Among the world’s largest and most ambitious music festivals, Rock in Rio recently marked its 40th anniversary. For nearly 15 years, Outline audio systems have played a significant part in the event’s sound reinforcement, with São Paulo-based Gabisom Audio Equipment acting as system supplier.
This year, Outline’s GTO, GTO C-12, Superfly and Mantas 28 models, driven by Outline power amplifiers, were used at three of the festival’s key stages – New Dance Order, Global Village and Supernova. Gabisom has made significant investments in Outline audio technology in 2023 and 2024, following earlier purchases that included a substantial GTO C-12 system and Newton processors in 2020.
In 2020, Gabisom became the world’s largest owner of Newton inventory, using these FPGA-based processors for their signal management capabilities and unique WFIR filtering technology. Since that time, alongside the expanding inventory of loudspeaker systems, Newton devices have become a cornerstone of Gabisom’s operations, providing precise control for both Outline and non-Outline systems at Rock in Rio – in both Brazil and Lisbon– as well as at many other large-scale events.
‘The first time I worked with the GTO and C-12 system, I was impressed by the headroom and clarity, particularly in the high frequencies, without harshness, and the strong, tight low-end response. This is ideal for high-energy concerts like EDM,’ says Danilo Costa, one of Gabisom’s system engineers, reflecting on his experience at the New Dance Order stage.
The stage featured four PAs with ten GTO boxes each, 48 DBS 18-2 sub-bass units, and 12 Mantas 28 units for front fill, all supported by Newton processors for matrix management of two Yamaha consoles.
Once again, in the hands of Gabisom’s engineers, Outline’s products and technologies were instrumental in the high standard of sound reinforcement at Rock in Rio’s 40th anniversary outing, maintaining their place in major live events across the globe.
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