{"id":38110,"date":"2023-09-26T02:06:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T00:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/?post_type=press-release&p=38110"},"modified":"2023-09-26T02:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T00:06:16","slug":"nf-takes-hope-on-the-road-and-l-acoustics-delivers-the-impact","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/press-releases\/nf-takes-hope-on-the-road-and-l-acoustics-delivers-the-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"NF Takes HOPE on the Road, and L-Acoustics Delivers the Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sold-out arena tour derives its power from NF\u2019s highly articulate raps and the K Series<\/em> sound system\u2019s ability to scale precisely for each venue without sacrificing coverage or power<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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September 2023 \u2013<\/strong> Rapper and producer NF\u2014n\u00e9e Nathan John Feuerstein\u2014is taking his massive HOPE Tour<\/em> to 47 venues across North America, Europe, and the UK this year in support of his new HOPE<\/em> album that dropped April 7. NF\u2019s performances are anchored around his articulate lyrics, which are backed on the HOPE Tour<\/em> by a minimal stage show consisting of a thunderous drum kit that takes up as much as half of the production\u2019s 60-plus inputs. It requires a PA system that can achieve the gut-punching sonic impact that any rap performance demands but also deliver the lyrical intelligibility that makes NF so unique. That PA is an L-Acoustics K1\/K2 concert sound system provided by PRG, which delivers each word with powerful clarity and allows NF\u2019s audio team to scale the system precisely for each venue\u2019s size and configuration, keeping that articulation sharp and clear at every show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The base design for the tour is 14 K1<\/a> over four K2<\/a> downs per side, each backed by a dozen flown KS28<\/a> subs. Left and right hangs of 16 K2 are deployed as out-fills, and these can be augmented with two more identical arrays to bring the system to a full 270\u00b0 configuration when the arena seating layout calls for it. Twelve additional KS28 are ground-stacked to bolster the concert\u2019s low-end reinforcement, and the full rig is powered by 66 LA12X<\/a> amplified controllers. The system\u2019s design also calls for two L-Acoustics P1 processors, which are fed from the console\u2019s main left\/right and sub left\/right outputs for system processing before routing out to the amps via Milan AVB, giving the entire setup an unprecedented amount of control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NF\u2019s HOPE Tour performance at Huntsville, Alabama\u2019s Propst Arena at the Von Braun Center (Photo Credit: Sam Medina)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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NF\u2019s HOPE Tour performance at Huntsville, Alabama\u2019s Propst Arena at the Von Braun Center (Photo Credit: Sam Medina)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo matter what the venue calls for, K Series can match the need,\u201d says Will Foley, Systems Engineer for the tour and for PRG, which also supplied a pair of DiGiCo SD5 consoles for Front-of-House and monitor mixing. And what any rap performance always calls for is plenty of low-frequency extension, what Foley calls \u201cthe beef\u201d of a hip-hop show. He says the combined deployment of KS28 subs, both flown and ground-stacked, arrayed in a delay arc, are giving the HOPE Tour<\/em> all the punch the music demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat the subs are giving us is a lot of impact, but also very even and consistent low-end coverage, front to back, high and low, up to the 200 and 300 seat levels,\u201d he says, adding that the Panflex directivity feature of K2 helps achieve that for the side-fills. \u201cAt the same time, we\u2019ve tuned the system for a high degree of intelligibility, which NF\u2019s music really needs. So we\u2019re getting very clear, articulate sound across the entire spectrum with no loss of punch, and we\u2019re getting that to every seat, thanks to the Soundvision software that I use to lay out every show. I’m able to draw these venues pretty quickly and get very good results every time, and that’s all I can really ask for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NF at Tulsa\u2019s BOK Center (Photo Credit: Brad Heaton)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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NF\u2019s HOPE Tour audio crew (left to right) pictured onstage with the L-Acoustics K Series system flown above: Taylor Johannes (monitor tech), Will Foley (systems engineer), Murphy Johnson (monitor engineer), JMo Davenport (PA tech), Jeremy Aparicio (drum tech), Travis Stoker (FOH engineer\/audio designer), Dustin Schluter (PA tech), and Johnny Perez (playback)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Travis Stoker, who designed the system, says it went through nearly a dozen iterations before its current form. \u201cWhen we first started looking at this about a year ago, I had no idea what we were going into, and neither did the rest of the team, so it\u2019s changed quite a bit over time as far as size and use goes,\u201d he says. \u201cWe thought we were going to be doing small arenas, curtaining off the upper sections, so the system was much smaller, but it ended up turning into something much larger than that as ticket sales opened up\u2014to the extent of even adding a 270\u00b0 portion of the system to cover past the downstage edge for a certain number of shows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stoker, who also mixes the tour\u2019s Front-of-House sound, says that Soundvision has been the consistent thread throughout this process, allowing the system design to evolve as needed, such as deploying the flown KS28 to deliver low end to the upper levels of arenas. \u201cI also spoke with others who had deployed similar system designs, and that feedback from L-Acoustics users was also very useful,\u201d he explains. \u201cIt really is a community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foley has one other major demand on the system: that it be scalable and able to accommodate the specific interior geometry of each venue. Scaling a system can be tricky, he says, because of the change in relationships between different frequency ranges. \u201cFor instance, your midrange can change a lot,\u201d he says. \u201cThe large number of subs we\u2019re deploying means we will always have a great low-end impact, but we use two P1 processors at Front-of-House, linked via Milan AVB with an analog fallback, to fine-tune the mids and the high end when we scale the system. I’ve been extremely happy with the results of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foley says the crowds at shows have been appreciative of their efforts, as has NF himself.  \u201cOne of our main goals is the intelligibility of his vocals, and NF wants it to be super-clean everywhere. We all want every seat in every house to have the biggest possible impact so the audience can feel what he feels,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019ve been able to achieve, night after night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The North American leg of NF\u2019s HOPE Tour<\/em> kicked off July 12th at Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio, and featured special guest Cordae. The tour continued making stops across the US in Philadelphia, Anaheim, Denver, and more before wrapping up at Place Bell in Laval, Quebec, on September 3rd. A 16-date European leg launches on September 23rd at the Fabrique in Milan, making stops in Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland, and elsewhere before finishing in London at Eventim Apollo on October 15th. For details on NF\u2019s upcoming tour stops, visit www.nfrealmusic.com<\/a>. PRG can be found online at www.prg.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NF at Tulsa\u2019s BOK Center (Photo Credit: Brad Heaton)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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NF at Fort Worth\u2019s Dickies Arena (Photo Credit: Brad Heaton)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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