The company will also launch IC Live at PLASA08, a new product line that applies the company's innovative Iconyx Digitally Steerable Array technology to live event production.
"Iconyx is one of our most successful products," says Renkus-Heinz vice president of operations Rik Kirby, "we've had lots of opportunities to see how the system performs in applications from cathedrals to cruise ships, courtrooms to corporate auditoriums. As we evaluated the total Iconyx system, we identified significant improvements in many areas."
Inside every Iconyx R model are new co-axial transducers developed specifically for digitally steered arrays. "To narrow the vertical directivity at high frequencies, we designed these drivers with a vertical array of dual dome tweeters," says Renkus-Heinz senior vice president Ralph Heinz. "We've been able to significantly attenuate grating lobes, making the array's output even more coherent and produce even better intelligibility." The new drivers maintain the consistent wide horizontal dispersion that has proven to be invaluable in Iconyx applications.
A multi-channel DSP-driven digital amplifier controls each Iconyx R driver individually, and interfaces with RHAON. Audio signals can be delivered via CobraNet, AES 3 serial digital (AES/EBU) or analogue formats. The RHAON DSP gives the user real-time control over 12 bands of parametric EQ, 340 milliseconds of delay, dynamics processing and other system tuning functions. RHAON also simplifies remote supervision with password protection, operator alerts and fault logging.
For venues that prefer a simpler way to adapt the sound system to different building functions, Iconyx R stores up to seven configurations in onboard memory. These can be recalled via preset select buttons on the Iconyx R itself or remotely via simple rotary switch connected to the resistor-ladder control input.
(Jim Evans)
