RCF adds a punchy line array to Red Bull Music’s tour bus wings!

 

The tourbus, a ‘60s FIAT 309, became temporary home, rehearsal room and stage for theartists in the contest, on a tour that delivered 24-full days of music to a total 112,000 visitors. They were joined by 25 technicians, seven sound engineers and a tour bus manager; as well as a further 35 tour bus artists and a total of 156 artists hosted in festivals.

 

Transforming speedily, the roof of the tour bus is a stage within minutes. Its side trusses quickly in place, rigged with lighting and the RCF line arrays. Ten HDL 6-A line array modules supported by four SUB 8004-AS units form an array more than five metres high, to cover large areas.

 

Daniele Giraldi, sound engineer and owner of SPS Audio used the system during L’Umbria che Spacca, a festival which he says is "already using similar systems with SPS Audio. We did not have the slightest doubt in using the HDL 6-A."

 

He states, "The HDL 6-A is a versatile system that combines lightweight components with excellent SPL performance. The SUBs are powerful and round, the system reacts well to the mixer headroom and has a clear and powerful tone.” Michael Gario, a freelance sound engineer on the Red Bull Music Tour Bus as FOH Engineer during the Reload Sound Festival, commented, “I was amazed by the RCF sound system as soon as I heard it on the Red Bull tour bus. Despite its small size, it immediately proved itself with the muscles of a much larger audio system. You can hear a pleasant freshness of the high frequencies without ever being annoying to the ear; perfectly balanced mid frequencies and extremely "punchy" low frequencies, without ever becoming ‘squashy’. A pleasure for the ears!"