The application - which is also available in a PC version - utilises a bespoke control protocol that supports Wi-Fi connectivity (control over IP), allowing it to address the ethernet-enabled amp and DSP modules in the Xcellence series cabinets, affording 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 in fine detail, with several elements controllable at the same time using grouping functions. The app also provides comprehensive information about input and output levels, heat-sink temperature, clip and protection indicators.
In essence, the app will allow engineers to monitor and control the main parameters crucial to delivery of exceptional sound at a concert or installation, using only their iPad. Via a modern, elegant and straightforward interface, each setting can be accessed with a minimum of touchpad gestures, the app's fast performance ensuring there is no time spent waiting for pages to load. DSP Studio detects the presence of Xcellence cabinets automatically and lets the user add each one into a layout before adjusting its position. In both small and large projects, 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. This would facilitate, for example, the tuning of an entire left or right stack. Factory or user-defined presets can be called up, saved or edited at any time.
Master Audio's R&D Manager Joan Amate commented, "The Xcellence series is a stunning range of cabinets coupled with equally incredible amp and DSP modules, and when you factor in completely wireless and fully comprehensive remote control and monitoring, what you're looking at is a system that is absolutely at the vanguard of its sector. It represents a huge amount of hard work and dedication by our engineers and the iOS app is the final piece of the puzzle. It's an exciting time for Master Audio."
(Jim Evans)
