Master Audio offers iPad DSP control
Published: PRODUCTS
Master Audio has launched its DSP Studio app for iPad, bringing full wireless remote control and monitoring of its Xcellence series of loudspeaker systems to the tablet.
The application – which is also available in a PC version – utilises a bespoke control protocol that supports Wi-Fi connectivity for control over IP. This allows the app to address the Ethernet-enabled amp and DSP modules in the Xcellence series cabinets, giving the user visual feedback on amplifier status and the ability to edit processor values from any spot in the venue.
Parameters such as crossover frequency, gain per way and separately mutable, limiter, polarity, delay, five custom parametric EQs or an array of filter shapes, can all be adjusted, with several elements controllable at the same time using grouping functions. The app also provides information about input and output levels, heat-sink temperature, clip and protection indicators.
According to the manufacturer, the app will allow engineers to monitor and control the main parameters crucial to delivery of sound at a concert or installation, using only their iPad. DSP Studio detects the presence of Xcellence cabinets automatically and lets the user add each one into a layout before adjusting its position. Loudspeakers can be organised under different tabs and edited either individually, in links of two or more identical cabinets, or as groups of varying models. Factory or user-defined presets can be called up, saved or edited at any time.
This announcement follows the news that Master Audio has upgraded the point source cabinets in its Xcellence range with the Ethernet-ready amp and DSP modules first introduced with the line array series. These modules feature third-generation Class-D amplifiers that do not employ HF damping networks. The amplifiers are matched to DSP modules featuring 48bit/96kHz internal architecture for AD/DA conversion, crossover filters and signal processing, which can be controlled via the DSP Studio app.
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