RCF has
recently been awarded the contract to provide sound reinforcement for the
upgrade and expansion of the Las Vegas Fremont Street Viva Vision LED display
canopy that covers the four city block stretch in uptown Las Vegas. A total of
50 clusters — 350 total speakers — will be used in the installation. Each
cluster is comprised of six HDL20-A dual 10? two-way active line array modules
with one SUB8005-AS active 21 subwoofer custom mounted on a steel frame and
flown below the canopy.
The RCF
Engineering team in Reggio-Emilia, Italy worked with the Fremont Street
Experience crew to design the custom configuration, using an existing frame
from a previous system, incorporating the six HDL20-A in an arc mounted between
two flybars, with the SUB8005-AS subwoofer mounted on top of the frame.
In the
process of the upgrade of the Fremont Street Experience, the venue was already
familiar with the sound of the HDL20-A as they were already being utilized on
the live performance stages. Already pleased with the sound, it was suggested
using the speakers for the overhead reinforcement for the Viva Vision display.
After a shootout with a number of manufacturers, the HDL20-A was chosen.
Consulting
with RCF, the engineering team designed the custom cluster with specific splay
angles of the cabinets to effectively cover the four block length of the Viva
Vision canopy.
In
addition, all three live performance stages on Fremont Street are using RCF.
The main entertainment stage is configured with 20 TTL55-A dual 12? three-way
active line array modules along with 10 SUB9007-AS dual 21 active subwoofers
and eight TT25-CXA monitors for the musicians. The second stage has 16 HDL20-A
modules, eight SUB8006-AS dual 18? subwoofers and five TT25-CXA monitors. The
third stage features eight HDL20-A modules with four HDL18-AS 18? active
subwoofers flown plus three TTS36-A active dual 18? subwoofers on the ground.
