The system included two EV NetMax N8000 digital audio controllers. The left and right sides of the PA (with 8 input and 24 output channels each) were controlled separately. The new FIR filters were responsible for the equalization of the main PA and proved to be of enormous benefit, according to Franz Lermer, manager of Digital Development with EVI Audio: "The sound team had never worked with FIR filters before and were highly enthusiastic right from the start."
Lermer was part of EVI Audio's support team at the JAD 2006. The team found the project design, developed by Peter Hallstein and Günter Krauss of EVI Audio using IRIS-Net software, utterly convincing, needing only to add "a few details, such as EQs" on site.
However, it was the wide-ranging possibilities offered by the NetMax N8000 that impressed the professionals working at FOH the most, say EVI. "The nerve centre of the IRIS-Net is a modular digital audio signal processor with 32 inputs and 32 outputs - all accommodated in a space-saving 2U case. The NetMax N8000 is equipped with four module slots for local audio inputs and outputs, a CobraNet slot for digital audio network connection, and Ethernet, CAN-Bus and RS-232 interfaces for the purpose of control and supervision. The system, which is equally suitable for fixed installations and mobile professional applications, offers FOH engineers all they could wish for," the company says.
Haasch concluded: "The EV XLD system, like the XLE, is ultra-flexible. It's tops for small to medium-sized jazz, theatrical and classical music events, but also provides a solid foundation for medium to large rock concerts. By adding in XSub basses - flown, perhaps - you can arrive (with very little expenditure) at a line array system that is quite something."
(Lee Baldock)
