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NEXO

ID84

The ID84 is NEXO’s first column loudspeaker design, introducing the company’s trademark characteristics of size-to-power ratio, variable directivities and highly flexible scalable configurations to a loudspeaker category that is relevant for a wide variety of applications. Packed with technical innovations, including a patent-pending HF arrangement, the ID84 is a performance loudspeaker which offers an outstanding Peak SPL output of 135dB, and a frequency response of 90Hz-20kHz. With its smooth and musical sonic signature, the ID84 stands apart from other column loudspeakers on the market, equally competent at speech and music reinforcement, and able to perform as a FOH reinforcement system in its own right. This slender metre-high package is presented with two companion products, a lowfrequency extension module (ID84L) and a partner subbass (IDS312), which can easily be configured to provide an innovative scalable solution for acoustically challenging architectures. Potential markets include all kinds of public spaces, particularly transport hubs, houses of worship, theatres and sports venues. Weighing just 15kg (33 lbs), the ID84 measures 990mm x 150mm x 215mm (39.0-inches x 5.9-inches x 8.5-inches). For the first time, NEXO engineers have crafted a rigid lightweight enclosure out of aluminium, with a steel spine to host the rigging system and facilitate the hanging of multiple cabinets. Magnelis side covers and front grille complete the sleek contemporary aesthetic, which is available as standard in black or white, with custom RAL colour options to match any installation environment. In the two-way passive box are eight of NEXO’s powerful four-inch long-excursion Neodymium LF drivers, and eight one-inch HF drivers in a unique arrangement which maximises the efficiency of these units. The ID84 offers smooth even coverage that can be tightly controlled by switchable dispersion. The user has a choice of two vertical directivities, selected by a switch on the back plate, offering with +0/-10º ‘Narrow Mode’ or +0/-25º ‘Wide Mode’ dispersion for 100º horizontal coverage. Dedicated presets are available for each directivity. ID84 shares the same phase response as other NEXO loudspeakers, making it extremely easy to partner with different models, for example, for side fill or front fill, without risk of comb filtering or the need for complex electronic adjustment. The unique design of the ID84 achieves superb versatility by enabling two modules to be coupled ‘head to toe’ to increase throw, with each module keeping its own directivity options. Because the HF arrangement is located at one end of the ID84 column, inverting the second cabinet enables all the HF to be kept in the middle of the two-metre line, ensuring perfect coupling. For long-throw applications requiring even longer lines, the ID84L LF extension cabinet can increase the possibilities of the ID84. This powerful loudspeaker extension has almost exactly the same footprint as the ID84, and contains eight four-inch LF components. By doubling the line length, the vertical directivity of the assembly is increased in the low frequencies, leaving horizontal directivity unchanged. By coupling four units (two ID84 with two ID84L), the HF arrangements can be paired at two mid-points, producing cardioid radiation down to 90Hz. This yields an exceptional level of control of coverage from a four-metre loudspeaker assembly. Nominal impedance for the ID84 is four Ohms. Eight ID84s can be powered by one NXAMP4x1Mk2, which is NEXO’s primary amplifier recommendation, or a single ID84 per channel of any professional amplifier partnered with the NEXO DTDcontroller. By exploiting a combination of mechanical steering and passive filtering, the ID84 is able to offer some of the benefits of beam steering whilst keeping system costs down through the economical use of amplifier channels. The IDS312 subwoofer weighs 31kg (68 lbs) and measures 1160mm x 380mm x 350mm (45.7-inches x 15.0-inches x 13.8-inches). Frequency response is 40Hz-120Hz and output is 138dB Peak SPL. It uses three high-excursion Neodymium drivers in a bass-reflex enclosure design. The crossover between the IDS312 and ID84 has been designed to extend both the frequency response of the main loudspeaker and the directivity by acting like a homogenous two-metre high sound source. The ID84, ID84L and IDS312 are available in Installation, Touring and TIS versions. Connectivity is made through cable gland and captive two-core cables, and the Installation version is IP54-rated.

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AMADEUS

HOLOPHONIX Version 1.7

Amadeus has released a major software update for the company’s HOLOPHONIX spatial sound processor. The version 1.7 software update features a new web-remote user interface completely redesigned from the ground up for better performance and a faster workflow, and includes a host of new features both powerful and useful for immersive creative projects. The new version 1.7 update is free to all current HOLOPHOPNIX users and is included with all new HOLOPHONIX hardware system purchases. HOLOPHONIX immersive sound processors are installed and have been used for some of the world’s most innovative venues including Paris-based The Pantheon, Chaillot National Theater, La Scala, La Comédie Française, as well as the Beijing Stadium (China), The Lee Seok Young New Media Library in South Korea, ETH Zürich in Switzerland, and many others. Developed with several musical, theatrical and scientific institutions, the HOLOPHONIX processor was designed by Amadeus in a collaboration with the STMS (Sciences et Technologies de la Musique et du Son), a laboratory founded in 1995 and hosted by the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique and affiliating the CNRS, Sorbonne Université, the Ministère de la Culture, and IRCAM around an interdisciplinary research theme dealing with music and sound sciences, and technologies. “Previously, the Wave Field Synthesis algorithm was restricted to linear loudspeaker arrays with regular spacing between the transducers. With HOLOPHONIX 1.7, Wave Field Synthesis now also supports non-linear loudspeaker arrays, including 2D surround setups. The algorithm can now control circular, rectangular, or curved-shaped loudspeaker layouts with nonuniform spacing,” said Thibaut Carpentier, Researcher at IRCAM, Lead Developer, and Head of the SPAT project. The HOLOPHONIX built-in reverberation engine also offers new features, such as a new ‘Room Size’ parameter, which lets you adjust the reverb effect more finely. “Another useful feature built into this update is a perloudspeaker Equalizer,” added Thibaut. The Equalizer offers 7 PEQ, plus high- and low-pass filters; similar EQ is also available on the reverberation busses.

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ANALOG WAY

PICTURALL MARK II SERIES

Entirely engineered around a new, extremely robust and powerful professional hardware platform, the new Picturall Mark II Series delivers outstanding performance for supporting largescale events and installations from a single server unit, while offering ease of use and rock-solid reliability at affordable prices. The new line replaces the current Picturall media servers and includes four products; Picturall Pro Mark II, Picturall Quad Mark II, Picturall Quad Compact Mark II and Picturall Twin Compact Mark II. With the ability to drive up to 16 4K@60Hz LED videowall controllers or video projectors from a single server unit, and enough power to play back media up to 16K@60Hz or uncompressed image sequences up to 8K@60Hz, the Picturall Mark II series is the obvious solution for challenging video playback for fixed installations, museums, broadcast, houses of worship, video rentals and live events. The Picturall Mark II media servers have been designed with high-grade hardware components to provide a robust, heavyduty platform and deliver optimised uptimes and durability for any mission-critical applications. The Picturall Mark II media servers are based on the rock-solid Linux software engine by Picturall renowned for its extreme reliability, which is a result of 15 years of R&D and field experience. Additionally, the Picturall Mark II media servers feature a redundant, hot-swappable power supplies option to achieve high fault-tolerance capability. The Picturall Mark II media servers can receive up to six lowlatency input cards to capture either up to 24 1080p@60Hz or six 4K@60Hz sources. A wide selection of input interfaces is available supporting one or more channels of 3G-SDI, HDMI 1.4 or HDMI 2.0. The Picturall Mark II media servers can also receive several network video streams and are compatible with NDI live video streaming. They can also display HTML-based web content with full Java script support. The media servers also come standard with read-intensive professional drives offering consistent performance and reliability for demanding 24/7 environments. Several storage options are available to store hours of high-quality uncompressed video content. The Picturall Mark II media servers offer high network bandwidth with two standard 10Gb/s Ethernet connectors for faster transmission of massive media files and for more networked video streams. They offer synchronised multi-channel audio playback and support real-time audio de-embedding and routing from HDMI or SDI sources, network streams and web sources. The Picturall Mark II media servers feature several optional audio interfaces and are also compatible with a wide variety of third-party multichannel USB audio interfaces. The Picturall Mark II media servers provide dozens of powerful features to meet the expectations of the most demanding customers. All products in the range feature Art-Net interface and Ethernet control via a standard TCP/IP socket connection supported by all major third-party control systems. They can be also entirely configured and operated by Picturall Commander, an intuitive, elegant and powerful user interface.

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