A flight of “Butterflies” for the Pope

OUTLINE PRESS BULLETIN…
Flero (Brescia) Italy, Wednesday 20^th May 2009

A flight of “Butterflies” for the Pope

Outline audio for over 50,000 worshippers at Amman stadium, in Jordan

 Amman, Jordan, 10^th May 2009 – Butterfly, the famous Vertical Line Array manufactured by Outline of Brescia, was used for the sound reinforcement at the large mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI at Amman international stadium, before 50,000 worshippers.

 The mass was accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra and a 200-strong choir.

 For the faultless acoustic coverage of the venue, Events AVP (exclusive Outline distributor for Jordan) used – thanks to the support of some local rental companies with the Outlinearray – a system comprising a hundred Butterfly Hi-Packs and thirty-two Subtech 218 subwoofers; all powered by T-series amplifiers.

 With a view to this event, Events AVP also decided to increase its stock of Outlinearray, purchasing twenty-four additional CDH 483 Hi-packs and twelve Subtech 218. For “front-fill” work, the audio design featured twelve multi-purpose Outline DVS 12 (1x12” – 1x3”) enclosures, while the monitor set-up for the Pope and the cardinals consisted in ten Outline Micra II SP, systems well known for their successful combination of intelligibility and high SPL before feedback, in spite of their light weight (6.5 kg) and ultra-compact dimensions.

 FOH engineer and production manager Vincenzo Testa of Events AVP commented: “At a distance of 120 metres, I had full voice intelligibility and the bottom end sounded great.”

 The fine tuning of the Butterfly rig was entrusted to Carlo Gennaro, a system engineer with considerable experience in the use of the Outlinearray along with the relative aiming software, the Outline VIP (Vector Implementation Protocol).

He commented: “The requests of the Vatican audio technicians, in particular the person responsible for the Pope’s voice, Roberto Calvigioni, were very precise, but once again we exceeded all expectations; the distribution of the people in the stadium meant extra care had to be taken to keep the sound level at a very constant 105 decibels for 270 degrees of coverage around the stage during the event. I know the Butterfly system very well – it’s a reference point at world level in terms of precision, acoustic transparency and phase coherence – and I’m always happy to be able to use it.”

 

이번에도 Carlo Gennaro가 시스템 디자인을 한 모양이다. 오늘은 집에가면 전화좀 해봐야겠다.. 맨날 바쁘셔서리~