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Medium-Format Line Arrays

Medium-Format Line Arrays

Medium-Format Line Arrays

The massive, “big gun” 12- and 15-inch line arrays typically grab most of the attention in the pro audio press, but sometimes it’s the “little guy” mid-sized boxes that are the workhorses of the industry. This month, we turn our attention to line arrays based around 8-inch woofers, which are more compact than their 10- and 12-inch cousins and larger than the “mini” 4- to 6-inch enclosures. Yet, like Goldilocks’ preferences, these 8-inch wonders are often “just right” — whether for smaller gigs, club/theater/H.O.W. installs or used as front/down-fills, under-balcony reinforcement, delay lines — the list goes on and on.

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Fig. 1: Comparison of the polar response at the crossover frequency of a single woofer and HF driver (top) that are misaligned, versus an axis-symmetric dual woofer configuration (bottom). The axis-symmetric configuration creates an inherently symmetric polar response. Image from Wikipedia.com

One Woofer or Two?

Typically, most professional loudspeakers have been comprised of a low frequency driver and a high frequency driver paired together in the manner common to speakers on sticks. Today though, manufacturers have branched out into many different driver orientations in the search for better performance, better coverage, more output and reduced footprint.

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Allen & Heath Qu-16

Allen & Heath Qu-16

Allen & Heath has built a good reputation and become popular with their larger digital consoles. Now they have taken a lot of the technology that has served them well with their iLive and GLD series mixing boards and incorporated it into the Qu-16 (and recently introduced 24-channel Qu-24) consoles.

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Meyer Sound LYON Image with error

CORRECTION: Meyer Sound LYON Linear Line Array

LAS VEGAS — Shortly after the Feb. 2014 issue of FRONT of HOUSE magazine went to press, the staff noticed a flaw with the graphic accompanying the Tech Preview feature on Meyer Sound’s new LYON Linear Line Array, which was printed on page 42. Meyer Sound had provided a correct image; the image was accidentally changed due to a production error.

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Meyer Sound LYON Linear Line Array

Meyer Sound LYON Linear Line Array

The newest addition to the LEO speaker family from Meyer Sound, the self-powered LYON linear sound reinforcement system officially debuts this month at the I.S.E. Convention in Amsterdam. Incorporating the technology of the LEO family in a lighter, more compact package, the LYON line array loudspeaker system extends the advantages of highly linear self-powered systems to a broader range of venues and applications.

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Rock of Ages tour gets Masque Sound support

Rock of Ages Tour Gets Masque Sound Support

NEW YORK — Sound designer Craig Cassidy turned to Masque Sound to help create an arena rock sound for the touring musical, Rock of Ages, which features the music of Journey, Night Ranger, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi and other 1980s hit-making bands. Along with DiGiCo consoles at FOH (SD 10) and monitors (SD 8), Masque Sound provided tower line array elements including Meyer Sound MICA and 600 HP subs. Masque Sound also provided Sennheiser 5212 transmitters, matching 1046 receivers and coupled them with DPA 4066 omnidirectional headset mics along with an assist with frequency coordination.

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Grund Audio Design GQ Series Loudspeakers

Grund Audio Design GQ Series Loudspeakers

Grund’s new GQ Series loudspeakers can be used  in PA-type enclosures, positioned on the side as floor monitors or be pole mounted. The five-model series includes the GQ-10, GQ-12. GQ-15, GQ-153, and GQ-18S. The GQ-10, GQ-12, and GQ-15 are 2-way designs that employ a 1-inch high frequency compression driver with rotatable horns mated to their respective low frequency transducer. The GQ-153 is a 3-way design encompassing a 1-inch high frequency compression driver with rotatable horn, an 8–inch mid driver, and a 15-inch low frequency transducer. The GQ-18S is a sub bass system featuring an 18-inch low frequency transducer in a bass reflex enclosure.

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Pictured L-R: top row: Mikael Stewart, FOH Production Mixer; Andres Arango, Head Stage Monitor Tech/ATK Audiotek Project Manager; Jeff Peterson, System Designer, ATK Audiotek. Second row from top: Doug Mountain, Academy Consulting Engineer; Maureen Droney, P&E Wing Senior Executive Director. Third row from top: Leslie Ann Jones, GRAMMY Award Supervisor of FOH Audio; Glenn Lorbecki, GRAMMY Award Telecast Supervisor of Broadcast Audio. Second row from bottom: BJ Ramone, son of the late legendary producer Phil Ramone; Hank Neuberger, GRAMMY Award Telecast Supervisor of Broadcast Audio. Bottom row: Eric Schilling, Co-Broadcast Music Mixer; John Harris, Co-Broadcast Music Mixer; Ron Reaves, FOH Music Mixer. Photograph courtesy of The Recording Academy/WireImage. © 2014.

56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Audio Team Collaborates on Live Broadcast

LOS ANGELES — The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, broadcast live on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014 from Staples Center, was supported by a veteran crew including (pictured here, L-R, top row): Mikael Stewart, FOH Production Mixer; Andres Arango, Head Stage Monitor Tech/ATK Audiotek Project Manager; Jeff Peterson, System Designer, ATK Audiotek. Second row from top: Doug Mountain, Academy Consulting Engineer; Maureen Droney, P&E Wing Senior Executive Director. Third row from top: Leslie Ann Jones, GRAMMY Award Supervisor of FOH Audio; Glenn Lorbecki, GRAMMY Award Telecast Supervisor of Broadcast Audio. Second row from bottom: BJ Ramone, son of the late legendary producer Phil Ramone; Hank Neuberger, GRAMMY Award Telecast Supervisor of Broadcast Audio. Bottom row: Eric Schilling, Co-Broadcast Music Mixer; John Harris, Co-Broadcast Music Mixer; Ron Reaves, FOH Music Mixer.

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Pictured from left is Gary Marshank, Rob Hofkamp and Paul Hugo

Marshank Sales Repeats as Martin Audio Rep of the Year

WATERLOO, ON — Marshank Sales has won Martin Audio’s Sales Representative of the Year award for two years in a row. The company, headed by Gary Marshank and Paul Hugo, has more than 90 years in the industry and is well into its third generation as a family business. Pictured from left is Gary Marshank, Rob Hofkamp and Paul Hugo.

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