User Manual
Table Of Contents
- System Requirements
- Installation
- Installing Speaker Data
- Uninstalling
- Table of Contents
- 1. Y-S3 General Operation
- 2. Constructing the Room Shape & Audience Area
- 3. Editing Project Properties
- 4. Placing Speakers
- 5. Adjusting Speaker Parameters
- 5-1. Speaker Arrays
- 5-2. Distributed Speakers
- 6. Displaying Calculation Results
- 7. Simulation Results Report
- 8. Exporting Configurations in DME Designer Format
- 9. Other Functions
- 10. General Theory
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1st floor into consideration; 2nd and higher floors are not taken into consideration. When calculations are complete,
Y-S
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displays a message prompting you to carry out auto tuning. Click to begin auto tuning. Click to
finish without auto tuning. See chapter 5 for details about auto tuning.
You cannot use “Auto layout” in “SPL Mode” when Y-S3 displaying a sound pressure distribution. Always switch to
“Array Mode” or “Single Mode” before using this function. Additionally, “Auto layout” deletes any existing speaker
arrays that have already been placed and places new speaker arrays. Speakers placed suing the “Distributed”
function are not deleted. This is useful in instances such as when you want to replace speakers on a stage or
proscenium but retain speakers installed in the ceiling. The “Enclosure type - Auto layout” function does not execute
for circular rooms or rooms that are too large, small, wide, or narrow. In such cases Y-S
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displays an error message.
Please use the “Enclosure type - Manual layout” function to position speakers.
System Type
Select the speaker system type from the list box (Center, Center, LR, LCR, Side, Center + Side).
Ceiling Height
Enter the estimated ceiling height of the room. Y-S3 decides the array height referring to this parameter. The speaker
arrays are always set below the ceiling height. Note that Y-S
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does not estimate the reflection from the ceiling in the
calculation.
Setting methods
The “Auto layout” function selects speakers that are appropriate for the shape, floor area, and proportions of the
room. It also takes the ceiling height you have entered into account when positioning speakers (Center, Center + Side,
Side).The default angle settings are; Pan and Rot: 0°, Tilt: 30, Splay Angle: minimum.
• Distributed
You can arrange speakers with a fixed spacing on a level surface. Click in Speaker List or select [Add
New Array (N)] from the [Array (A)] menu to open the Add Speakers window. Select “Distributed” from the list box.
Select speakers, ceiling, walls, and plane types from the list boxes, and enter the appropriate settings. You can select
“Coverage”, which automatically calculates positioning based on the coverage area of the receiving surface, or “Grid”,
which places speakers on a plane surface at any interval you wish.