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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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The Best Gets Better – Outline’s NEWTON Extends Its Lead With Major Firmware And Software Release
It’s fair to say that the hottest product in global system processing for the last couple of years has been Outline’s extraordinary NEWTON, the world’s most advanced multi-source audio processor (newton.outline.it). NEWTON has re-written the rulebook by combining digital signal synchronisation, all-new filter technology, multi-format audio signal routing and standards conversion within a compact chassis and combining it with intuitive computer control platforms. So far, so good – but it’s about to get even better with this new release (v.95 firmware / v.1.9 software), available via the App Store. The highlights include: Smaart ® API integration This new feature represents the quickest and easiest way for users to integrate Smaart ® measurement data into their Newton units and to plot it within the Outline Dashboard software environment. This new compatibility will provide a faster, simpler and more accurate method of system tuning for Smaart ® users. “Outline has done an outstanding job of utilizing the Smaart API to integrate Smaart measurement data within the latest release of their Dashboard control software,” said Karen Anderson, CEO, Rational Acoustics. “This integration really highlights Outline’s commitment to providing their customers with powerful, forward-thinking professional audio tools and we are thrilled to see Newton/Dashboard […]
Target Sound, Leading Polish K1 Rental House, Add Outline GTO Network Partnership To L-Acoustics Inventory
In the image above, Target Sound’s crew with Outline’s Fernando Rey Mendez and Giulio Gandini Target Sound, Leading Polish K1 Rental House, Add Outline GTO Network Partnership To L-Acoustics Inventory Leading Polish audio rental operation Target Sound (www.targetsound.pl) expands inventory with major investment in Outline products including GTO, C-12, Mantas 28, Superfly, X8 amplifiers and the unique Newton FPGA processor. Based in the southern Polish city of Chorzów, Target Sound are one of Poland’s largest full-service production companies, providing lighting, staging, multimedia and audio for a variety of events including conferences, live music, festivals and television. Obviously it is somewhat unusual for a company which is heavily committed to a brand such as L-Acoustics to look beyond the products in their portfolio – Target Sound are one of 65 K1 partners globally and own a complete inventory of L-Acoustics products. Target Sound’s owner Adam Guzdek describes his reasons for taking such a bold step: Why did you decide to purchase the Outline systems in preference to other manufacturers’ products? ‘We chose to make a large investment in Outline products for several reasons. Firstly, their systems are characterised by incredible precision in reproducing sound, with unprecedented SPL – the musicality of […]
Summer Holidays @ Outline
Summer Holidays @ Outline Dear All, we are glad to inform you that Outline people will be enjoying the traditional summer break from 5 August till 25 August, reopening the offices on 26 August and resuming all the company’s activities. Please consider that we will be able to accept orders within 27 July and possibly ship them out till the 1st of August, since the freight companies’ trucks will not have the permission to hit the highways on Friday, 2 August. We kindly ask you to anticipate your confirmed orders as much as possible so that we are able to dispatch them before this deadline. Have a great summertime! JOIN US AND SHARE YOUR PASSION!
Snow Patrol Tours with Outline Newton
Snow Patrol Tours with Outline Newton Snow Patrol returned to the road, after a seven-year break, with their 2018 album Wildness. Audio provider Adlib used the Outline Newton multi-source processor at the front end of their systems. The Newton is fast becoming an Adlib standard for audio processing and this sold-out UK arena tour was no different. Sam Proctor, Senior System Engineer at Adlib, optimised his workflow to put the Newton at the centre of the processing operation, handling all the delays and EQ for each zone of the PA, as well as being a front-end matrix mixer to get all consoles into the system. Sam comments: “Using one dedicated device to replace what was previously several devices networked together has been so much easier to adapt to different scenarios. Day to day, we may require multiple additional feeds for house delays, VIP boxes or hearing loops, or additional fills may be needed. A nice clear matrix grid easily shows what input signal is routed to each output in one view.” Additionally, since the Newton has a number of AES and analogue outputs that allow for several levels of redundancy in the system, Sam had his fail-safe strategy sorted. “With […]
Ampco Flashlight and Outline Newton team up in Benelux
Ampco Flashlight and Outline Newton team up in Benelux With a prominent role and portfolio in sales and rental of professional audio and lighting systems in the Netherlands and surrounding countries, Ampco Flashlight Sales counts DiGiCo, Martin Audio, Allen & Heath, Clear-Com, ETC and Ayrton in its portfolio. With multi-send PA systems and multiple-source audio set-ups becoming more and more familiar, Outline’s FPGA-based Newton processing platform is proving a very welcome addition. ‘Being the answer for demanding install and touring applications where top-quality matrixing and processing is required, we are very happy that we can now offer Outline Newton to our clients in the Benelux,’ says Ampco Flashlight Sales Specialist, Martin van Kouwen. ‘Audio quality and technical specs are on the highest level which, combined with the extensive 18×16 matrix, has resulted in high-profile users all over the world.’ Utrecht-based Ampco Flashlight Sales is distributor for Outline Newton in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg. Info: https://newton.outline.it www.ampco-flashlight.com The (above) picture shows account manager Martin van Kouwen with a Newton unit in ‘de Kuip’ in Rotterdam. The Kuip is a stadium with a capacity of 50.000 seats, home stadium of football club Feyenoord but also hosting concerts of famous artists like […]
Outline GTO electrifies Ralf in Bikini
The Romagna Riviera’s most eagerly awaited party amplified by Grand Touring Outline systems “Ralf in Bikini” is the example of a highly successful event – now at its ninth edition – that originated from an idea that started as a joke. Twelve hours of Techno, House and Minimal music, from noon to midnight with Italian and international deejaying’s big names, such as Ralf, the event’s protagonist, accompanied by a top-grade line-up. All this in the setting of a truly unique location: Cattolica’s Bikini Disco Dinner, an avant-garde beach area open night and day. At this type of event, the quality of the audio system plays a fundamental role and can make the difference. For the first time, the 2019 edition of Ralf in Bikini featured the use of an Outline GTO loudspeaker system, the ‘large-format’ PA by the historic Brescia manufacturer, deployed on live tours and international level events. With its four 3-inch compression drivers loaded by the well-known (patented) double parabolic reflection waveguide (DPRWG), four 8” midrange speakers and two 15” woofers (weighing in at just 95 kg,), the “Grand Touring Outline” is considered one of the most powerful and precise line arrays available in the world today. Emporio […]
Outline GTO elettrizza Ralf in Bikini
Il party più atteso della Riviera Romagnola amplificato dai sistemi Grand Touring Outline “Ralf in Bikini” è l’esempio di un evento di grande successo – giunto alla nona edizione – che ha avuto origine da un’idea nata per gioco. Dodici ore di musica Techno, House e Minimal, da mezzogiorno a mezzanotte con grandi nomi del deejaying italiano ed internazionale, tra i quali Ralf, protagonista dell’evento, accompagnato da una line-up di altissimo livello. Tutto questo nella cornice di una location unica: il Bikini Disco Dinner di Cattolica, uno stabilimento balneare all’avanguardia aperto sia di giorno che di notte. In questo genere di eventi la qualità dell’impianto audio gioca sempre un ruolo fondamentale e può fare la differenza. L’edizione 2019 di Ralf in Bikini ha visto per la prima volta l’impiego del sistema di altoparlanti Outline GTO, l’impianto ‘large-format’ dello storico costruttore bresciano, impiegato nei live tour e negli eventi di livello internazionale. Con i suoi quattro driver a compressione da 3 pollici caricati dalla nota (brevettata) guida d’onda a doppia riflessione parabolica DPRWG, i quattro midrange da 8” e i due woofer da 15” (in soli 95 kg di peso), il ‘Grand Touring Outline’ è ritenuto fra i più potenti e […]
What professional audio people are saying
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“Rat Sound has been searching for several years for a solution to drive our festival sound systems and Outline has met the challenge with an elegant solution. With the Newton we can combine consoles and drive outputs in a multitude of popular formats, and we appreciate all the various clocking options. Our System Engineers instantly appreciated the intuitive, easy to use software control. Rat Sound has immediately begun deploying Newton’s on a multitude of festivals, and we plan on utilizing them on all our festival events in 2019 and beyond.”
“The Newton is a powerful unit which answers a long term need for festivals and touring. One unit can replace several of the ‘industry standard’ units which are a hassle to interlink. No other unit has the ease of use and flexibility in clocking, I/O and routing. I look forward to using them on more of my projects, and as the software develops, I’m sure they will only get better!”
“Newton is an extremely capable device. A single 1RU unit replaces a multitude of current industry standard devices. The clocking flexibility, simplistic routing, and plentiful IO makes Newton a dream to use. Each output has gain, delay, polarity, layers of EQ, and every filter type including both types of all pass filters! The possible uses for the device are incredible. Not only can the Newton make a whole rack of gear disappear, but sonically it is very transparent. When applying a filter, you hear the filter, nothing else. I find achieving the desired result not only easier, but also improves the overall sonic performance of the entire system.”
“We were looking for something versatile and simple to use, but no other solution had that level of versatility. Nothing has come close to what the Newton unit can do.”
“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.”
“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!”
“The internal word clock management allows the user to remain synchronous with whichever console is live, should they wish, the 18×16 matrix is going to be incredibly useful and the fact that all this is built in a 1RU space just makes it even better.”
“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!…”
“NEWTON easily met and exceeded all our expectations. But beyond the connectivity and convenience I was also delighted to discover just what a great-sounding unit this is. I also particularly enjoyed using the NEWTON’s zero-latency WFIR (Warped Finite Impulse Response) EQ filters…”
“There is some monstrous power contained in one rack unit: easy to use, fast to configure for any need, no more problems with SRC or clock sync … I faced a summer tour where, for every PA I happened to work with, I had a powerful and efficient tool for my mixes. Finally a device that has the combination of pristine quality and extreme flexibility. Hope to use it as soon as possible for a festival. Italian pride. ROCK!”
“Being the answer for demanding install and touring applications where top quality matrixing and processing is required, we are very happy that we can now offer Outline Newton to our clients in the Benelux. Audio quality and technical specs are on the highest level which, combined with the extensive 18×16 matrix, has resulted in high profile users all over the world”
“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.”
“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’s perfect!” | Full interview (https://vimeo.com/293948997)
“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.”
“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 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.“