RCF HDL impresses at Celine Orlando
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Boasting a capacity of nearly 1,000 occupants, Celine Orlando is a multi-faceted entertainment space that hosts live music, corporate events, and private parties. It was created to fill the need for a centrally located, high-end entertainment complex.
Celine Orlando hosts five different spaces: a Speakeasy that takes guests back to the prohibition era, complete with antique furniture, elaborate drink menus, and an attention to detail that separates it from the rest of the venue; the Mezzanine is an elevated viewing area overlooking the main stage of the venue, offering guests the “next level” experience, with a full view of the stage, a private bar and VIP concierge service; the Rooftop Lounge is for hosting smaller events and overlooks the heart of downtown; the Sports Club at Celine is where guests can watch their favorite sporting events and features an additional area to relax and socialize; lastly, the Ballroom features an elevated state-of-the-art stage design, complete with a LED wall, lighting rigs and a top-of- the-line, RCF line array system and subwoofers.
Celine Orlando is only one of several concepts this particular entertainment group owns, and it would be the first club introduce the RCF sound to the area. “Of course, price point, no matter how much an organization has to spend, is always under scrutiny, and RCF generally excels in this area,” attests Clouden. “Having put RCF gear up against other major brands, I would venture to say that we do quite well,” said Clouden.
With the help of RCF sales manager Justin Brock, Clouden was able to convince ownership that the RCF HDL system would be the right fit. “To be quite honest, I told them if they didn't like it, I'd send it back. But I knew that wouldn’t happen.”
The main system is comprised of HDL 20-A Active Line Array Modules and SUB 8006-AS Active High-Power Subwoofers. “The HDL 20s and SUB 8006s are not RDNet capable [RCF’s proprietary software], which is where the Symetrix solution came in, along with a Midas M32 LIVE Digital Mixer,” explains Clouden.
Clouden enlisted the expertise of Destry Jinks, Sr. of Jinx-IT to manage the install. “I had just been introduced to the HDL 20s, and when Kevin and I walked into the room, I turned to him and said, ‘I think we found the perfect solution for this project’,” recalls Jinks. “The room itself is an odd shape, and the coverage pattern on the 20s is very nice. I took a few quick measurements, dropped them into Ease, and everything looked flat.
“Once we hung the array and fired it, I thought, man, it is flat. I sent a L/R signal over to each stack as one zone and made level adjustments at each box. Box-to-box, the sound was very clear and consistent throughout the entire room. I was very impressed.”
Once the arrays were fixed into place, fine tuning of the main stage began to accelerate. “To round out the system, we used HD-10s in a front-to-back config from the stage, each row time aligned using Symetrix Prism. Once we did that, the system sounded bigger without being obnoxiously loud, with plenty of headroom,” says Jinks. “On an average night the main system is running about 60% of what it can put out, subs are at about 40%. Any more than that the room itself just stops - you can’t go anymore. Incredible product. RCF did not disappoint us in that aspect.”
Because Celine has several rooms, four different solutions were put into the club, with the Symetrix controlling each zone in the entire setup, where each room can send its music to, or receive music from any other room in the club.
