Arcline 8/212 User Guide V1.0
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The auto-splayed design is probably acceptable as it is; but if the FOH happened to be
positioned in the level bump around 55 m, its dB(A) reference level would look higher than the
levels around it – at 35 m and beyond 70 m, for example.
And here’s an example of what can be done to smooth out the coverage by simply adjusting
the array tilt and inter-cabinet (splay) angles (reducing the splay angle to increase summation/
level, increasing the splay angle to reduce summation/level). No headroom-robbing
broadband gain adjustments have been made –see the 2nd note below.
Figure 7.7: Top view showing initial 2 kHz 3-octave
coverage after manual inter-cabinet angle adjustments
When every dB helps, it makes sense to smooth out vocal coverage - and it’s always worth
ensuring that, if the FOH level is going to be monitored for noise abatement purposes, its
vocal levels shouldn’t be significantly higher than other audience areas.
Note: A relatively flat coverage profile is usually designed first to ensure robust initial
coverage. Fine section-by-section gain adjustments would be made with listening
tests to achieve a natural reduction of level vs distance.
At first glance, you might argue that we haven’t improved things level-wise, but don’t forget
that the above two plots are for just three (vocal) octaves so they are well below broadband
SPL levels - see earlier.
7 System design
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