The chance of meeting you and me that you are my soulmate is 1 in 65 hundred million..
I'm waiting for you_
When you willing to do something the Luck is going to follow you.
Elton John, Robert Plant and Neil Diamond perform on the Electric Proms stage at the Roundhouse. For 5 years, the “resident PA” has been Brit Row’s Butterfly.
Camden Town, London (October/November 2010) – The BBC, Britain’s largest and most authoritative TV broadcaster, put Elton John, Robert Plant e Neil Diamond on stage for its 2010 Electric Proms. It was therefore only to be expected that the latest edition of this famous showcase of great talent attracted impressive media coverage with enthusiastic reviews.
The setting for the event was once again the Roundhouse, London’s legendary theatre and cultural facility. The venue, which hosts festivals featuring the best of new UK music, has also staged performance by Rock icons such as the Doors, the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix, as well as shows by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Peter Brook and The Living Theatre. In 1966, it was also the scene of the first real live concert by Pink Floyd.
As the name suggests, the 3,000-capacity auditorium is circular. From an acoustic point of view, the Roundhouse is “unforgiving” – as many authoritativ sound engineers can confirm. In fact, the theatre is well known for not being one of the easiest venues as far as this aspect is concerned.
For five consecutive seasons, the Roundhouse management has specified Butterfly, the vertical line array by Outline, supplied by London audio rental company Britannia Row Productions.
This system has been used by Paul McCartney, James Brown, Sting and Robbie Williams, to mention just a few.
It is interesting to note that none of the numerous stars appearing at the Roundhouse during the last five BBC Electric Proms seasons have ever performed with systems by other manufacturers. Another very unusual fact is that from 2006 to the present day, i.e. from when the Butterfly system began to be submitted to intense use by Brit Row, it has never required repair.
Baton Rouge, LA, USA – Healing Place Church (featured as “One of America’s Most Innovative Churches” in Outreach Magazine) has recently moved into its brand new worship facility, the HPC Arena (http://www.healingplacechurch.com/). To serve the 3,000-seat Sanctuary, SIA Acoustics, responsible for sound system and acoustical design, selected Outline products to reliably reproduce the word and music of the church’s worship leaders, as well as numerous visiting groups.
The main sound system is comprised of 42 C.D.H. 483 “Butterfly” loudspeakers, divided into three arrays (two of 13 elements and one of 16) to cover the floor seating area, with ten Subtech 218 SP’s for low-frequency reproduction and 11 Micra II SP loudspeakers for front fill. The raised seating area is served by six delay arrays, each composed of six Mini-COM.P.A.S.S. elements and two C.D.L. 1815 cardioid “Low Packs”, connected via a custom-built spreader bar to suspend the subwoofers directly behind the full-range arrays. This arrangement permitted the most consistent alignment between components and minimized sightline obstructions, while extending full-range impact to the most distant seats.
Regarding the sound system design, Adam Shulman, Consultant and System Designer with SIA Acoustics explains, “It was extremely important to the Church that the worship experience was consistent across all 3,000 seats in the space. Sonically, this meant very careful sound system design and judicious use of acoustical treatments. Visually, it was critical that sightlines from every location were preserved to the entire stage and projection screens. Though the ability of the system to ‘throw’ was not such a concern, utilizing main and delay loudspeakers allowed us to hide the substantial arrays in the ceiling structure while preserving the needed pattern control and consistency. And since opening, the Church leadership has received compliments about the sound and overall experience from what might, in other facilities, be considered the ‘nosebleeds’ – but not here. We worked hard to ensure that there are no ‘cheap seats’ in this facility”.
For this project, the decision to specify Outline products was the result of a market-wide survey of many manufacturers and products. SIA Acoustics first measured the performance of each product individually to assess critical acoustical issues such as off-axis consistency and the effectiveness of special pattern-control techniques. Based on this, SIA met extensively with Outline staff in Italy to fully understand the R&D process and manufacturing facilities, as well as Outline’s plans for meeting the Church’s production requirements and providing continued customer support.
“Our evaluation process takes us through all of a manufacturer’s disciplines in detail – including not only a thorough look at the technical performance of the product, but also their ability to fully support the customer before, during and particularly after installation” – explains Steve Sockey, partner at SIA Acoustics, “Out of the manufacturers we surveyed, Outline best fulfilled the needs of the Church for this project. We are thrilled about the out come”.
For components that are not already self-powered, Outline T7 amplifiers were installed adjacent to each loudspeaker array, suspended adjacent to the catwalk (a total of 33 were used). All T7 amplifiers (powering C.D.H. 483 and C.D.L. 1815 loudspeakers), as well as every Mini-COM.P.A.S.S. loudspeaker contains DSP and is networked for control and monitoring.
“We are confident that this system and supporting infrastructure will fully meet the Church’s technical needs, as well as those of any guest worship groups that they host, for the foreseeable future. The entire Healing Place Church team – including pastors and worship leaders, musicians, technicians and administrators – already operated at a very high level. Since moving into their new worship facility, however, they now have the opportunity to really grow without technical restriction. We are very excited to see where they go in the coming years”, adds Shulman.
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VIETNAM: Sponsored by Mobifone, Rock Storm 2010 entertained rock fans across Vietnam with a host of national artists, including Pentatonic, Final Stage, Nuranium, Rosewood, Microwave and Thai Thuy Linh. As it did in 2009, the 10-city tour kicked off in the chilly December air of Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium, before going on to Hai Phong, Thai Nguyen, Vinh, Hue, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Dong Nai, Can Tho and finally Ho Chi Minh City. In all, it reached more than 200,000 fans and millions of radio listeners and TV viewers.
Vietnam hasn’t previously attracted such numbers to outdoor concerts, and with Rock Storm 2010 came growing pains like crowd control and Black Market ticket availability. However the tour has developed a lot since 2009 in terms of sound and lighting, and the set changes were in particular slick and well rehearsed. Rock Storm’s show sound director was renowned Japanese engineer, Masaaki Azuma, who has handled sound control for famous international shows, including Madonna, Oasis, Under World, Metallica, and Fuji Rock Festival.
An Outline Butterfly line array system consisting of CDH483 Hi-Packs and supplemented by SubTech 218 subwoofers was used at some of the concerts, as Fantasy Show & Light’s Dinh Viet Hug explained: ‘We needed to provide all round coverage for up to 35,000 people at these stadiums, but the television broadcasters insisted that the PA system had to be compact. Fortunately, the Butterfly system provides high SPLs and even coverage, and is relatively small in size so that it doesn’t block the broadcasters view of the stage. We are looking forward to taking stock of the new Outline Mantas system, which can be used alongside the Butterfly speakers as supplementary fills or on their own for smaller events.’
32 ‘Butterflies’ in concert in Vietnam’s largest stadium
Hanoi (Vietnam), 10th January 2010 – A Vertical Line Array Outline comprising 32 Butterfly CDH 483 Hi-Packs, supported by 16 SubTech 218, was chosen as the FOH system for “Happy New Year 2010”, a concert for 35,000 people staged in the country’s largest stadium: My Dinh National Stadium.
Sponsored by the Maritime Bank and organized by Vietnam’s VTV3 TV (also on the Web), the show attracted a vast audience thanks to performances by the country’s best-known artists: My Tam, Lam Truong, Dam Vinh Hung and Hong Nhung. A wide range of music genres was reproduced: pop, dance, hip-hop and country.
Vietnam’s Outline distributor, Fantasies Show Light of Hanoi, was also the rental company that had the task of providing and installing the Butterfly rig at My Dinh National Stadium.
The event’s FOH engineer, Mr. Nguyen The Ngoc, commented: “Among the best-known high-end line arrays, I think the Butterfly is also one of the fastest and easiest to install; its prediction software is very accurate and provides further support. I always feel very secure with this object in my hands.”
Control and power were courtesy of a Midas XL3 console, XTA processor and Outline T7 amplifiers.
Bearing in mind the number of concerts that have been scheduled for some time for the present year, Fantasies Show Light has just purchased twelve of Outline’s new Mantas, with 120° dispersion, a VLA weighing just 24 kg (52.9 pounds) mechanically compatible with the Butterfly, for front-fill applications, and able to push out 147 dB (peak SPL, 4 modules). The order also includes four Subtech 218 and ten DVS 15 (1x15” - 1x3”) multi-purpose enclosures, as well as four T7 power amplifiers.
The Vietnamese company, from January 30th, will supply the Outlinearrays to reinforce the sound at “Rockstorm 2010“, the first of a series of nine mega-concerts for the year that has just begun.
The firm’s owner, Mr. Dinh Viet Hung, stated, “VTV3 needed to ensure all-round coverage of an audience of 35,000 people, but with a loudspeaker system that was compact, due to television broadcast requirements. Fortunately, the technology incorporated in the Butterfly also manages to satisfy these aspects too, as well as those involving FOH engineers; the result is everybody is always happy. We are waiting for them to consign us the new Mantas, which are very light weight and shall be used along with the Butterflies, specially in the concerts and the numerous average sized applications, for which we are called in increasingly frequently.”
Britannia Row’s Outlinearray supported the return of the one and only Robbie Williams at London’s Roundhouse
Outline’s Butterfly VLA was again requested by both the BBC and London's Roundhouse for the 2009 Electric Proms season. Supplied by Britannia Row, the system comprised 12 CDH 483 hi packs per side, supplemented by 3 Mantas “Wide boxes” each hang and 12 Subtech 218s, all driven by Outline’s T9 amplifiers and controlled via Dolby Lake 412s.
The Butterfly has become the most specified system for the Roundhouse due to its high power and even dispersion together with its camera-friendly look, which is essential to televised jobs from the Roundhouse.
October 20th the opening night of BBC's Electric Proms season saw the charismatic return of the one and only Robbie Williams who was backed by a 34-piece orchestra plus his own touring band. Legendary producer Trevor Horn was playing bass and directing the band.
Derrick Zeiba was in charge of the orchestra and Snake Newton was Robbie’s FOH engineer.
Derrick Zeiba remarked, "The addition of the Mantas wide element has meant that you no longer need infill/outfill boxes - the 120 degrees produced by Mantas does everything that you need. This was proven to great effect especially in the Roundhouse, which can be very unforgiving."
Snake Newton has been quoted as saying, "It's my favourite small system, very little system or channel EQ was used to get unbelievable results."
The Electric Proms continued its season with performances from Dizzee Rascal, Dame Shirley Bassey, The Doves and Smokey Robinson.
All performances used Outline’s Butterfly system with Mantas 120 degree cabinets and Subtech 218s.
[JASON MRAZ_BUTTERFLY WITH AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE LIVE]
I love him expecially with this song it just amazing song
Taking a moment just imagining that i'm dancing with you
I'm your pole and all you're wearing is your shoes
You've got soul, you know what to do to turn me on until I write a song about you
And you have your own engaging style, you've got the knack* to vivify
And you make my slacks a little tight, you may unfasten them if you like
That's if you crash and spend the night
But you don't fold, you don't fade,
You got everything you need ,Especailly me..
sister you've got it all
You make the call to make my day *
In your message say my name
Your talk is all the talk, sister you've got it all
Curl your upper lip up and let me look around
Ride your tongue along your bottom lip and bite down
And bend your back and ask your hips if I can touch
Well they're the perfect jumping up point Getting closer to your butterfly
Well You float on by
Oh kiss me with your eyelashes tonight
Or Eskimo your nose real close to mine
And let's mood the lights and finally make it right
But you don't fold, you don't fade,
You got everything you need ,Especailly me..
sister you've got it all
You make the call to make my day *
In your message say my name
Your talk is all the talk, sister you've got it all
You've got it all, you've got it all, you've got it all
You've got it all, you've got it all, you've got it all
Doll all I really need to see
You pull your knee socks up
Let me feel you upside down, slide in, slide out
Slide over here, climb into my mouth now child
Butterfly
Well you landed on my mind
Dammit ,you landed on my ear and then you crawled inside
And now I see you perfectly behind closed eyes
I wanna fly with you
And I don't want to lie to you
'Cause I can't recall a better day
Sun coming to shine on the occasion
You're an open-minded lady, you've got it all
And I never foget a face if i'm making my own
I have my days
Let's face the fact here, it's you who's got it all
You know that fortune favors the brave
But let me get paid while I make you breakfast
The rest is up to you, you makes the call
you makes the call , make my day *
In your message say my name
Your talk is all the talk, sister you've got it all
I can't recall a better day
Sun coming to shine on the occasion
You're sophiscated lady, oh you've got it all
You've got it all, you've got it all, you've got it all
You've got it all, you've got it all, you've got it all
You've got it all, you've got it all, you've got it all
You've got it all, you've got it all, you've got it all
Butterfly, baby, you've got it all
Amy Winehouse은 이탈리아 팬들로 가득찬 Milan's Alcatraz에서 사인회를 가졌습니다. 이것은 Outline Butterfly와 함께한 런던 아티스트 Amy의 두 번째 투어입니다.
Britannia Row 프로덕션의 Outline Butterfly는 2007년 10월 26일 금요일 Milan's Alcatraz에서 열릴 Amy Winehouse의 유럽투어중 이탈리아 팬들과의 만남을 위해 준비되었습니다.
마지막에 특별한 변화가 없는 한 36개의 CDH 483 Hi-pack과 16개의 Subtech 218 SP로 구성될 예정이고, 이 모든 것은 영국 렌탈회사에서 빌린 Outline의 T9 앰프로 구동될 것입니다.
이 Milan 콘서트와 전체투어의 시스템 엔지니어는 Britannia Row 팀과 함께 있던 이탈리아의 Davide Lombardi로 그는 Outline에서 만들어진 이 라인어레이가 새로운 정점에 도달하였다고 강조합니다.
지난 30년간 드물었던 최고의 블루스 싱어로, 유명한 Brit 어워드의 2007년 여성 솔로 아티스트 부문 수상에 연이어 Amy는 최근 세계적으로 각국 음악챠트에 오르고 있습니다.
Britannia Row의 Buttefly와 함께한 그녀의 이 두 번째 투어는 이전 1월에 영국의 공연과 더불어 사운드 퀄리티는 영국 최고의 PA 관계자들과 FOH, 시스템 엔지니어로부터 만장일치의 갈채를 받았습니다. Amy Winehouse의 다음 콘서트는 프랑스 Zenith에서 10월 29일에 열립니다.
