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April 2014 l 05
news ITALY RCF reveals Mixer Division
Renowned Italian loudspeaker makes cunning bid for new sector, writes Dave Robinson
RCF, THE renowned Italian manufacturer of loudspeaker systems and components, has created a new division dedicated to the manufacture of consoles. The RCF Mixer Division represents “an
important strategic move” for the 65-year-old brand, and his headed by design expert Umberto Zanghieri of ZP Engineering. RCF chairman Arturo Vicari told press and guests in Frankfurt:
“For many years we’ve had requests from our distributors, why don’t you do mixers?” Vicari suggested the company had been biding its time until it could work with the right partner. “Why now?” he continued. “Because we can work with Umberto – to start the division, we needed to make analogue and digital mixers, and [ZP Engineering] are some of the best in the world [at designing them].” Although Zanghieri was wary
L-PAD16CX, analogue console with onboard effects EUROPE PSNEurope welcomes new duo
PSNEUROPEREACHES the dizzy heights of three – count ’em – three full-time writers this month, for the first time in its long history. Following the February departure of the much-admired Erica Basnicki into the perilous world of freelance writing, Murray Stassen and Jon Chapple have since joined the team.
South African-born Murray
joined PSNEurope as staff writer in January. Stassen comes from a strong journalistic background, with writing published in VICE, The New Economy and World Finance prior to his appointment. In addition to his love of writing, Stassen is also a keen
guitar player and amateur recording enthusiast. Jon Chapple joined PSNEurope as deputy editor in March. Chapple has a range of experience in both consumer and trade publishing, most recently serving as a junior editor at Titan Publishing Group, where he worked on
L-R: Jon Chapple and Murray Stassen
licences including Star Wars, Batman, Superman, Arrow and Transformers. Prior to this, he spent a year as an editorial assistant at Mulberry
of naming specific brands, his consultancy claims to have had input into most major digital console brands over the last 15 years, including work with DSP and FPGA technologies, and USB and FireWire (IEEE-1394) connectivity. The engineer is also an active member of the Audio Engineering Society. ZP Engineering was one of two third-party partners
Umberto Zanghieri (left) and RCF chairman Arturo Vicari at the Frankfurt announcement
who signed up to produce SuperMAC and HyperMAC technology (aka AES50) for Midas Klark Teknik in 2008. The company now becomes part of the RCF Group and is based in Rome.
The first releases for the
RCF Mixer Division are nine analogue mixers, from the small six channel L-PAD6 to the
24-channel L-PAD24CX (‘X’ denoting onboard effects). The L-PAD16CX is shown here. “Now we can supply a complete system to the market,” said Vicari, emphasising that digital consoles will follow. “In a year we can become one
of the players in this market,” he noted.
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Publications in Colchester, Essex. Chapple is also a published music critic (PopMatters, The Line of Best Fit, MusicOMH ) with a BA (Hons) degree in music journalism.
“Rian Zoll-Khan joined
Ryan O’Donnell on the sales side at the end of last year, so now, with Murray and Jon onboard, we have a formidable team. Thrilling stuff!” says editor Dave Robinson.”
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