Argentina. A new high-end entertainment space was inaugurated in Buenos Aires in August. This is Rose in Rio, a disco and nightclub located on the banks of the Río de la Plata, in the area known as Costa Salguero.
The project was carried out entirely by Equaphon, Powersoft's distributor in Argentina and Uruguay. "The owners of this venture have been entrusting us with several entertainment centers for many years. In this case we were summoned at the end of 2015 when the work began. That was very good because it allowed us to interact in a different way. Actually what has already been inaugurated is the disco and nightclub but next to it is an event hall close to opening as well, "said Carlos Maiocchi, General Manager of Equaphon.
Equaphon's job was to present a project that met the requirements of the owners of Rose in Rio, determine the best sound system to use, install it on the premises and adjust, equalize and train those responsible for the use of the system.
Knowing that the establishment would focus on attracting a high-class audience, the sound system had to be of high sound quality, without interfering, as far as possible, with the aesthetics of the place or with the atmosphere and quality decoration of the entire venture.
Another requirement was to have uniform coverage throughout the place and individual level control of the different areas to adjust the system according to the distribution of the public.
In that sense, the greatest difficulty encountered in the establishment were the different heights of the ceiling, which made it difficult to install sound systems in height that covered a large audience area. This impediment was solved by distributing the sound sources in 12 different points, without disturbing the aesthetics and decoration.
Having the sound sources distributed, it was decided to use many amplification channels to be able to properly zone the different sectors and have absolute control of level and equalization.
Taking all this into account, Equaphon installed a sound system of its own brand STS Touring Series - manufactured in Argentina -, composed of 24 x STS Linea V10, distributed in 12 points of the premises covering the track and surrounding areas, six subwoofers STS Concerto SUB, located together under the DJ booth, 12 x STS mikra4, distributed in two outdoor terraces, two STS D10 in one of the VIP rooms of the premises, and finally two STS Cantata+ as monitoring in the DJ booth.
This system is being amplified with a Powersoft X4 unit, to handle the six subwoofers, and four M50Q DSP+ETH amplifiers, three to control the 12 points of two STS Linea V10, while the fourth is responsible for amplifying the 12 x STS mikra4 and the two STS D10 of the VIP area.
The rack with the amplifiers is located in an enclosure behind the DJ booth and is controlled with a Pioneer DJM-900NXS2 console and CDJ-2000NXS2 players.
Harmony software was also used in this project. With it, the system was adjusted in the installation stage, fixing the cuts, times, equalizations, limiters and respective levels. It was also used to be able to equalize and align each of the 12 reinforcement points independently.
The entire system is controlled from a PC located in the same DJ booth. Through the Workspace of the Harmony software, you have individual and real-time control of each distributed system.
"The entire system is working properly, meeting all the requirements we had," Maiocchi said. "The Harmony software is really very useful in an installation of this type, because it allows us to have absolute control of the different places to sound and a great flexibility of use of what is installed."
Equaphon had already installed Powersoft amplifiers in other ventures of the same owners of Rose in Rio, but until now they had not delivered any installation in which the Harmony software could be used. "They were really impressed with everything that can be done with it," he said.
It is worth mentioning the work in this project by Nicolás Rizzo, product support of Equaphon, who was responsible for it and launched the system, in addition to configuring different screens so that users can control predefined parameters.
Nicolás also took care of training the technical team of the disco in the use of the system and its control possibilities.
