Community Professional Loudspeakers' new loudspeaker processor, the dSPEC226, is designed to assist with configuring, controlling and commissioning sound system installations through the use of both a high-speed SHARC DSP and a Xilinx Spartan FPGA.
All dSPEC models feature a 4-input-by-6-output fixed-chain DSP architecture that includes 2-by-6 native analog I/Os. Various expansion cards are available to provide two additional analog inputs, two AES3 dual-channel digital inputs, or eight CobraNet inputs and outputs. Additional expansion cards are likely to become available.
Designed for ease of use, the dSPEC lets users simply select from a library of Community loudspeakers and dSPEC does the rest, automatically assigning factory recommended lo-pass and hi-pass filters, corrective equalization (including 1024-points of FIR EQ via CONEQ), protective limiters, phase compensation and more. Additionally, dSPEC configures LF and HF outputs with optimal crossover slopes for bi-amplified loudspeaker models.
{mosimage}dSPEC is already in use in several applications, including the Sundome in Yakima,WA.
For loudspeakers not manufactured by Community, users of dSPEC can select from an array of processing functions that include numerous crossover types, comprehensive protective limiters and 20 configurable filters on each of the six output channels.
Community is the first company to employ CONEQ Acoustic Power corrective algorithms, Real Sound Lab's automated loudspeaker equalization technology. CONEQ provides 1024 bands of low latency FIR equalization that flatten the Acoustic Power Response of the selected Community loudspeaker(s) with a new level of precision.
Other advanced capabilities include a unique Amplifier Calibration Port that measures the output characteristics of each amplifier in the system to precisely calibrate dSPEC's three discreet stages of limiters (peak, program and long term) for accurate driver protection.
Community's control software, Resyn, features an engineered workflow that walks the user through the process of selecting loudspeaker types and models, labeling inputs and outputs, setting protection levels, establishing system EQ, configuring user presets, and creating access passwords. The company's Effortless Ethernet also works simply by connecting an Ethernet cable.
Resyn software can be downloaded for evaluation at no charge from Community's website at www.communitypro.com/dspec.
For more information, please visit www.communitypro.com and www.realsoundlab.com.
