Crest Audio Versarray Pro 112, Product Specifications

Page 1: ...systems controlled by a sophisticated and refined DSP operations system with Dante connection capability Total system power is 3000W total peak power with 1500W total sine wave power for the woofers This sheer power is controlled precisely and processed by a high performance DSP system which provides all the crossover and EQ functions as well as provid ing all limiting compression and driver prote...

Page 2: ... flown for ground use only Dimensions H x W x D 43 38 in x 25 63 in x 26 25 in 832 mm x 638 mm x 540 mm Net Weight 187 Lbs 85 0 kg Companion Speaker Models sold separately Crest Audio Versarray 112 Pro Powered Line Array SR System with dual ribbon tweeters 2 way Crest Audio Versarray 215 Pro Powered Sub with double 15 Low Rider woofers subwoofer Optional Accessories Crest Audio Versarray VR218 Mk ...

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Page 4: ...ine array may require a Polarity reversal 4 Assign Network I D Buttons The module s network ID is displayed on the two digit 7 segment display The two push buttons below the dis play are used to change the network assignment of the module Pushing the left button increments the left digit 0 F while pushing the right button increments the right digit 0 F Push the buttons until the desired assignment...

Page 5: ... be connected to the AC Power Line Input 10 connector on the second box The AC power Out Thru connector is not controlled by the On Off Power Switch 11 if power has been supplied to the AC Power Input 10 then the AC Power Out Thru connector 9 will have power available 10 AC LINE INPUT The AC power inlet is connected via a Neutrik powerCON TRUE1 TOP connector This premium qual ity AC inlet connecto...

Page 6: ...that is essential for configuring your network and is available as a free download at the Audinate web site Dante Controller is used to route signals between devices on the network and change device settings These are then stored in the Dante devices Once configured the transmitting de vice sends to the receiving device which in this case is the VR Pro The interface supports sample rates of 48 kHz...

Page 7: ...om for the detailed information needed Primers FAQ s and other basic information on the details of the Dante audio networking system are available Using Multiple Versarray 112 s mounted over a Versarray Pro 218 Sub The rigging hardware on the Versarray Pro 218 Sub allows up to 3 coupled Versarray 112 units mounted over the top of a Versarray Pro 218 Sub with the use of an optional Ground Stack Kit...

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Page 12: ... be connected to the Primary Ethernet jack and the cable used to daisy chain to the next one should come out of the Secondary Ethernet jack NOTE If connecting for Dante see the Dante Operation section for details on the correct way to wire up the Versarray Pro 218 Sub cabinets Daisy chaining as described above can be used with the proper Dante latency settings but most professionals will want the ...

Page 13: ...eration do not turn the Versarray Pro 218 Sub speaker system power on until the units temperature has equalized close to that of the room if it has been stored in a cold environment 1 Run the Versarray Pro series User GUI software by clicking on the Desktop Icon or from the Start Bar All Programs 2 A Start Window will open up and if it is not already make it full screen See Fig 1 Fig 1 3 The funct...

Page 14: ...wer turned on to the Versarray Pro series cabinets and the Network connection established the User GUI software will detect the presence of the Versarray Pro 218 Sub cabinet or cabinets and other Pro series models cabinets A dialog Window will pop up as shown below in Fig 3 The device ID s will be different but the general format will be the same Fig 3 When you click Yes a Connect Device dialog wi...

Page 15: ...evice initially The Device List DØ should now show one of the units or the only unit as On line See Fig 5 where the red arrow points Fig 5 C To display the User GUI parameter pages double click on the desired unit in the NAME column in that row shown by the green X in Fig 5 The various parameter pages for the Versarray Pro 218 Sub will now come up in a new large window within the Start Window See ...

Page 16: ...WILL VOID THE WARRANTY Quick Start Instructions CONT D The Versarray Pro 218 Sub ships with the default programming set for Nominal bass levels and EQ where the VR Pro 218 Subs will match the levels of normally configured VR 112 Pro s if there are two VR 112 Pro s arrayed for each VR Pro 218 Sub These settings provide for a very flat neutral and natural sound from the system and use of the MLAS te...

Page 17: ...l has the bottom portions of the View page visible In the File Management group A select Load as seen in the upper left hand corner of Fig 7 below Fig 7 2 A typical Windows file manager window will come up with the File Folder contents for the Preset files generally located at For Windows 7 and for Windows XP C Program Files x86 VR Series v1 2 X Preset For Windows 10 C Program Files VR Series v1 2...

Page 18: ...UI Pages for the VR Pro 218 Sub View Page This is the first page that comes up after loading a Preset into the Versarray Pro 218 Sub or when connecting with an existing Preset already present in the speaker system See Fig 7 Preset File Management Group A This includes the icons for Load Save Store and Recall Load Preset instructions have already been covered in the Quick Start Instructions for con...

Page 19: ...c settings and thus can be interchanged by merely changing the Presets or Recalling from memory If setting the system up for network use from now on see the sub section titled Setting a Cabinet Up for Network Use Only in section 4 below Signal Flow Chart Group B This chart shows the signal flow through the Versarray Pro 218 Sub DSP system It provides a indicator in the form of an Input Clip Limite...

Page 20: ... Device to Device Section 2 Input Source Radio Buttons allow selection of the input from Analog XLR in to Dante Ethernet network input to Dante with Analog back up Input level gains are controlled in Sections 9 and 10 see appropriate Section Section 3 Internal Noise Generator Enable Checkbox enabled Provides the choice between White Noise and Pink Noise via Radio Button selection and a Level contr...

Page 21: ... few ms AUTO STANDBY Checkbox enabled this allows a Radio Button choice between 15 30 or 60 minutes before the STAND BY mode is engaged Auto Standby powers the amplifiers down after the designated time has elapsed and then detects the presence of an audio signal and un mutes the amplifiers within approximately a few hundred ms INP HEADROOM Input Headroom 12 dB Checkbox enabled is used to provide a...

Page 22: ... Up and Down buttons provide for changing the Level of the audio signal Factory default is 0 dB with a range down to 6 dB in 2 dB steps There are rear panel buttons that provides for the selected Level to be chosen as well These Level choices become handy when manually adjusting the level of the Subs for the number of VR112 Pro cabinets in the array Section D Sensitivity Click to choose buttons al...

Page 23: ... line Section 7 Level Meter Monitors signal level at the point marked BG Before Gain in the Signal Flow Chart Section B diagram see Fig 10 for the details This is the level of the signal at the input to the DSP Preamp and shows clipping of the analog input stage 2nd from top indicator bar turns red as well as compression due to the input stage ADC overdrive prevention circuit top indicator bar tur...

Page 24: ...y and Phase Response Graph and related controls This section provides a graphical display of the frequency response changes dialed in to this Page Using the Mag and Phase Radio Buttons you can toggle between the Magnitude frequency response and the Phase of the changes The Cursor button places small cursor symbols at all the dialed in EQ spots on the curve providing a visual locator and flag for t...

Page 25: ...uiet and free from hiss or hum in and of itself parameters Thr Threshold dBFS The threshold of opening the noise gate ranges from 90 dBFS to 60 dBFS Release The release time ranges from 1 to 1000 ms Attack The attack time ranges from 30 to 1000 ms NOTE If the Noise gate threshold is set too high or the Attack and Release times are set oddly the music could be affected with low level notes cutting ...

Page 26: ...ore it gets to the rest of the signal processing sections for added protection from non musical deep bass noises transients Pops and stage borne noises Slope Type is a drop down menu bar with the following options for filters Bypass 6 dB Oct Butterworth BW 12 dB Oct Butterworth 18 dB Oct Butterworth 24 dB Oct Butterworth 36 dB Oct Butterworth 48 dB Oct Butterworth 12 dB Oct Linkwitz Riley LZ 24 dB...

Page 27: ...ommend that the EQ bands in use for the Factory Presets be left unaltered and NOT be changed by the end user This is the additional EQ used to generate the Factory Presets for the Versarray Pro 218 Sub system and as such altering it will defeat to whatever extent the bands are changed the desired end result of the Preset s use This should still leave anywhere from 10 bands of EQ to 5 bands for the...

Page 28: ...e polarity remain normal See Section E for details Factory setting is normal unchecked Section 23 RMS Compressor Section This section provides for adjusting the compression parameters of the overall system and for the Versarray Pro 218 Sub it is used to extend the apparent dynamic range of the system by compressing the signal when it reaches 3 dB below hard limiting amplifier clipping The slope ra...

Page 29: ...the dialed in EQ spots on the curve providing a visual locator and flag for their actions The View All button starts a new Window that overlays the two pages curves the Input Page and the Output Page on one graph They are not summed just overlaid on one another See Fig 13 from Input Page Section Checkboxes and Radio Buttons provide for various display options from the default view including the Ph...

Page 30: ...t even a little will not only degrade the crossover function and the acoustic mesh with the VR 112 but render the available EASE Focus 3 and EASE modeling data incorrect CHANGING THESE SETTINGS FROM THE FACTORY SETTINGS WILL VOID THE WARRANTY Section 26 RMS Compressor This section provides for adjusting the compression parameters of the woofer and is used to control the medium and long term power ...

Page 31: ...t to prevent and avoid PWM amplifier clipping It has been found that PWM amplifier clipping is much more distressing and audible than a clean clip or limit in the digital domain as implemented in this section The proper use of this hard limiter can allow the system to play louder with less apparent distortion than if the PWM amplifier were allowed to clip uncontrolled effectively extending the app...

Page 32: ...n 33 Level Meter monitors signal level at the point selected by the Meter Select drop down menu The Meter Select drop down menu allows a choice of BC Before Compression or AL After Limiting See the Signal Flow Chart Section B diagram Fig 10 for the details of where these points are in the signal chain It is recommended to leave the meter set to the default monitor point of BC since the next two me...

Page 33: ...ollowing options for filters Bypass 6 dB Oct Butterworth BW 12 dB Oct Butterworth 18 dB Oct Butterworth 24 dB Oct Butterworth 36 dB Oct Butterworth 48 dB Oct Butterworth 12 dB Oct Linkwitz Riley LZ 24 dB Oct Linkwitz Riley 36 dB Oct Linkwitz Riley 48 dB Oct Linkwitz Riley 12 dB Oct Bessel BS 24 dB Oct Bessel Below the Slope Type Drop down menu bar is a Frequency Hz box where you can enter the freq...

Page 34: ...ghtly hotter than the VR 112 Pro units but still sound totally natural with difficult program material such as acoustic guitar female vocals and other sounds that sound poor with too much bass present If a Sub is being used with just one VR 112 Pro then changing the Volume down to 6dB will balance the bass level back to the correct ratio Section 2 Sensitivity Click to choose buttons allow selectio...

Page 35: ... both be able to be operated in Normal or non inverted polarity with the proper amount of delay dialed in Section 4 Assign Network I D These buttons allow you to set the network ID from hexadecimal 00 to FF The module s network ID is displayed on the two digit 7 segment display The two push buttons below the display are used to change the network assignment of the module Pushing the left button in...

Page 36: ...ist of all devices including ones currently connected to the network See Fig 16 Fig 16 If you click Yes a dialog Window will pop up as shown below in Fig 3 The device ID s will be different but the general format will be the same Fig 3 When you click Yes a Connect Device dialog window comes up as shown in Fig 4 ...

Page 37: ...e can only be loaded into a group of cabinets using the same cabinet ID s as were present when the Project was first created If you attempt to load a Project file into a cabinet that was NOT a part of the original cabinets that were present on the DSP GUI network then the saved parameters associated with a Project file will not transfer over to that new cabinet and this may disrupt the proper load...

Page 38: ...d onto the PC You must pick a previously saved Project file as there are no supplied Factory Project files they must be associated with the exact cabinets present on the network at the time of the Project Save Let s say you named a Project file Example Sub Highlight and Click OPEN on the Example Sub Project file 4 The LAN Device Discovery window will come up See Fig 18 Fig 18 Click on Yes 5 The Co...

Page 39: ... device cabinet to make sure all the parameters have loaded in properly F4 Add Group Contact Crest Audio for details on this function or check the Crest Audio website for more information https peaveycommercialaudio com versarray M1 Store Program Allows multiple cabinets to have a Preset File stored to memory see Fig 20 Fig 20 All the cabinets currently connected online to the Versarray Pro series...

Page 40: ...d click the Recall button The Preset that was previously loaded into memory at that location will now be loaded into the units DSP preamp and change the parameters of the various pages to those Preset settings Line Array Device Management The Device List DØ has several columns of information displayed The columns labeled IP NAME and NET ID are able to be changed and altered using the Settings Icon...

Page 41: ...onnection with all networked devices sequentially and displays the connections in the Device List D3 Disconnect All Devices This disconnects all the On line devices listed in the Device chart and takes them Off line from the network D4 Add Device Adds a new device to the Device List one unit at a time D5 Remove Device As above only removal of one device from the Device List D6 Search Devices Initi...

Page 42: ...but could allow the powered speaker system to become damaged at high drive levels Therefore with only two Factory Presets per Sub model we loaded them into the memory locations that holds 10 Presets in an alternating fashion Users can overwrite the other 8 repeated or irrelevant Presets with their own custom Presets once they have a particular venue or use defined The VR 218 and the VR 215 have ve...

Page 43: ... in DSP GUI folder for when they get overwritten in amp memory 41 VR218_Nominal 42 VR215_Nominal 43 VR218_BassBoost 44 VR215_BassBoost NOTE DO NOT ERASE OR DELETE ANY OF THE FACTORY PRESET FILES OR WRITE OVER THEM IN THE PC SOFTWARE FOLDERS WITH A CUSTOM SETTING WITHOUT FIRST CHANGING THE NAME Even if you do not plan to use the Crest Audio MLAS technique at this time you may find a use for it or i...

Page 44: ...evels of bass energy are desired or needed then the Bass Boost Presets allow the Sub levels be turned up even more than nominal for the Bass Boost settings and still avoid the worst of the AUX Fed boom If absolutely necessary up to 6 dB more Sub level than nominal can be used with the Bass Boost Preset with little adverse effect on the overall quality of the system s sound This will be a significa...

Page 45: ...tain connectivity despite any intermittent network connections If this occurs then to reconnect the PC with the VR unit click OK on the error message click button If the connection has re established itself without further errors then a dialog Window will pop up as shown below in Fig 3 Fig 3 You can then click on OK to re connect as it normally progresses upon initial start up and connection Howev...

Page 46: ...3 6 dB tolerance The maximum peak output level shall be 139 dB when mea sured at a distance of one meter with full system output The woofers loaded into the cabinet shall be two Peavey Low Rider 18 4 ohm woofers rated at 800W continuous power per AES Std 1984 2 The enclosure vents shall incorporate the Univent air pumping system to aid cool air circulation through the cabinet The powered speaker a...

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Page 48: ...al device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation ...