CMU School of Drama


Monday, April 27, 2009

Sound Porn

Roadies in the Midst: "Here you can see the mains and side hang systems and also the 6 cluster subwoofer setup as well. There are quite a few new implementations of innovative theories in the design of the K1. The actual purpose and importance of the K1 Subs in the array is something that people are having a tough time getting their head around and I must admit that early on I was thinking 'Why get any K1 Subs and not just buy more K1's, do we really need a third box type?' That was even further reinforced when I heard how much low end the K1 's can reproduce without any subs."

1 comment:

Ethan Weil said...

Line arrays bring up a lot of cool questions, and it's nice that this guy writes about it from a practical engineers perspective. I am a bit curious about the use of subs to support the platform for the front fills. It certainly looks nifty, but I'm unsure that the boxes are built to support that much weight, and it seems like there might be a nonzero risk of finding the resonant frequency and causing serious trouble.