operation if a feasible plan is possible.
"We need our men back," he said.
"We don't have any great expectations.
The experts have funded their own expenses to help the families, who meet tomorrow night in Greymouth and will be kept updated with the experts' fact-finding mission.
Dr Creedy was impressed by the Royal Commission report.
He said its findings "read like a horror story", especially the inspectorate's failure to pick up on the problems at the mine.
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Good Morning,
Equity futures are close to flat or are slightly up this morning. Below is a 5 minute chart of the DOW futures on the left and S&P futures on the right:
The dollar is higher but has yet to break upwards from its recent range, the Euro is under more pressure again, and bonds continue to trade tepidly just above that very large H&S neckline and support area. Both oil and gold are lower overnight, but oil was down big yesterday before the open and came roaring back to a very positive close. Trading in a huge $3 range, it is quite obvious to me that market has become wrought with speculation. Markets that have too much hot money and are under the control of just a few entities will eventually have very difficult and volatile times – tick tock.
Existing home sales are released today at 10 Eastern.
Yesterday's Monday ramp job was brought to you by the same speculative fervor still riding high on the back of accounting fraud and government sponsored hot money, your future obligation. Welcome to higher taxes to service it all, another half trillion in taxes was levied on you with the insurance industry bailout bill yesterday, it also takes money from both Medicare and Social Security in addition to the forecasted $1 trillion shortfall in the next 10 years. And you know how good those forecasts are in an exponential math environment – not.
Senator Dodd's bill for financial reform passed committee yesterday. There are actually some good things in there, but there are some foolish things as well. Putting the "Consumer Protection Agency" under the FED is not at all like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse, it's more like just go out collect up all the chickens, grind them up and feed them to the foxes at a gourmet style sit-down dinner. The devil for the other provisions are, of course, in the details. My overall cynical take is that the rules will be written by the bankers to favor the bankers while putting on a show for everyone else. Nothing works to help Americans until we address who creates the money – that the is the core issue. Nothing in his proposal makes the math of debt backed money any better. By the way, anyone who doesn't think our money is backed by debt doesn't understand how our system works.
The markets are still living in Wonderland. Historic high trailing valuations, parabolic style move, historic volume divergences, overbought readings on all the oscillators on all timeframes… broken record. Buy before you're priced out forever, lol. Hey, I'd go on, but in a speculative fervor none of the traditional measurements seem to matter, that is a great clue that "investment" is not what the market is currently all about.
The SPX 1,168 area is overhead, a break above that level is bullish and break beneath 1,150ish is bearish. Just a spectator until the trendlines begin to break.
Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb:
Wednesday: ADP Employment, Beige Book
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