Located in the city of Béthune in Northern France, Salle Olof Palme is a 1,200-capacity multi-purpose exhibition and event arena. Used primarily for business exhibitions and conventions, the venue recently called on local company OK Sono to install an RCF HDL10-A compact line array.
Having won a public administration tender with cost-effective line array, the sound and lighting sales, rental and installation specialist installed four elements flown left and right of the stage as part of a complete renovation of the arena, including new lighting and video screen.
For this large venue, the customer had wanted to avoid the traditional multi-diffusion cabinet design. Instead, Francesco Venturi, from RCF’s Engineering Support Group, made a preliminary acoustic simulation with Ease Focus software, and HDL10-A met the criteria, producing excellent results, particularly in speech intelligibility.
In order to gain better coverage for the first few rows, since the removable stage did not accept traditional front fill, OK Sono turned to RCF’s D-Line for two compact HDL10-A active two-way monitors. The entire system is controlled by RCF’s dedicated 2-input/6-output loudspeaker management device.
‘By the middle of the year we intend to add some [RCF] 8004-AS subwoofers, in order to improve bass response for live events with local bands,’ says OK Sono Director, Emmanuel Obert. ‘There is already a dedicated output from the DX processor for that purpose.’
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