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<blockquote data-quote="Art Welter" data-source="post: 91653" data-attributes="member: 52">Re: Cardioid Subs in a Smaller venue.Putting sound where you want it and keeping it away from where you don&#039;t is always a good idea, regardless of venue size.You can use a 1/1 rather than a 2/1 cardioid arrangement, though if you expand your system, you would find you only need about 2/1 ratio.There is always some forward loss in cardioid arrays compared to &quot;normal&quot; forward facing arrays, but the sonic advantages may outweigh the added expense and complexity if maximum SPL is not your primary goal.Rog Mogale has a good guide on bass arrays, cardioid starts on page 15:<a href="http://www.voidaudio.com/pdf/bass%20guide.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.voidaudio.com/pdf/bass guide.pdf</a>Modeling still is basically 2 dimensional, the lovely looking patterns presented don&#039;t always work as well in the real world of a smaller 3 dimensional stage box connected to a larger odd shaped big box, but they are a place to start.More discussion here:<a href="http://forums.prosoundweb.com/index.php?topic=122885.15;wap2" target="_blank">Cardioid Sub Array, Subwoofer Steering, HOW TO DO IT?</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Art Welter, post: 91653, member: 52"] Re: Cardioid Subs in a Smaller venue. Putting sound where you want it and keeping it away from where you don't is always a good idea, regardless of venue size. You can use a 1/1 rather than a 2/1 cardioid arrangement, though if you expand your system, you would find you only need about 2/1 ratio. There is always some forward loss in cardioid arrays compared to "normal" forward facing arrays, but the sonic advantages may outweigh the added expense and complexity if maximum SPL is not your primary goal. Rog Mogale has a good guide on bass arrays, cardioid starts on page 15: [url]http://www.voidaudio.com/pdf/bass%20guide.pdf[/url] Modeling still is basically 2 dimensional, the lovely looking patterns presented don't always work as well in the real world of a smaller 3 dimensional stage box connected to a larger odd shaped big box, but they are a place to start. More discussion here: [url=http://forums.prosoundweb.com/index.php?topic=122885.15;wap2]Cardioid Sub Array, Subwoofer Steering, HOW TO DO IT?[/url] [/QUOTE]

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