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SPECIFICATIONS        Versarray

 212

Peavey provides the settings for use with our digital signal 
processors/crossovers, the VSX

 series, and the Digitool

®

 

MX. These settings provide a nominally flat response from the 
Versarray system, and can be used as the best starting point 
for line array use in most any venue. Once you have the system 
up and running with these settings, minor overall tonal balance 
changes can be made BY EAR to suit that particular venue and 
situation. 

Listen for overall EQ for the room only, which should involve 
more in the way of simple tone control type adjustments, rather 
than a lot of 1/3 octave EQ or parametric EQ adjustments. 
Instead, the use of a shelf filter for boost or cut at the frequency 
extremes as a whole would be more appropriate.

Processor Settings

The processor settings that are current as of the publication of 
this spec sheet are included herein.

Check with Peavey or visit the Peavey web site at:
http://www.peavey.com
for the latest crossover and EQ setting information.

Assembling and Flying the Array

Caution!

 Before attempting to suspend this speaker, consult 

a certified structural engineer. Speaker can fall from improper 
suspension, resulting in serious injury and property damage.  
Use only the correct mating hardware. All associated rigging is 
the responsibility of others.

The Versarray 212 has the coupling brackets mated to the 
cabinet brackets by using the supplied 3/8” diameter Quick 

Release Positive Lock Pins. If more of the Quick Release 
Positive Lock Pins are needed, they are Peavey service part 
number 31501192 (this is an assembly of 3 pins connected 
together via coated wire tethers), and Accessory part number 
00586490.

When the Quick Release Positive Lock Pins are inserted, they 
should be fully seated, so that the black shoulder near the 
middle of the pin has been placed flush with the side of the 
bracket. You will have to fully depress the center push-button 
to do this. You should not be able to pull these pins out unless 
the center push-button is fully depressed.

Below are diagrams of how the pins should be placed to 
achieve the various angles the rigging hardware is capable 
of being set for. Always use three pins per side per cabinet 
coupling to fly the Versarray 212 cabinets! That would be a total 
of 6 pins per side for a cabinet in the middle of a line array.

Note that we only show the pin arrangements for the first 
5 degrees of tilt for one side of the cabinet. Each cabinet 
is capable of being angled 5 degrees from nominal, for a 
total maximum of 10 degrees between two cabinets. For 
intermediate angles less than 10 degrees, but greater than 2 
degrees, there are multiple combinations of angling and pin 
arrangements that will result in a given angle.

For example, if you wish to angle a cabinet 7 degrees from 
the angle of the previous one, you could set the angle of the 
bottom set of pins for the first cabinet to 5 degrees and the top 
set of pins for the second cabinet to 2 degrees, OR you could 
angle the first cabinet 4 degrees and the second cabinet 3 
degrees, OR you could angle the first cabinet only 3 degrees, 

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Coupling Bracket Diagram

Cabinet Bracket Diagram

Summary of Contents for Versarray 212

Page 1: ...onse 500 Hz to 1 6 kHz Horizontal 158 55 Vertical 90 45 1 6kHz to 5 kHz Horizontal 84 15 Vertical 30 10 5 kHz to 16 kHz Horizontal 55 20 Vertical 10 4 Directivity Factor Q Mean 1 6 kHz to 12 5 kHz 47 6 92 36 Directivity Factor Di Mean 1 6 kHz to 12 5 kHz 16 8 dB 4 6 dB 6 3 dB Transducer complement Low frequency section 2 x 12 woofer 1212 4 Neo Black Widow 4 Dual VC Woofer in a sealed box Mid frequ...

Page 2: ...ern one per cabinet MF HF Waveguide Diffraction Control System built into the grille Easy aiming angle adjustment rigging system Angles adjustable in 1 increments from 0 to 5 degrees per cabinet 10 maximum total angle between adjacent cabinets Vertical adjustment bracket set included with cabinet Sound Guard midrange and tweeter protection Inputs are two Neutrik Speakon 8 pin jacks in parallel and...

Page 3: ...ertified structural engineer Speaker can fall from improper suspension resulting in serious injury and property damage Other enclosures may be suspended below one Versarray 212 when flown using the Peavey Versarray 212 Array Fly Bar Peavey part number 00586480 However the combined weight of all enclosures and all cables clamps and other hardware must not exceed 2 400 pounds The Versarray 212 weigh...

Page 4: ...SPORT THE CABINETS DO NOT USE THE PULL BACK BAR TO FLY ANY OF THE CABINETS Use only the correct mating hardware All associated rigging is the responsibility of others Warning Do not feed a full range signal to the tweeters in the Versarray 212 This could damage the tweeters It is recommended that for set up or testing purposes a high frequency sweep starting or ending no lower than 500 Hz be used ...

Page 5: ... 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k Frequency Hz 5 10 20 30 40 60 80 100 140 180 300 360 Beamwidth Degrees Beamwidth Vertical Horizontal Figure 3 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k Frequency Hz 1 10 100 Q Directivity Index Q Figure 4 20 10 Di 0 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k Frequency Hz 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 dB SPL re 20 Pa Harmonic Distortion 1 Watt Figure 5 3rd Harmonic 2nd Harmonic 20 50 100 200...

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Page 10: ...10 SPECIFICATIONS Versarray 212 Versarray 212 Input Plate ...

Page 11: ...ting compared to Linkwitz Riley or Butterworth filters and may give the impression that there is a severe under lap at the crossover frequency This is not the case and all factors have been taken into account including the acoustic behavior of the drivers into the waveguide load If you have ANY concerns or questions about crossover and EQ settings please contact Peavey Transducer Engineering Chart...

Page 12: ...o 20 1 Attack 60 ms Release 600 ms Versarray 212 2 5 Midranges Threshold 1 0 dB Ratio 20 1 Attack 25 ms Release 250 ms Versarray 212 Planar Ribbons Threshold 0 0 dB Ratio 20 1 Attack 10 ms Release 100 ms Input Limiter Threshold 22 dB Ratio 20 1 Attack 50 ms Release 500 ms OR For a more gradual soft limiting on the front end Input Limiter Threshold 10 0 dB Ratio 4 1 Attack 25 mS Release 250 mS Note...

Page 13: ...igh pass crossover point needs to be adjusted down This would mean crossing the subs over at 110 Hz instead of 125 Hz for a sub level that is 6 dB higher than flat For subwoofer levels a full 10 dB hotter than nominally flat change the subwoofer crossover frequency down to 100 Hz When running the subwoofer levels hotter than nominally flat some global front end EQ around 200 250 Hz may be needed t...

Page 14: ... for the top section instead of a straight line and then an abruptly curved section for the bottom few cabinets This might consist of the top four or five cabinets angled at 2 3 or 4 degrees with the bottom one or two each angled the maximum amount of 10 degrees total Up till now we have been talking about a relatively smooth vertical coverage with no gaps or suck outs in the vertical pattern Howe...

Page 15: ...f the Quick Release Positive Lock Pins are needed they are Peavey service part number 31501192 this is an assembly of 3 pins connected together via coated wire tethers and Accessory part number 00586490 When the Quick Release Positive Lock Pins are inserted they should be fully seated so that the black shoulder near the middle of the pin has been placed flush with the side of the bracket You will ...

Page 16: ...angle pairings for the bottom and top sections This kind of issue comes into play primarily when re assembling a line array from pre assembled sections of a previous line array where the pins on the second cabinets top set are already all set to 0 degrees or some other angle WARNING Do not use the Pull Back Bar for overhead suspension use the Pull Back Bar at the bottom of the array as an aiming d...

Page 17: ...17 SPECIFICATIONS Versarray 212 Versarray 212 Hang Angles Angle Between Cabinets ...

Page 18: ...18 SPECIFICATIONS Versarray 212 Cabinet Fly Bar Diagram Cabinet Pull Back Bar Diagram ...

Page 19: ...19 SPECIFICATIONS Versarray 212 Versarray 212 Cabinet Dimensions ...

Page 20: ...Corporation 5022 Hartley Peavey Drive Meridian MS 39305 601 483 5365 www peavey com 2009 Printed in the U S A 03 09 Logo referenced in Directive 2002 96 EC Annex IV OJ L 37 38 13 02 03 and defined in EN 50419 2005 The bar is the symbol for marking of new waste and is applied only to equipment manufactured after 13 August 2005 ...

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