L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC Manual Version 4 6/29/2005 Page 5 of 158
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................................................... 5
LIST OF FIGURES.................................................................................................................................... 8
LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................................10
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 11
WAVEFRONT SCULPTURE TECHNOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS ........................................................ 11
THE SOUND REINFORCEMENT PROBLEM .............................................................................. 11
WAVEFRONT SCULPTURE TECHNOLOGY BACKGROUND.................................................. 12
V-DOSC: THE SOLUTION ........................................................................................................... 14
V-DOSC TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS ..................................................................................... 18
QUALIFIED V-DOSC TECHNICIAN (QVT) .............................................................................. 18
CERTIFIED V-DOSC ENGINEER (CVE)..................................................................................... 18
1. THE V-DOSC SYSTEM STANDARD ............................................................................................... 19
1.1 V-DOSC SYSTEM COMPONENTS ............................................................................................... 23
LOUDSPEAKER ENCLOSURES ................................................................................................... 23
RIGGING ACCESSORIES.............................................................................................................. 24
SUBWOOFER ENCLOSURES....................................................................................................... 26
SUBWOOFER RIGGING ACCESSORIES..................................................................................... 26
AMPLIFICATION.......................................................................................................................... 27
AMPLIFIER RACKS ....................................................................................................................... 27
SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION AND CABLING................................................................................... 29
LOUDSPEAKER CABLING ........................................................................................................... 31
1.2 V-DOSC SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................... 33
1.3 V-DOSC RIGGING SYSTEM.......................................................................................................... 34
1.4 SB218 SUBWOOFER SPECIFICATIONS....................................................................................... 35
1.5 SB218 RIGGING SYSTEM............................................................................................................. 37
1.6 POWERING V-DOSC .................................................................................................................... 38
1.7 V-DOSC AMP PANELS.................................................................................................................. 40
1.8 V-DOSC AMPLIFIER RACKs.......................................................................................................... 43
1.9 COMB CONNECTORS................................................................................................................. 45
1.10 CO24 CONTROL OUTPUT PANEL............................................................................................ 49
1.11 MD24 MULTI DISTRO PANEL................................................................................................... 50
1.12 CO6 CONTROL OUTPUT PANEL.............................................................................................. 50
1.13 APPROVED DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS............................................................................. 51
1.14 OEM FACTORY PRESETS........................................................................................................... 51
1.15 V-DOSC PRESETS....................................................................................................................... 52
LO/HI PRESETS ............................................................................................................................. 53
3-WAY STEREO PRESETS............................................................................................................53
3WX PRESET.............................................................................................................. 53
3W INFRA PRESET .................................................................................................... 53
4-WAY PRESETS ........................................................................................................................... 54
SUBWOOFER TIME ALIGNMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ................................. 54