L-Acoustics V-DOSC User Manual

L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC Manual Version 4 6/29/2005 Page 6 of 158
SUB/LOW GAIN SCALING PROCEDURES ............................................................ 54
SUBWOOFER PRESETS (DELAY ARC, LCR) ......................................................... 54
INFRA PRESET........................................................................................................... 55
4W PRESET................................................................................................................. 55
X PRESET ................................................................................................................... 56
X AUX PRESET.......................................................................................................... 56
5-WAY PRESETS ........................................................................................................................... 57
5W INFRA PRESET .................................................................................................... 57
5W X PRESET............................................................................................................. 57
GENERAL GUIDELINES REGARDING SYSTEM PROTECTION ............................................... 58
XTA DP224 V-DOSC PRESETS ........................................................................................................... 59
XTA DP226 V-DOSC PRESETS ........................................................................................................... 60
LAKE CONTOUR V-DOSC PRESETS.................................................................................................. 61
BSS FDS 366 V-DOSC PRESETS ......................................................................................................... 62
2. V-DOSC COVERAGE MODELING ................................................................................................... 63
2.1 COVERAGE IN THE HORIZONTAL PLANE ................................................................................. 63
2.2 COVERAGE IN THE VERTICAL PLANE ........................................................................................ 64
Flat V-DOSC Array........................................................................................................................ 64
Curved V-DOSC Array.................................................................................................................. 64
Constant Curvature V-DOSC Array............................................................................................. 65
Variable Curvature V-DOSC Array .............................................................................................. 66
2.3 V-DOSC COVERAGE MODELING USING ARRAY 2004............................................................... 66
CUTVIEW SHEETS........................................................................................................................ 67
V-ARRAY1, V-ARRAY2 Input Data .............................................................................................. 67
Optimization Procedure................................................................................................................ 69
Output Data................................................................................................................................... 70
dV-ARRAY1, dV-ARRAY2 Input Data.......................................................................................... 72
dV-DOSC PICK POINT UTILITY ................................................................................................. 72
H-ISOCONT SHEET............................................................................................................................ 74
Input Data ...................................................................................................................................... 74
Optimization Procedure................................................................................................................ 74
Output Data................................................................................................................................... 74
2.4 V-DOSC COVERAGE MODELING USING SOUNDVISION ......................................................... 76
SOUNDVISION EXAMPLES ........................................................................................................ 80
SOUNDVISION STADIUM EXAMPLE ........................................................................................ 80
SOUNDVISION ARENA EXAMPLE............................................................................................. 82
3. SOUND DESIGN ............................................................................................................................... 85
3.1 STACKED OR FLOWN? ................................................................................................................ 85
Stacking Guidelines ....................................................................................................................... 86
Flying Guidelines ............................................................................................................................ 87
3.2 ACHIEVING OPTIMUM COVERAGE............................................................................................ 88
3.2.1 THE LEFT/RIGHT CONFIGURATION........................................................................................ 88
Tradeoffs Between Intelligibility and Stereo Imaging ................................................................. 88
3.2.2 LEFT/CENTRE/RIGHT (LCR) CONFIGURATIONs..................................................................... 89
3.3 MULTIPLE ARRAY CONCEPTS .................................................................................................... 90
3.4 SUBWOOFERS.............................................................................................................................. 92
3.4.1 Flown V-DOSC and Ground Stacked Subwoofers.............................................................. 93
3.4.2 Physically Coupled Subwoofers............................................................................................ 95
3.4.3 Hybrid Flown/Stacked Subwoofers ..................................................................................... 96

L-Acoustics V-DOSC Specifications

General

Brand	L-Acoustics
Model	V-DOSC
Category	Amplifier
Language	English