EAW K F 8 6 0 Manuel utilisateur

The Laws of Physics /The Art of Listening

USER MANUAL

for

KF860 ARRAYS

Juno Awards

GM Place, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Application: Live Sound

Devices Used: KF860, KF850, JF260, KF940, SM200, MX8600

Touring Company: Rocky Mountain Sound

EASTERN ACOUSTIC WORKS

PRODUCT USAGE GUIDE:

AN INTRODUCTION

ThisisthefourthinstallmentintheEasternAcousticWorks

ProductUsageGuideseries.Thegoalofthisseriesistooffer

concise,accurateguidanceontheuseEAW loudspeaker

products.

Eachguidewillofferaconciseoverviewofaparticular

productseriesandillustratethemostcommonmethods

ofuse.Thischapterwillfocusontheapplicationofthe

sixmostcommonKF860SeriesVirtualLineArray

conﬁgurations.

KF860 SERIES

TheKF860/VLASeriescomprisestwo

high-outputmodulesoptimizedto

createverticallinearrays. TheSeries

comprisestwomodules–theKF860

whichfeaturesa60°horizontal

coveragepattern,andtheKF861

whichfeaturesa90°patternfor

nearﬁeldcoverage.Nominalvertical

coverageis30°buttheeacharray'strue

verticalpatternisdeterminedbythesizeand

conﬁgurationofthearrayaswellasbydigitalsignal

processorsettings.

Eachmodulecontains2x15-inwoofers,2xhorn-loaded

10-inmidfrequencyconedrivers,and2x2-inexit/75mm

voicecoilcompressiondriversonconstantdirectivityhorns.

KF860 SERIES BACKGROUND

AND DESCRIPTION

TheKF860/VLASerieswasoriginallydevelopedtohelp

solvespeciﬁcproblemsforhigh-endentertainmentindustry

eventsthatfeaturedbothliveandbroadcastaudiences.

Thekeydesignparameterswereminimalarraysize,high

outputandbroadbandpatterncontrol.

PartoftheKF860Seriessolutionwastheapplication

ofconﬁguration-speciﬁcdigitalsignalprocessing(DSP)

tomaintainpatterncontroloveranexceptionallywide

bandwidth.Settingsvarydependingonthenumberof

modulesinthearrayandtheanglebetweenadjacent

modules.ThustwocrucialelementsofanyKF860Series

applicationareaccuratelysplayingtheenclosuresand

applyingthecorrectDSPsettings.

BUILDING AND PROCESSING

KF860 SERIES ARRAYS

Tomaintainaccurateandrepeatablearrayangles,EAW

developedaunique,all-steelriggingsystemfortheKF860

Seriesthateliminatesguesswork.Thesteelriggingplatesthat

linkmodulestogetherﬁtintosteel-tubingbracketsoneach

endofthemoduleandaresecuredwithquick-releasepins.

Thereaderwillﬁndacompleteexplanationofthisrigging

systemonpages7and8ofthisguideaswellasinthe

companionpublication,KF860 Hardware Instructions.

EAW has developedappropriatesettingsfortheMX8600

CloseCoupledDigitalProcessortocontroleachofthe

KF860arrayconﬁgurationsdiscussedinthisguide.These

settingsareavailablefromtheftp(ﬁletransferprotocol)

sectionofEAW's website(www.eaw.com)orcanbefaxedas

textﬁlesformanualentry. These settings are appropriate to

theMX8600andonlytheMX8600.Donotattempttouse

thesesettingsinanyotherDSPunit.ContactEAW's

ApplicationSupportGroupformoreinformation.

HANGING AND AIMING

KF860 SERIES ARRAYS

HangingKF860arraysrequirestheuseofadedicated

"bumperbar"developedforEAWbyATM, Inc. The bumper

baracceptsthetopportionoftheriggingplatesattwelve

pre-conﬁguredlocations.

Thetopmoduleofanyarraywillbeaimedatanangle

determinedbythebumperbarlocationselectedandthesize

andconﬁgurationofthearray.Asmostapplicationrequire

thearraytobehungabovetheintendedcoveragearea,the

barhasbeendesignedtoaimthearray'soutputdown.

However, the bar can be reversedtoaimthearray'soutputin

anupwarddirection.Achartindicatingallpossibleangles

thatcanbeobtainedfromtheriggingsystemcanbefound

onpage8ofthisguide.

EAW has developedaspeciallymodiﬁedhandtruckto

assist inriggingKF860Seriesarrays. Speciﬁcinstructionon

itsusecanbefoundatEAW's websiteorbycontactingEAW

andrequestingtheKF860RiggingHardwareInstructions.

TWO-HIGH KF860 CONFIGURATION

TypicalUses:Distributedground-stackedclusters,delay

clustersonliftsorscaffolds.

Coverage:20degrees(speciﬁcanglesdeterminedbyaiming)

BumperBarTrimHeight(nominal):N/A

Splay:Theboxesarenominallysplayed10degrees,whichis

thetight-packedconﬁguration.Thecoverageanglecanbe

openeduportightenedbysplayingmoreorlessthanthe

nominal10degrees.Ground-stackingnote???

Aiming:Theclustershouldbeaimedsothattheseam

betweenthetwoboxespointsatthefarthestseat.This

conﬁgurationistunedfora200ftthrow.

Processors:OnlyoneEAW MX8600 processor is required.

• For manual entry–useﬁle 2xKF860.TXT whichmaybe

foundatftp://ftp.eaw.com/PPSTﬁles/KF860.

•ForECORE–useﬁle2xKF860.EAC whichmaybefound

atftp://ftp.eaw.com/Process/MX8600

THREE-HIGH KF860 CONFIGURATION

TypicalUses:Theatres

Coverage:+10degreesto-60degrees

BumperBarTrimHeight(nominal):22ft

Splay:Thethreeboxesareaimed+5,-10,&-35degrees,sothe

boxesshouldberiggedwith15degree(uppertomiddlebox),

and25degree(middletodownﬁllbox)splays.

Aiming:Theclustershouldbeaimedsothatthetopbox

pointsatthehighestseatingarea.Thisconﬁgurationistuned

fora100ftthrowtothefarthestseat.

Processors:Oneprocessorshoulddrivetheuppertwoboxes.

Thisprocessorisreferredtoas“main”inthesettings.

Asecondprocessorshoulddrivethelowestbox.This

processorisreferredtoas“downﬁll”inthesettings.

• For manual entry–useﬁle 3xKF860.TXT whichmaybe

foundatftp://ftp.eaw.com/PPSTﬁles/KF860.

•ForECORE–useﬁle3xKF860.EAC whichmaybefound

atftp://ftp.eaw.com/Process/MX8600

5°

15°

5°

-10°

-35°

Ground-Stacked Application Shown

FOUR-HIGH KF860 CONFIGURATION

TypicalUses:Theatresandsmallarenas

Coverage:+15degreesto-60degrees

BumperBarTrimHeight(nominal):40ft

Splay:Theboxesareaimed+10,0,-15,&-35degrees,sothe

boxesshouldberiggedwith10degree(toptosecondbox),

15degree(secondtothirdbox),and20degree(thirdboxto

downﬁllbox)splays.

Aiming:Theclustershouldbeaimedsothatthetopbox

pointsatthehighestseatingarea.Thisconﬁgurationistuned

fora150ftthrowtothefarthestseatandmaximizedvertical

coverage.

Processors:Oneprocessorshoulddrivetheupperthree

boxes.Thisprocessorisreferredtoas“main”inthesettings.

Asecondprocessorshoulddrivethelowestbox.

Thisprocessorisreferredtoas“downﬁll”inthesettings.

• For manual entry–useﬁle 4xKF860.TXT whichmaybe

foundatftp://ftp.eaw.com/PPSTﬁles/KF860.

•ForECORE–useﬁle4xKF860.EAC whichmaybefound

atftp://ftp.eaw.com/Process/MX8600

FOUR-HIGH “SHED”

KF860 CONFIGURATION

TypicalUses:Shedsandsmallfestivals.

Coverage:+2degreesto-60degrees

BumperBarTrimHeight(nominal):27ft

Splay:Theboxesareaimed0,0,-15,&-35degrees,sothe

boxesshouldberiggedwith0degree(toptosecondbox),

15degree(secondtothirdbox),and20degree(thirdbox

todownﬁllbox)splays.

Aiming:Theclustershouldbeaimedsothatthetopbox

pointsatthefarthestseat,orstraightoutforfestivals.

Thisconﬁgurationistunedfora200ftthrowtothefarthest

seatandcutsoffveryquicklyabovehorizontal.

Processors:Oneprocessorshoulddrivetheupperthree

boxes.Thisprocessorisreferredtoas“main”inthesettings.

Asecondprocessorshoulddrivethelowestbox.

Thisprocessorisreferredtoas“downﬁll”inthesettings.

• For manual entry–useﬁle 4xKF860shed.TXT whichmay

befoundatftp://ftp.eaw.com/PPSTﬁles/KF860.

•ForECORE–useﬁle4xKF860shed.EAC whichmaybe

foundatftp://ftp.eaw.com/Process/MX8600

-35°

-15°

0°

10°

-35°

0°

-15°

0°

SIX-HIGH KF860 CONFIGURATION

TypicalUses:Arenas

Coverage:+15degreesto-60degrees

BumperBarTrimHeight(nominal):40ft

Splay:Theboxesareaimed+5,0,-5,-10, -20,&-35degrees,

sotheboxesshouldberiggedwith5degree(toptosecond

box),5degree(secondtothirdbox),5degree(thirdtofourth

box),10degree(fourthtoﬁfthbox),and15degree(ﬁfthto

sixthbox)splays.

Aiming:Theclustershouldbeaimedsothatthetopbox

pointsatthefarthestseat.Thisconﬁgurationistunedfora

300ftthrowtothefarthestseatwithmaximizedvertical

coverage.

Processors:Oneprocessorshoulddrivetheupperfour

boxes.Thisprocessorisreferredtoas“main”inthesettings.

Asecondprocessorshoulddrivethetwolowestboxes.

Thisprocessorisreferredtoas“downﬁll”inthesettings.

NOTE:Thisisdifferentfromallofthesmallerrigs,which

treatonlytheonebottomboxas“downﬁll”.

• For manual entry–useﬁle 6xKF860.TXT whichmaybe

foundatftp://ftp.eaw.com/PPSTﬁles/KF860.

•ForECORE–useﬁle6xKF860.EAC whichmaybefound

atftp://ftp.eaw.com/Process/MX8600

-35°

-20°

0°

-5°

5°

-10°

SIX-HIGH “FESTIVAL”

KF860 CONFIGURATION

TypicalUses:Festivals,largesheds

Coverage:+2degreesto-60degrees

BumperBarTrimHeight(nominal):27ft

Splay:Theboxesareaimed0,0,0,-5, -20,&-35degrees,so

theboxesshouldberiggedwith0degree(toptosecondbox),

0degree(secondtothirdbox),5degree(thirdtofourthbox),

15degree(fourthtoﬁfthbox),and15degree(ﬁfthtosixth

box)splays.

Aiming:Theclustershouldbeaimedsothatthetopbox

pointsatthehighest/farthestseatorstraightoutforfestivals.

Thisconﬁgurationistunedfora400ftthrowtothefarthest

seat.Theresponsefallsoffquicklyabovehorizontal.

Processors:Oneprocessorshoulddrivetheupperfourboxes.

Thisprocessorisreferredtoas“main”inthesettings.

Asecondprocessorshoulddrivethetwolowestboxes.

Thisprocessorisreferredtoas“downﬁll”inthesettings.

NOTE:Thisisdifferentfromallofthesmallerrigs,which

treatonlytheonebottomboxas“downﬁll”.

•Formanualentry–useﬁle6xKF860fest.TXT whichmay

befoundatftp://ftp.eaw.com/PPSTﬁles/KF860.

•ForECORE–useﬁle6xKF860fest.EAC whichmaybe

foundatftp://ftp.eaw.com/Process/MX8600

-35°

-20°

0°

-5°

0°

5 DEG

0 DEG

10 TO 25 DEG

0 DEG

5 DEG

ACHIEVING VARIOUS SPLAY ANGLES

BETWEEN KF860 SERIES ARRAY MODULES

AchievingthepropersplayanglesbetweenKF860Seriesarray

modulesisarelativelystraight-forwardprocedure.Asshown

intheillustrationsbelow,eachmodule'sbottomendbracket

holesaremarkedtoindicatetheangle(s)theywillproduce

whentheriggingplateisconnectedthroughthem.Eachrig-

gingplate'sholesaremarkedsimilarly.

Toproduceagivensplayangle,simplyaligntheproper

holesontheriggingplatewiththeproperholesonthemod-

ule'sbottomendbracketandinsertquickreleasepins.

Eachmodulestopendbracketisequippedwithaspring-

loadedcamdevicethatacceptsthebottomoftherigging

plate.Thespring-loadedcamsholdtheriggingplateinplace

whilequickreleasepinsareinsertedtolocktheplateinplace.

PleaseconsultEAW's KF860 HardwareInstructionsforfurther

information.

Stage Right

Stage Left

KF860 SERIES ARRAY MODULE BOTTOM END BRACKET HOLES

CABINET'S BOTTOM

END BRACKET

ADJUSTABLE RIGGING

PLATE

HANGING AND AIMING KF860 SERIES ARRAYS

ThedrawingaboveillustratestheKF860SeriesbumperbarcreatedforEAWbyATM

Flyware.Byproperlyselectingtheholestowhichthetopmoduleisconnected,users

canaimanarray’scoverageover awiderangeofangles.

Mostapplicationsrequireaimingthearrayinadownwarddirection.Thusthe

bumperbar’sforwarddirection(totheleftintheillustrationabove)allowsavarietyof

downangles.Shouldtheuserrequireaimingthearrayinanupwarddirection(suchas

insportsarenaswhereupperdecksareabovethearrayheight,simplysetthebumper

barinthereversdirection(totherightintheillustrationabove).

Always use holes “A” and “G” on the rigging plate (as shownintheriggingplate

illustration)toconnectthetopmoduletothebumperbar.Hole“A”shouldalways be

frontmost,nomatterwhichdirectionthebumperbarisfacing.

Pleaseconsultthechartbelowtodeterminetheappropriatebumperbarpositionto

achieveyourdesiredarrayangle.Note:theanglesinthechartindicatethetopmost

module’scenterlinerelativetothehorizontalaxis.

KF860 Rigging Plate

Pos. #1 Pos. #2 Pos. #3 Pos.#4 Pos.#5 Pos.#6 Pos.#7 Pos.#8 Pos.#9 Pos.#10 Pos.#11 Pos.#12

2x Standard 1.0 -1.0 -3.0 -5.5 -7.5 -9.5 -11.5 -13.5 -15.5 -18.0 -20.0 -22.0

2x Reverse -5.0 -3.0 -1.0 1.0 3.5 5.5 8.0 10.0 12.5 15.0 17.5 20.0

3x Standard 7.5 6.0 4.0 2.5 0.5 -1.0 -3.0 -4.5 -6.0 -8.0 -9.5 -11.0

3x Reverse 2.0 4.0 5.5 7.0 9.0 11.0 13.0 15.0 16.5 18.5 21.0 23.0

4x Standard 9.5 8.0 6.5 5.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 -1.0 -2.5 -4.0 -5.5 -7.0

4x Reverse 4.0 6.0 7.5 9.0 10.5 12.0 13.5 15.5 17.0 19.0 20.5 22.5

4x Shed Stand. 4.5 3.0 1.5 0.5 -1.0 -2.5 -4.0 -5.0 -6.5 -7.5 -9.0 -10.5

4x Shed Rev. 0.0 1.0 2.5 4.0 5.5 7.0 8.0 9.5 11.0 12.5 14.0 15.5

6x Standard 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 2.5 1.5 0.5 -0.5 -1.5 -2.5 -3.5

6x Reverse 4.0 5.5 6.5 7.5 8.5 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.5 17.0

6x Fest. Stand. 3.5 2.5 1.5 0.5 -0.5 -1.5 -2.5 -3.5 -4.5 -5.5 -6.5 -7.5

6x Fest. Rev. 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0

All angles are rounded to the nearest 1/2 degree

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