L-Acoustics dV-DOSC User Manual

dV-DOSC dV-SUB Manual V3.0 June 2005 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................9
WAVEFRONT SCULPTURE TECHNOLOGY™ FUNDAMENTALS .........................................................................9
The Sound Reinforcement Problem ..............................................................................................................9
Wavefront Sculpture Technology Background............................................................................................10
First V-DOSC, Now dV-DOSC...................................................................................................................12
Summary of dV-DOSC Applications............................................................................................................15
dV-DOSC TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS ....................................................................................................16
QUALIFIED V-DOSC TECHNICIAN (QVT) ...........................................................................................16
CERTIFIED V-DOSC ENGINEER (CVE)..................................................................................................16
1. THE dV-DOSC SYSTEM STANDARD ..............................................................................................17
1.1 dV-DOSC System Components.....................................................................................................................21
LOUDSPEAKER ENCLOSURES .................................................................................................................21
RIGGING ACCESSORIES............................................................................................................................21
SUBWOOFER ENCLOSURES ....................................................................................................................23
SUBWOOFER RIGGING ACCESSORIES ...................................................................................................24
AMPLIFICATION .......................................................................................................................................24
AMPLIFIER RACKS......................................................................................................................................25
SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION AND CABLING .................................................................................................27
LOUDSPEAKER CABLING.........................................................................................................................29
1.2 dV-DOSC SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................................................................31
1.3 dV-DOSC RIGGING SYSTEM .......................................................................................................................32
1.4 dV-SUB ENCLOSURE DESCRIPTION............................................................................................................34
1.5 dV-SUB RIGGING SYSTEM ..........................................................................................................................35
1.6 POWERING dV-DOSC.................................................................................................................................37
1.7 POWERING SUBWOOFERS ........................................................................................................................38
1.8 dV-DOSC AMP PANELS ...............................................................................................................................39
1.9 dV-DOSC AMPLIFIER RACKS........................................................................................................................42
1.10 COMB CONNECTORS...............................................................................................................................44
1.11 CO24 CONTROL OUTPUT PANEL.............................................................................................................48
1.12 MD24 MULTI DISTRO PANEL ...................................................................................................................49
1.13 CO6 CONTROL OUTPUT PANEL...............................................................................................................49
1.14 APPROVED DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS ...............................................................................................50
1.15 OEM FACTORY PRESETS...........................................................................................................................50
1.16 dV-DOSC PRESETS ....................................................................................................................................51
General Guidelines Regarding System Protection .......................................................................................55
2. dV-DOSC ARRAY SPECIFICATIONS ...............................................................................................60
2.1 COVERAGE IN THE HORIZONTAL PLANE..................................................................................................60
2.2 WAVEFRONT SCULPTURE IN THE VERTICAL PLANE .................................................................................61
Flat dV-DOSC Array....................................................................................................................................61
Convex Curvature dV-DOSC Array ...........................................................................................................61
Constant Curvature dV-DOSC Array .........................................................................................................62
Variable Curvature dV-DOSC Array ...........................................................................................................62
Concave Curvature dV-DOSC Array..........................................................................................................62
2.3 COVERAGE PREDICTIONS USING ARRAY2004 ...........................................................................................63
CUTVIEW SHEETS .....................................................................................................................................63
dV-ARRAY1, dV-ARRAY2 Input Data..........................................................................................................63

L-Acoustics dV-DOSC Specifications

General

Brand	L-Acoustics
Model	dV-DOSC
Category	Stereo System
Language	English