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Founded in 1973 by Guido Noselli, Outline is an industry leading manufacturer of premier sound reinforcement systems. Outline develops, engineers and manufactures large, medium, and small format loudspeakers as well as innovative FPGA-based and related technologies for the concert sound and pro audio markets.
Installation
There are over 4000+ Outline installations worldwide. We have reliable high quality products that are designed to deliver great sound in any acoustical environment.
Production
Our production partners throughout the world provide the highest level of professional sound for stadiums, arenas, clubs, corporate events and more for all sizes of audiences and venues.
Processors
Outline NEWTON is a full-featured, FPGA-based multi-source processor that takes technology convergence for audio-visual systems to the next level. Discover more here!
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Record-breaking rock band gets even bigger
Record-breaking rock band gets even bigger Outline and Powersoft pack the punch for the unique Florence show In 2015, die-hard Foo Fighters fan Fabio Zaffagnini gathered 1,000 musicians to record a video appeal to the band to come and play in his home town of Cesena (Italy), in which “Rockin’1000” sang the US band’s “Learn to Fly” in a local park. The video went viral and FF front man Dave Grohl replied, accepting the invitation. The Cesena gig was followed by the first Rockin’1000 concert by the huge band at Cesena stadium (2016) and a Summer Camp, at Mont Blanc (2017). ROCKIN’1000 – DISCOVER MORE… The latest episode in the Rockin’1000 saga took place in July at Florence’s Artemio Franchi soccer stadium, when the “Biggest Rock Band on Earth” (1,454 performers from over thirty countries) played to an ecstatic crowd of over 13,000. The event also featured Courtney Love, the first guest artiste at a Rockin’1000 event, who performed three of her hits with Hole. Ensuring the crowd a realistic listening experience were two key brands on the international pro audio scenario, both headquartered in Italy, Outline and Powersoft, whose specialists interacted with Cisko Ridolfi and Francesco Penolazzi, respectively Rockin’1000’s […]
Outline’s GTO C-12 Rises To The Top At Creamfields
Outline’s GTO C-12 Rises To The Top At Creamfields Capital Sound deploys major GTO C-12 line-source system at The World’s No1 Dance Music Festival London’s Capital Sound Hire supplied sound systems to two of the 30+ stages at his year’s Creamfields event, including a substantial Outline GTO C-12 rig for the Generator Stage. One of the world’s premier dance music events, Creamfields 2018 featured a stellar lineup of superstar DJs and artists from the worlds of EDM, house, trance, D&B, and grime, entertaining crowds of up to 70,000 across the August Bank Holiday weekend. Headliners on the Generator Stage included Vini Vici, Danny Howard, Steve Angello, Duke Dumont, Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond and Alesso. Capital designed a system for the event using part of their Outline inventory, deploying 12 GTO C-12 plus one GTO-DF (downfill) cabinets per side plus four LIPF-082 modules as front fills and 24 GTO-SUB subwoofers providing the low-frequency reinforcement essential for dance music. Capital’s design also used Outline’s latest Newton processor as the primary system controller, which fed eight Powersoft X8 amplifiers via a Dante network. Capital’s System Technician Ben Turnbull was on hand throughout the event and commented, ‘The system performed very well […]
Outline NEWTON At The Heart Of Jazz Open Festival
Outline NEWTON At The Heart Of Jazz Open Festival Michael Häck is a very well-respected freelance German system technician who this summer was the latest audio professional to discover the numerous advantages offered by Outline’s new processor, the NEWTON. One of Michael’s 2018 projects was the Jazz Open Festival in Stuttgart, this year celebrating its 25th anniversary. It is one of the largest jazz festivals in Europe, taking place in five locations throughout the city, entertaining around 45,000 people and its diverse bill this year included Gregory Porter, Jamie Callum, Jamiroquai, Joss Stone, Lenny Kravitz, Meshell Ndegeocello, Pat Metheny, The Stanley Clarke Band and dozens more international artists. Michael was responsible for two of the performance spaces, the Altes Schloss with an audience capacity of around 1,000 and the festival’s main stage, the Schlossplatz in the centre of the city which can accommodate 6,500. Michael takes up the story (want to read this in German? Click here): ‘I first became aware of NEWTON when I met Fernando (Rey Mendez, Outline’s NEWTON product specialist) at ISE 2018 when he introduced me to the unit and we discussed possible SMAART integration. We met again at prolight&sound in Frankfurt earlier this year and […]
Adlib Enjoys Busy Summer with Outline NEWTON
Adlib Enjoys Busy Summer with Outline NEWTON Merseyside-based Adlib Audio handled an extraordinarily busy festival programme through the long, hot summer of 2018. As early-adopters of Outline’s remarkable new processor, the variety and sheer volume of their workload provided an ideal platform to road-test their new NEWTON units – and road-test them they surely did. Adlib’s Senior Engineer Ian Nelson takes up the story… ‘For this summer’s festival commitments we’ve effectively used our NEWTON units in one of two ways – either as a festival console matrix system or as a full system controller. For the former, a single NEWTON device was configured as a central hub, bringing together the outputs of our dual house consoles (running as an A/B system to facilitate band changeovers) plus multiple guest consoles and our small ‘VT’ desk that deals with VT, DJs and announcements.’ ‘The two house consoles are configured to provide PA Left, Right and Sub on both analogue and AES with the VT console sending L&R on AES into the system. We allowed for two guest consoles to be connected at any one time and these could send us anything from L+R to L+R+Sub+Fill, also on both analogue and AES.’ ‘We […]
Outline and Powersoft electrify Rockin’1000, THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ROCK BAND
ENG Outline and Powersoft electrify Rockin’1000, THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ROCK BAND Rockin’1000 originally assembled in July 2015 in Cesena (Italy), with the very ambitious ideal of gathering one thousands musicians playing simultaneously to create the biggest Rock show ever, crowdfund enough money and get legendary band Foo Fighters to come and play a gig in Cesena.The success was such that the video hit millions of views worldwide, and on November 3rd, Foo Fighters gave a unique and exclusive three hours show to the Thousand, crowdfunders and volunteers who got involved in the July performance. Organised by Fabio Zaffagnini and under the direction of Marco Sabiu, the show has since become a yearly event: on the 24th July 2016, The Thousand played an 18-song concert in Cesena’s Orogel Stadium in front of an audience of 15,000 people. This year, Rockin’1000 That’s Live moved to Florence’s Artemio Franchi stadium, where The Thousand played another full gig on the 21st July with Hole’s Courtney Love’s as a special guest, and technical audio support from Italian companies Powersoft (for the amplifiers) and Outline (for the PA system). Watch the official “behind the scenes” video to discover how Powersoft and Outline solved a mind-blowing audio headache […]
Summer Vacations @ Outline
Summer Vacations @ Outline Dear Outline supporter, please be informed that our company will be closed for summer vacations from August 6 to 26, inclusive. For any kind of technical and commercial requests please send an e-mail to info@outline.it – we’ll be checking all the e-mails! Have a great summer time! Outline Team JOIN US AND SHARE YOUR PASSION!
Outline’s New Superfly Takes Off In Lithuania
Outline’s New Superfly Takes Off In Lithuania Located in the Baltic coastal resort town of Palanga, their eponymous concert hall has just been outfitted with a state-of-the-art Outline audio system designed to handle all the diverse demands of a contemporary performance space. The Palangos Concert Hall was completed in 2015 with a capacity of 2,200 seats, its striking near-circular design providing both intimacy and space for a range of productions including concerts, festivals, TV projects, theatrical performances, conferences and other events. Specified and installed by Outline’s Lithuanian distributor NO NOISE LT, UAB under the guidance of their CEOs Kestutis Dulinskas and Linas Kazlauskas, the system draws extensively on Outline’s product portfolio but features their very latest product, the groundbreaking compact line-source module. The brief from the client was very specific, demanding powerful but unobtrusive sound reinforcement that would provide smooth, even coverage for the entire room. Using a combination of CAD 3D files, Outline’s Open Array 3D prediction / analysis software and the experience gained from many shows in the venue, Dulinskas describes his system design: ‘The audio configuration is not simple, because of the size and shape of the room. The main L/R arrays consist of twelve Superfly plus […]
Outline’s Newton Killing It On Tour
Outline’s Newton Killing It On Tour Currently in the midst of a busy worldwide touring schedule that includes both festival appearances and their own shows, The Killers continue to be one of the consistently biggest crowd-pullers in rock music. Since their formation in Las Vegas in 2001 the band have released five studio albums, all of which have topped the album charts, while their live shows help cement their reputation as one of the 21st century’s biggest rock acts. Their FOH engineer Kenny Kaiser heard about Outline’s Newton processor via the engineer’s underground network and, recognising its potential, set about acquiring one for the current run of shows. London-based Capital Sound Hire are providing a complete FOH control and mixing package for Kenny and with Newton units already in their inventory they were happy to oblige. Kenny describes how he’s using the device: ‘Right now we are using the Newton as our overall system management hub, providing all of our system EQ and control. On our own headline shows we also run the opening acts into it. It is nice not having to worry about clock synchronisation or digital noise with the Newton, and to have the flexibility to send […]
OUTLINE SOUND @ LUCCA SUMMER FESTIVAL 2018
ENG OUTLINE SOUND @ LUCCA SUMMER FESTIVAL 2018 The most eagerly-anticipated musical event of the year is animating the Tuscan summer as numerous international music icons alternate with Italian stars in a month of live concerts – the Lucca Summer Festival is here, powered by Outline GTO! The GTO’s unparalleled audio quality and dynamics, all controlled by Outline Newton (the world’s most advanced FPGA processor), will deliver the True Audience Experience to the many thousands of visitors attending the festival this year. Have fun everyone! Learn more… ITA SUONO OUTLINE @ LUCCA SUMMER FESTIVAL 2018 L’ evento musicale più atteso dell’anno sta animando l’estate toscana. Vere e proprie icone internazionali si alternano a star della musica italiana per un mese di concerti live a tutto volume. L’ impianto GTO assicura una qualità audio e una dinamica senza uguali. A elaborare il segnale ci pensa Newton, il processore FPGA più avanzato al mondo. Scopri di più…
Outline scores with Italian soccer stadium upgrade
ENG Outline scores with Italian soccer stadium upgrade The 17,368 capacity “Pino Zaccheria” stadium, the home field of Foggia soccer team located in Italy’s south-eastern Apulia region (nicknamed the “Red and Black Devils of the South”), recently underwent an in-depth upgrade in order to meet the latest specifications for the country’s Serie B (the equivalent of the second division). The work included a new sound reinforcement system, supplied by Centro Cultura Musicale. Designed using Outline ‘Open Array 3D‘ software by the company’s senior system engineer Francesco Ferretti, the system is used to play recorded music before matches, announcements, publicity, team line-ups, announcements for the substitution of players, safety announcements etc. The upper tier of the roofed west stand is covered by six Outline Vegas 12 CX two-way, full-range coax speaker enclosures installed under the roof. The same format is used with four more Vegas 12 CX for the lower tier, installed under the upper tier of the stand. The lower tier of each of the north and south curves is covered by four Vegas 12 CX installed under the upper tier, and the lower tier of the open air east stand seating features six Vegas 12 CX mounted below the […]
What professional audio people are saying
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“The GTO was already a winner on paper, due to the box containing superior components: four 3″ (HF), four 8″ (MF), and two 15″ (LF) all in a single enclosure. However it was only when I worked with the system for the first time in front of a 700,000-strong audience that I realized that the GTO was not only far superior on paper, but also compared with anything else I had ever worked with.”
“What can I say… Working with Outline Systems is like bringing back the correct acoustic rules… but with really high technology on board fully in control without tricks… The best moment is always when we turn on the full rig… For me it’s like sitting on my Harley on a non-stop ride from the East Coast to the West Coast… Pure pleasure… Chapeau, Monsieur Noselli!… So what can I say… Nothing – just listen… louder!…”
“With over 700 shows under my belt mixing Justin Moore, I’ve never come across another system that has the sonic accuracy and headroom of Outline’s GTO C-12.”
“Right now we are using the Newton as our overall system management hub, providing all of our system EQ and control. On our own headline shows we also run the opening acts into it. It is nice not having to worry about clock synchronisation or digital noise with the Newton, and to have the flexibility to send or receive any format we need – this has been of great help through the day to day festival shows we have been doing this summer. The Newton is great – it’s been a real workhorse, and it is one unit in the rack I don’t have to worry about!”
“Outline has done a wonderful job making GTO C-12 sound fabulous right from the start – rich, potent, and with the silky smooth highs that Outline is known for. In a theatre setting, it was the most hi-fi experience, much like sitting at home listening to my reference system.”
“Managing Director Keith Davis, Senior Project Manager Martin Connolly, Project Manager Robin Conway and I sat in the back row of the upper bowl and the clarity and sonic performance of the [GTO C-12] system blew us away…the highs, mids and lows were all incredible. There was not even a hint of needing delay hangs for the O2 Arena.”
“…just done our sound check for an open air show, the [Superfly] rig breezed it, it’s absolutely fantastic, full, clear, powerful, and travels a great distance; I have been working on my processing and now have the mix very smooth, it’s a great system. The show was fantastic, I can’t believe how solid the system is outside. It’s the best I have used.”
“It was very risky and I’d never have accepted the challenge without the Outline systems, because I know them inside out!” [ref. World Youth Day in Krakow with 2.5 Million Pilgrims]
“I try to mix the show the way I would want to hear it, nice and punchy with lots of vocals so the crowd can sing along. The GTO C-12 has easily accomplished that task. The system sounds even across the whole spectrum and didn’t seem to shift its tonal balance if it was driven lightly or given its head. Francis Rossi in particular is very in touch with the audience and they hang on his every quip, so having his vocal mic open and crystal clear is paramount. I go for big drums sounds, fat guitars, a good layer of BV’s and make sure all the guitar solos are present.”
“The sound produced by the guys on stage is rich, full and symphonic, and it is essential that I have a PA that capable of delivering this to all corners of the auditorium. The reach of this system is phenomenal – the people at the back of the balconies have been enjoying a far more full frequency spectrum than previously, particularly in the top end. The GTO C-12 system to me is voiced very forward, which makes it very suitable for arena-sized and smaller outdoor shows and this characteristic really helps it push the mix to all corners of the venue.”
”The Outline system works great, and the settings available have enabled me to easily achieve a smooth and natural response across the entire frequency range.”
“GTO is the closest thing I found in live sound to the definition of studio monitoring. It’s so detailed that you need to treat it with respect. In some ways you have to rethink your mix and be careful not to overlook anything that will show up if it’s not handled carefully.”
“There are very few powerful PA’s on the market that also sound even, tight and clean. GTO is one of them. Its quality is outstanding and like every other Outline product is versatile and easy to manage. The excellent 3D prediction software OpenArray helps to create a perfect sound design too. The R&D team does incredible job. I started using Outline since the Butterfly days and it is always a pleasure to mix using their systems.”
“As a team we bring to professional audio the same legendary Italian passion and creativity that lead the world in many other fields. We listen to our customers so that we can create the true audience experience.“