Nexo sound systems boost to France racecourse

Article posted by Coliseum, May 3^rd, 2022

Image: NEXO

The 2022 season kicked off on May 2^nd at the Hippodrome de Vichy-Bellerive (racecourse) in Central France, and visitors can expect thrilling horse racing action plus more adrenaline rush events following a recent expansion of the venue’s hospitality and entertainment facilities.

The ‘Nexo’ stated that now in its 147^th year, the iconic racetrack intends to further cement its position at the heart of the local community with a program of family and charity events, exhibitions and concerts.

NEXO has been designing ground-breaking sound reinforcement solutions at its Parisian headquarters since 1979. The company’s pioneering technology, innovative designs and sonic excellence have enhanced live events across the globe for decades, gaining the respect and trust of sound professionals everywhere.

Today, Nexo is a strategic business unit of Yamaha Corporation, a convergence of technological expertise that facilitates full integration of speaker and amplifier control, and console management of public address (PA) systems over the latest and most popular digital networking protocols.

The ‘Nexo’ further stated that central to the development is the installation of a new NEXO sound system which was required to comply with a very specific set of technical requirements.

Explained Hippodrome Délégue Général Olivier Louit, “The sound system is a key part of our mission to immerse the spectator at the very heart of the races. From the entrance to the winner’s return, via the trackside, the system must communicate to everyone at the same time in superior quality, and it is essential that the line array system installed in front of the stands has to deliver the sound to the edge of the track in an optimal way without disturbing the horses that use the track for the competition.”

Working in conjunction with installation contractors LTE Sat and AVI, the Nexo Engineering Support team designed a flexible system for both commentary and musical entertainment, able to deliver on Olivier’s vision for an enhanced visitor experience, while also meeting strict budgetary requirements.

With precision directivity of paramount importance, eight clusters of two 25°angle and one 12° angle GEO M10 cabinets address the crowd areas immediately in front of the main stands, with optional 120° horizontal directivity flanges fitted to the GEO M1012 cabinets. Directivity control also informed the choice of seven NEXO P12 point source cabinets to cover the crowd in the stands, where cabinets are fitted with asymmetrical magnetic horn flanges providing optional 60°-100° x 40° HF dispersion.

Amplification and processing are delivered by NEXO’s NXAMP4X2MK2 powered processors fitted with Dante network cards, with an entire cluster of GEO M10s being powered by a single channel of the four-channel amplifier.

Stated Olivier, “The new NEXO sound system has taken us from a family hatchback to a high-performance sports car. It’s really satisfying to hear our visitors vibrating when the horses go by!”

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