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Tumbleweed Festival Benefits From RCF HDL 20-A Line Arrays

php8TTfgxAMEDISON, NJ (October 2013) – This year marked the fourth year that the Douglas Production Group (DPG) provided sound reinforcement for the annual Tumbleweed Festival held on the grounds of the Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City, Kansas.

It also marked the first time they used their new RCF HDL 20-A line arrays for the event. DPG utilized the HDL 20-A modules on all three stages of the three-day acoustic music festival.

“The organizers take great pride in making sure they are providing the highest quality audio systems for their visiting artists,” explains Kirk Longhofer, general production manager for DPG. “We received so many compliments from the performers and audiences at all of the stages – the RCF systems were a big hit.”

During the festival two of the smaller stages run live music concurrently while the main stage is saved for the evening entertainment.

DPG provided a total of 16 HDL 20-A modules for the smaller stages. Four modules were ground stacked to the left and right of each stage providing ample audience coverage and headroom.

“The sound was exactly what the artists were looking for,” Longhofer adds. “Every type of acoustic music you could imagine crossed those stages at one point or another, and everyone was equally pleased with the system.”

For the main stage DPG utilized Genie lifts and flew arrays to the right and left of the stage – each consisting of eight HDL 20-A modules.  Low end was provided by eight TTS 36-A subwoofers spread across the front lip of the stage.

Each HDL 20-A enclosure is loaded with two powerful 10-inch woofers and a large format 3-inch voice coil compression driver. The module is powered from a 1400 Watt Peak Power 2 way digital amplifier.

Sound is processed from a powerful onboard DSP. The processing includes cluster and HF projection correction and special new presets for indoor and high curving situations.

“The support from RCF was tremendous,” says Longhofer. “Because this was our first time out with the system, the company sent folks from the factory to help us out. Oscar Mora and Tarik Solangi were incredible. They spread out the subs and worked with the internal processing, using the delay, to provide a wider field for the low end. You could actually hear the field for the low end get wider as they adjusted the delay. They made the entire system sing.”

DPG had been looking at line arrays for some time before deciding to invest in RCF. One of the challenges they encountered was finding a high quality line array that had a price point that could be supported by their client base.

“We had a number of events that would benefit from using a line array that simply wouldn’t be able to afford what we would have to charge for a more expensive system,” he explains. ” We wanted a system that was consistent with our quality standards while also being affordable enough for our customers to use. This system was exactly what we were looking for – everyone is absolutely thrilled with it.”

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