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<blockquote data-quote="Brad Harris" data-source="post: 107162" data-attributes="member: 380">Re: Line arrays and inter-element angles.We have several line array &#039;styled&#039; cabinets in our inventory (some pushing 20+ years old in design to the latest crop from various manufactures).A starting point I have with most of them (the oldest is tight or not rigging ..... talk about having 2 completely different hangs in 1!) is to do the old VDosc way ... have each box sight line hit every linear X distance on the floor. i.e. each box has 30&#039; between where the next box hits, and then massaging the array from there.The newer prediction programs have some nice polars that are a very nice guide on how to &#039;shape&#039; the arrays sound output in SPL and Tonality, and especially with their predictive microphones, you can see what MAY happen at a certain point in a plane.I try for equal tonality for most shows (large corporate) and sometimes, well you have to cater for the &#039;Code 18&#039; de jour.....With many of the arrays out there, the more boxes (and chunks of signal processing ... now thats a whole &#039;nother debate) you can cram into before Budget, Producers, Video and truss boarders get in your way, the better, just for control of the array, and not necessarily SPL.BRad* Code 18: The problem is 18&quot; behind the console ......</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brad Harris, post: 107162, member: 380"] Re: Line arrays and inter-element angles. We have several line array 'styled' cabinets in our inventory (some pushing 20+ years old in design to the latest crop from various manufactures). A starting point I have with most of them (the oldest is tight or not rigging ..... talk about having 2 completely different hangs in 1!) is to do the old VDosc way ... have each box sight line hit every linear X distance on the floor. i.e. each box has 30' between where the next box hits, and then massaging the array from there. The newer prediction programs have some nice polars that are a very nice guide on how to 'shape' the arrays sound output in SPL and Tonality, and especially with their predictive microphones, you can see what MAY happen at a certain point in a plane. I try for equal tonality for most shows (large corporate) and sometimes, well you have to cater for the 'Code 18' de jour..... With many of the arrays out there, the more boxes (and chunks of signal processing ... now thats a whole 'nother debate) you can cram into before Budget, Producers, Video and truss boarders get in your way, the better, just for control of the array, and not necessarily SPL. BRad * Code 18: The problem is 18" behind the console ...... [/QUOTE]

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