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Ashly SP Series User Manual

Digital loudspeaker management system
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  • Page 1 Recall Gain CLIP PUSH LIMIT -3dB -3dB Store -6dB -6dB -12dB -12dB SIGNAL Copy Delay Down SIGNAL SP3.6MKII MUTE MUTE Mute Xover Exit ENTER / SYSTEM EDIT EDIT Source Limit Ethernet Control Control Ethernet Control Control SP Series User Manual...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Information

    Important Safety Information...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Important Safety Instructions Table of Contents Introduction Features Front Panel Functions Rear Panel Functions Powering Up the Device Operating the Channel Menus 9-14 Operating the System Menus 15-19 Quick Reference PC Control Software 10.0 Specifications 11.0 Warranty Customer Support...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    1.0 Introduction The SP series is a digital loudspeaker management system designed for the touring or fixed sound installation markets. The absolute latest in available technology is utilized with 40-bit floating point processors and high performance 24-bit Analog Converters. The high-bit DSP prevents noise and distortion induced by truncation errors of the commonly used 24-bit fixed-point devices.

  • Page 5: Features

    2.0 Features Standard 1U rack ADSP21369,40 bit floating point DSP,96kHz sampling rate Precision 24 bit AD/DA converter 3x6 4x8 XLR input/output interface USB,Ethernet port connection 31 GEQ segments (each input), 8 PEQ segments (each input/output) FIR filter,IIR filter (FIR output only) 650ms delay (for each input/output) Simple PC software for audio processing and control...

  • Page 6: Front Panel Functions

    3.0 Front Panel Functions Recall Gain CLIP PUSH LIMIT -3dB -3dB Store -6dB -6dB -12dB -12dB Copy Delay Down SIGNAL SIGNAL SP4.8MKII MUTE MUTE Mute Xover Exit ENTER / SYSTEM EDIT EDIT Source Limit Mute Buttons - Mute or un-mute input and output channels. When an input channel is muted, a red LED will come on for indication.

  • Page 7: Rear Panel Functions

    4.0 Rear Panel Functions Ethernet Control Control 1 2 3 Ethernet Control Control Main Power - Connects via a standard IEC socket. A compatible power cord is supplied with the unit. The voltage input is 90-240VAC, 50-60Hz. Main Fuse - T2.5A-250V.

  • Page 8: Powering Up The Device

    5.0 Powering Up the Device After powering up the unit, the following initialization screen is displayed on the LCD: ASHLY AUDIO PROCESSOR -SERIES: SP4.8 MKII -VERS10N: 9.15 LOADING... The initialization process takes several seconds and during that period the unit boots and displays the device model and firmware version.

  • Page 9: Operating The Channel Menus

    6.0 Operating the Channel Menus Single channel mode: Press the function button and then press the MUTE button to enter the channel parameter settings. Multi channel link mode: If the user presses the function key and then keeps pressing any other channel MUTE key of the group (input or output group), The green menu LED below lights up, entering multi-channel link mode.
  • Page 10 6.3 Copy Copy Channels from the source to the target. When the Source and Targets are both Inputs and Outputs, all audio parameters will be copied. When one of the Source or the Target is an input while the other is an output, only the Level, Polarity, Delay, EQ, Crossover, and Channel Name are copied.
  • Page 11 6.7 EQ In the input state, press once to switch to PEQ and press twice to switch to GEQ. IN_1: MENU:EQ IN_1: MENU:GEQ EQ#: 1 FRQ: 0100000HZ GEQ# (f=20Hz) BYP: Off BW : 0.33 Q=4.36 LEVEL : 0.00dB TYP: PEQ LVL : 0.00dB BYPASS: Off...
  • Page 12 6.8 Delay IN_1: MENU:Delay DELAY: 00000 (000.000ms) DELAY: The maximum allowed delay is 62400 samples, with each sample approximately 10us (1/96k). The equivalent delay time is displayed on the right side of the parentheses. The delay time unit can be set to ms, ft, or m in the system menu. For more details, please refer to page 17.
  • Page 13 SLPL: The filter slope for low frequency crossover point (high pass) ranges from 6 to 48dB/octave. If the selected filter type is Linkwitz Riley, the available slopes are 12, 24, 36 or 48 dB/octave only. TYPH: The 3 available filter types for the high frequency crossover point (low pass) are: Butterworth, Linkwitz Riley or Bessel.
  • Page 14 6.10 Limiter In the input state, click to switch to Comp, and in the output state click again to switch to Limit. IN_1: MENU:Comp OUT_1: MENU:Limit THRESH :+20.0dBu THRESH :+20.0dBu RATIO: 1:1 ATTACK :10ms ATTACK :10ms RELEASE:8X (80ms) RELEASE:8X (80ms) THRESH: The limiter threshold ranges from -20 to +20dBu in 0.5dB steps.

  • Page 15: Operating The System Menus

    7.0 Operating the System Menus The System Menus allow the user to control and change parameters that are related to the system behavior and general operation. It can be accessed by pressing the Sys key in the main menu (when no Input/Output or System Menu is activated). All System Menus require pressing the Enter key to confirm and save the settings.
  • Page 16 For FIR filters, the higher the taps, the higher the slope in dB for the same frequency, or the lower frequency the FIR can handle for the same slope. Generally speaking, higher frequencies require smaller number of taps, and lower frequencies require higher number of taps.
  • Page 17 7.2 General Settings SYSTEM-SETUP MENU: General FREQ MODE :All Freq DELAY UNIT:ms FREQ MODE: This changes the frequency control mode for EQ and crossover filters. It can be 36 steps/octave or All Frequencies (1 Hz resolution). DELAY UNIT: This sets the time unit for input and output delay to ms, ft or m. 7.3 Ethernet Settings SYSTEM-SETUP MENU: Ethernet IP ADR :255.255.255.254...
  • Page 18 The device can be protected for unauthorized parameter and /or system abuse. The securtity settings can be controlled and stored in the device with the ASHLY Console GUI only. When the correct password is entered in the device all the locks are disabled. After reientering the password or powercycling the device, the locks are automatically enabled again.
  • Page 19 7.6 Factory Settings CURRENT: This resets all the current parameters back to factory default settings only, while stored presets and system settings stay untouched. SYSTEM-SETUP MENU: Reset RESET CURRENT: No 7.7 Noise Gate Settings SYSTEM-SETUP MENU: N Gate THRESHOLD: 102 BYPASS: On This Internal System Optimizer reduces ground floor noise if no signal is present.

  • Page 20: Quick Reference

    8.0 Quick Reference...

  • Page 21: Pc Control Software

    Programs can be recalled and stored from/to PC’s hard drive, thus expanding the storage to become virtually limitless. ASHLY Console can be connected to the SP series via , USB or Ethernet. USB requires the installation of additional driver. The user is given...

  • Page 22: Specifications

    10.0 Specifications Input impedance >10kΩ Output impedance 50Ω +20dBu Maximum level Input mode Balanced line input Output mode Balanced line output Frequent response +/- 0.1dB(20 to 30kHz) Dynamic range 115db type(unweighted) Common mode rejection ratio >60dB @ 1kHz Crosstalk <-80dB @ 1kHz 0.002%(1kHz @ +4dBu) Distortion 40-bit Floating Point...

  • Page 23: Warranty

    11.0 Warranty The SP Series is warranted covering materials and workmanship for a period of five (5) year, as determined by the date of retail purchase (according to the sales receipt from an authorized dealer) or the date of manufacture if the sales receipt is not available (according to the serial number).

  • Page 24: Customer Support

    Customer Support If you’d like to contact us regarding product support or technical designs, email: tim.cheung@ead.cn and we’ll connect you with a solutions engineer Alternatively. www.ashly.com...

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