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ASPECT TA-890 SYSTEM
USER MANUAL
Turbosound Ltd.
Star Road, Partridge Green
West Sussex RH13 8RY United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1403 711447 Fax: +44 (0)1403 710155
web: www.turbosound.com
Issue 1.3 © Turbosound Ltd, October 2005
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user manual TA-890 Contents EC Declaration of Conformity........................................................................................................................6 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................7 Turbosound Aspect System Concepts .....................................................................................................7 The Turbosound
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user manual TA-890 Setting up a Venue - Overview...............................................................................................................17 Running Turbosound GigMate™ / EASE Focus for the first time: .......................................................18 Designing a system.................................................................................................................................20 Changing the system ..........................................
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user manual TA-890 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................47 General features & facilities....................................................................................................................47 Unpacking................................................................................................................................................47 Mechanical Inst
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user manual TA-890 Utility functions .......................................................................................................................................69 Rear Panel Functions...............................................................................................................................70 AMP-890 Aspect System Amplification Rack .............................................................................................71 Racking, Cables and Connections
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user manual TA-890 EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Manufacturer Turbosound Ltd Star Road, Partridge Green, West Sussex, RH13 8RY, UK Products T-25 Power Amplifier T-45 Power Amplifier LMS-D6 Loudspeaker Management System LMS-D24 & LMS-D26 Loudspeaker Management System Standards Safety EN60065:2003 Relevant Specifications used as basis for tests EN66103-1:1996 EN55103-2:1996 Category Professional apparatus for use in Commercial Light Industrial and controlled EMC environments. C
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user manual TA-890 INTRODUCTION Turbosound Aspect System Concepts The TA-890 system is a modular point source loudspeaker system designed to deliver extremely high fidelity audio. The system is easily scaleable from large and medium scale concert touring applications to small clubs and events. The Aspect system concept centres around the exceptional directivity of the patented Polyhorn™ devices employed in the high frequency and high-mid frequency sections of the mid/high enclosure.
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user manual TA-890 Conventional HF horns produce destructive interference Poyhorn™ - smoothly curved wavefront The TA-890H mid-high enclosure forms the main component of flown clusters, and can be orientated either horizontally or vertically (the mid/high section pictured above is square and rotatable) in order to match venue specifics such as rigging height and audience sightline restrictions. It can also be usefully employed as a front or side fill cabinet. The TA-890L
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user manual TA-890 ASPECT TA-890 TURNKEY SYSTEM CONCEPT Aspect is available as an integrated audio system package, comprising loudspeakers with integral flying hardware, amplifier racks and all necessary drive and control equipment in an extremely compact and manageable form. In addition, the system has been designed to truck pack efficiently and handle easily. The concept of assembling a system around standardised components ensures absolute compatibility between users, although su
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user manual TA-890 The Loudspeaker Management System (LMS) Concept Turbosound Loudspeaker Management Systems are more than just electronic crossovers. They provide full digital alignment of all components in the Aspect enclosures, to ensure coherent acoustic output. They also incorporates a number of features which contribute to overall system reliability and ease of setting-up. All system parameters such as crossover frequencies, limiter settings and equalisation can be simply called u
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user manual TA-890 • MC2 E series • Lab Gruppen FP series • Crest Pro series • QSC Powerlight II series Digital Controllers In addition to the Turbosound LMS-D6 and LMS-D26 loudspeaker management systems, the following digital crossovers have been tested and are recommended for use with Aspect systems: • BSS FDS366 • XTA DP224, DP226 and DP428 Aspect Loudspeaker Components All the drive units have been designed in-house specifically for the Aspect system and are manufactured
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user manual TA-890 TSW-218 Subwoofer The TSW-218 is designed to cover the sub and low frequency ranges from 25Hz to 100Hz, and can be used as part of a 5-way Aspect system in order to reinforce sub-bass frequencies. It utilises two custom designed neodymium 18” drivers loaded with TurboBass™ devices. The proprietary loading technique and horn flare design produces significant mutual coupling between adjacent enclosures, resulting in sensitivity gains of up to 110dB with eight units c
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user manual TA-890 It includes a hinged rear access door, integral multi-way speaker cable, removable wheel board, ergonomically placed flush handles, weatherised beech plywood construction and optimised truck-pack dimensions. The TA-890H enclosure is exactly the same size as, and of very similar weight to, the TA-890L. TA-890 user manual Page 13
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user manual TA-890 Transportation TA-890 cabinets include a removable wheelboard which clips to the front of the cabinet, allowing single units to be conveniently transported. These are designed to be stackable, so that when not in use they can be neatly stored without taking up floor space. The wheelboards will fit both mid-high and low frequency cabinets. Up to three TA-890 cabinets can be stacked on a WB- 890 wheel dolly, and this allows the cabinets to be pre-configured a
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user manual TA-890 Aspect Flying Systems To take full advantage of the very precise dispersion properties of the Aspect system, an integral rigging system has been developed. The flying system is inherently safe, flexible and simple to use, and even though it is integral to the box, it may be quickly and easily removed for safety testing. The rigging design allows the creation of clusters and arrays that can be assembled quickly and with a minimum number of crew, and with full control o
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user manual TA-890 FLYING AND STACKING Overview The Aspect system flying hardware is specifically designed to take advantage of the precise horizontal directivity characteristics, as well as allow a wide range of adjustment of the vertical angles between adjacent enclosures, and the overall vertical inclination of each column of enclosures. This means that arrays can easily be optimised to suit the coverage requirements of any situation. Sound radiating from adjacent cabinets will suc
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user manual TA-890 GIGMATE™ ACOUSTIC SIMULATION While the Aspect System is remarkably intuitive in terms of building arrays and aiming them, and requires no theoretical calculations in order to achieve optimum coverage of a room or audience space due to its inherent ‘point-and-shoot’ nature, there may well be situations where some prior knowledge of a venue can save time in setting up and configuring the PA. In order to aid in this process, Turbosound offers the GigMate™ software acou
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user manual TA-890 Running Turbosound GigMate™ / EASE Focus for the first time: When you first start the program you must set the system file that it is to use. The installation files include two Turbosound Aspect System files as shown below: Select the Touring version cabinets. You will now be presented with the GigMate™ main screen. TA-890 user manual Page 18
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user manual TA-890 The screen is split into four main areas: System Setup The left hand side of the screen is where you define the system, auditorium and project. Tabs On the bottom of this window allow you to toggle between modes. Mapping Properties This is the main window which will display the system as configured in the System Setup window along with the audience areas and mappings. Audience Area Beneath the main Mapping Properties window this graphically displays the SPL on each
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user manual TA-890 Designing a system To design a system begin by defining the venue/audience areas by clicking on the “Audience Area” tab in the bottom left of the screen. Within this window you can edit or remove existing audience areas, and create new ones. There are two methods of defining an audience area. In either case you must define the X1/Y1 coordinate of the start of the area, you can then either enter the X2/Y2 points or its length and angle. As you create audience area
