User's Manual

Page 6/58 INTRODUCTION
6 RS15 Rigging Instructions ........................................................................................................................ 25
6.1 SAFETY FIRST ................................................................................................................................... 25
6.1.1 Flown Systems Safety ................................................................................................................ 25
6.1.2 Ground Stacking Safety.............................................................................................................. 26
6.1.3 Contacts...................................................................................................................................... 27
6.2 Flying RS15 arrays.............................................................................................................................. 28
6.2.1 Hoist Rating ................................................................................................................................ 28
6.2.2 Connecting first RS15 to bumper ............................................................................................... 28
6.2.3 Adjusting rigging point for horizontality....................................................................................... 29
6.2.4 Flying the second RS15.............................................................................................................. 30
6.2.5 Flying subsequent RS15’s .......................................................................................................... 31
6.3 Testing and Maintenance of the RS15 flying system .......................................................................... 32
7 General guidelines for subwoofer design ............................................................................................... 33
7.1 Low Frequency Issues ........................................................................................................................ 33
7.2 Gradient Subwoofers benefits ............................................................................................................. 34
7.3 Monophonic Design............................................................................................................................. 34
7.4 Stereo Design...................................................................................................................................... 35
8 RAY SUBs implementation ....................................................................................................................... 36
8.1 Omnidirectional Mode ......................................................................................................................... 36
8.1.1 Single RS15................................................................................................................................ 36
8.1.2 RS15 arrays................................................................................................................................ 36
8.2 Directional Mode.................................................................................................................................. 36
8.2.1 Single RS15................................................................................................................................ 36
8.2.2 RS15s pair .................................................................................................................................. 37
8.2.3 RS15s arrays .............................................................................................................................. 39
8.3 Steered RS15s arrays ......................................................................................................................... 39
8.3.1 Steering technique...................................................................................................................... 39
8.3.2 Delay values implementation...................................................................................................... 40
8.3.3 Coverage result ..........................................................................................................
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8.4 Aligning RS15s with main system ....................................................................................................... 41
8.4.1 NEXO systems acoustic reference point .................................................................................... 41
8.4.2 Precautions................................................................................................................................. 42
8.4.3 Alignment with distance measurement....................................................................................... 42
8.4.4 Alignment with phase measurement .......................................................................................... 43
8.5 Recommended installation tools and equipment ................................................................................43