The bottom end was reproduced by 7+7 Outline Victor Live subs and LAB 21 infra-subs (just two units positioned in the centre). All the cabinets were laid out in a cardioid configuration, to keep the stage clear of excessive low frequencies. Four Outline Micra II enclosures, installed on the edge of the stage, were used as front-fill systems, for the benefit of the front rows of the audience.
The amplification of the signals - fed from a Digidesign console - was entrusted to Outline T7 units.
Cipiesse Produzioni per lo Spettacolo, the owner of the Outline array system, was the Brescia rental firm handling the entire operation. Marco Riva, head of Cipiesse and production manager, comments: "The set-up of the equipment necessary for an event of this level was carried out in record time and extremely professionally; but the audio, for which we once again received congratulations from the artist's FOH engineer, was particularly worthy of mention."
Giancarlo Paladini, freelance system engineer working on behalf of Cipiesse, adds: "What the arrays fed out was so exact that the concert seemed to 'breathe' - I mean it was utmost simplicity, harmony and pure listening pleasure. After the first 15 minutes, such a great entente had been created between Chapman and the audience that it was necessary to remind oneself that there was amplification involved."
(Jim Evans)
