Line Array User’s Manual
4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
T
ABLE
OF
C
ONTENTS
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
......................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................3
TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................
4
LINE ARRAY SYSTEM COMPONENTS ......................................................................................... 6
PN102/LA SYSTEM......................................................................................................................................................... 6
PNX102/LA SYSTEM ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
ALL PN/LA SYSTEMS ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
STLA L
INE
A
RRAY
S
YSTEMS
................................................................................................................................................. 7
STXLA L
INE
A
RRAY
S
YSTEMS
.............................................................................................................................................. 7
A
LL
STLA S
YSTEMS
............................................................................................................................................................. 7
ALL LA SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................................................................ 8
ARRAY DESIGN USING AIMWARE ............................................................................................. 10
Basic C
ONCEPTS
.............................................................................................................................................................. 10
L
INE
SOURCE
COUPLING
ONLY
OCCURS
AT
LONGER
WAVELENGTHS
/
LOWER
FREQUENCIES
..................................................... 10
T
HE
LONGER
THE
LINE
,
THE
LOWER
THE
FREQUENCIES
IT
WILL
CONTROL
AND
THE
TIGHTER
THE
BEAM
................................... 10
H
IGH
FREQUENCIES
ARE
ALWAYS
RADIATED
FROM
SEPARATE
SOURCES
AND
WAVEGUIDES
........................................................ 10
V
ERTICAL
ARRAYS
TAKE
ONE
OF
THREE
POSSIBLE
SHAPES
:
FLAT
“|”,
SYMMETRICALLY
CURVED
“)”
AND
asymmetrically curved “J”. ......................................................................................................................................
12
V
ARIANTS
OF
THE
“J”
PRODUCE
THE
BEST
RESULTS
IN
THE
VAST
MAJORITY
OF
APPLICATIONS
.................................................. 12
L
INE
ARRAYS
ARE
NOT
“
POINT
AND
SHOOT
”
SYSTEMS
.......................................................................................................... 12
A
IM
W
ARE
PROVIDES
A
VISUAL
INTERFACE
TO
THE
COMPLEX
MATH
BEHIND
VERTICAL
ARRAY
OPTIMIZATION
............................. 12
SYSTEM SETUP: ELECTRONICS ................................................................................................. 13
STLA S
ELF
-P
OWERED
S
YSTEMS
......................................................................................................................................... 13
Source Signal ............................................................................................................................................................. 13
STXLA E
LECTRONICS
...................................................................................................................................................... 13
STX Amplifier Selection .......................................................................................................................................... 13
PN/LA E
LECTRONICS
....................................................................................................................................................... 14
Source Signal ............................................................................................................................................................. 14
PNX/LA E
LECTRONICS
.................................................................................................................................................... 14
PNX Amplifier Selection ......................................................................................................................................... 14
RIGGING PROCEDURES .............................................................................................................. 15
SAFETY FIRST ............................................................................................................................................
15
Flying Loudspeakers Safely ..................................................................................................................................... 15
Ground Stacking Loudspeakers Safely .................................................................................................................. 16
Training & Education ............................................................................................................................................... 16
