Viewer”. An introduction to Y-S and the CLF Viewer follows at the end of this guide. Also U-brackets, Array frame and Pin out are introduced. Yamaha prepares many kind of bracket to fit various uses. Yamaha Installation Series Speakers pursue the goal of being "truly arrayable". Yamaha considers this to be not only physically arrayable by providing suitable array frames, but also “acoustically arrayable”...
Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Small Installation: Simple Center Cluster This small installation example represents a typical simple center cluster application. Applications - Small Hall - Small Church - Meeting Room - School Gymnasium - School Auditorium Speaker Layout Speaker System Overview •...
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers System Diagram - Speaker Processing Component - Center Cluster 1 x SP2060 (or DME24N) 1 x IF2115/SP2060 - Power Amplifier 1 x XP7000 SP2060 Configuration Example...
Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Small Installation: Left/Right Cluster + Mono Sub This small installation example represents a typical Left/Right Cluster and Mono Sub application. Applications - Small Hall - Small Church - Small Live Venue - Meeting Room...
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers System Diagram - Speaker Processing Component - Left/Right Cluster 1 x SP2060 (or DME24N) 1 x IF2115/AS for each - Power Amplifier - Subwoofer 2 x XP7000 1x IS1118 (Bridged) SP2060 Configuration Example...
Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Small Installation: 5.1ch Surround This small installation example represents a 5.1ch Surround application. Applications - Small Hall - Meeting Room - School Speaker Layout Speaker System Overview • IF2112/95/AS for Left/Right/Center cluster, IS1215 for LFE, IF2108 for Surround is a good choice for 5.1ch Surround system for small venue.
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers System Diagram - Speaker Processing Component - Subwoofer 1 x DME24N 1x IS1215 - Power Amplifier - Surround speaker 2 x XP7000 8 x IF2108 2 x XM4180 - Mounting Hardware - Left/Right Cluster 2 x OmniMount120.0 for L/R Clusters...
Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Small Installation: High Ceiling Distributed System This installation example represents a Distributed application. Applications - Exhibition Hall - Ball Room - Meeting Room - School Speaker Layout Speaker System Overview • 90° x 90° symmetrical coverage pattern is a good choice for distributed applications with very high ceilings and reverberant rooms.
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers System Diagram - Speaker Processing Component - Ceiling Mounted Speaker 1 x DME24N 8x IF2112/99 - Power Amplifier - Mounting Hardware 2 x XM4180 8 x UB2112 DME Configuration Example...
Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Medium Installation: House of Worship This installation example represents a medium sized sound system. Applications - House of Worship - Hall - Performing Arts Center Speaker Layout Speaker System Overview • This simple center cluster is a very good choice for medium size room needed wide vertical coverage.
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers System Diagram - Speaker Processing Component 1x IS1218 1 x DME64N - Front Fill - Power Amplifier 4 x IF2205 3 x PC9501N - Under Balcony 2 x XM4180 4 x IF2205 - Center Cluster...
Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Medium Installation: Cruciform Shaped House of worship This installation example represents a sound system for reverberant Cross Shaped Room. Applications - House of Worship Speaker Layout Speaker System Overview • Distributed speakers located in close proximity to listeners maximize speech intelligibility.
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers System Diagram - Speaker Processing Component - Distributed Speakers 1 x DME24N 2x IF2205 - Power Amplifier 10xIF2208 3 x XM4180 - Mounting Hardware 2 x OmniMount20.5 for IF2205 10 x OmniMount60.0 for IF2208...
Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Medium Installation: Fan Shaped #1 This installation example represents a sound system for Fan Shaped Room covered by three clusters. Applications - House of Worship - Hall - Performing Arts Center Speaker Layout Speaker System Overview •...
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers System Diagram - Speaker Processing Component 1 x IF2115/95 for each 1 x DME64N - Subwoofer - Power Amplifier 1x IS1218 6 x PC6501N - Front Fill 1 x PC9501N 2 x IF2205...
Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Medium Installation: Fan Shaped #2 This installation example represents a sound system for Fan Shaped Room covered by only center cluster. Applications - House of Worship - Hall - Performing Arts Center Speaker Layout Speaker System Overview •...
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers System Diagram - Speaker Processing Component - 2 x IF2112/95 1 x DME64N - Subwoofer - Power Amplifier 1x IS1218 4 x PC9501N - Front Fill 2 x PC6501N 2 x IF2205 1 x PC2001N...
Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Medium Installation: Dance Club This installation example represents a sound system for a dance club comprising of multiple zones. Applications - Restaurants - Themed bars (e.g. sports bar) - Dance clubs - VIP lounges, Chill out areas...
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers • IF2112/64 used for DJ booth monitor to provide high SPL low spill to adjacent dance floor • Family sound is essential in such an application using different loudspeaker models in close proximity.
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers DME configuration example...
Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Large Installation: House of Worship This installation example represents a sound system for large sized room. Applications - House of Worship - Hall - Performing Arts Center Speaker Layout Speaker System Overview •...
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers System Diagram - Speaker Processing Component 3x IF2112/AS 2 x DME64N - Front Fill - Power Amplifier 4 x IF2205 15 x PC9501N - Under Balcony 3 x PC6501N 4 x IF2108 2 x XM4180...
Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Large Installation: Theater This installation example represents a sound system for large sized theater. Applications - Theater - House of Worship - Hall - Performing Arts Center Speaker Layout Speaker System Overview •...
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers System Diagram - Speaker Processing Component 2 x IF2112/64 for each 3 x DME64N 1 x IS1218 for each - Power Amplifier - Wall 25 x PC9501N 24 x IF2108 8 x XM4180...
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers DME Configuration Example...
Simulation output can be saved in DME format files that can be directly imported into the DME Designer application, minimizing the time and effort required to set up a Yamaha DME-N Digital Mixing Engine. Y-S automatically suggests optimum speaker choice and system arrangements (Auto tuning Function), including the array pan, tilt, splay angle, EQ and gain required to deliver uniform SPL throughout the listening area.
CLF Viewer provides Frequency response, Balloon data, Polar patterns, Directivity, and impedance response of each Installation Series Speaker model. CLF Viewer can be freely downloaded from the CLF Group. http://www.clfgroup.org/ CLF data can be freely downloaded from the Yamaha website. http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/ CLF viewer Cabinet 3D representation...
Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Recommended Amplifier Although there is no single correct answer to the question of which amplifier to select, we can offer some simple suggestions. The table in the following pages shows two different options and gives recommended power ratings along with examples of possible choices of models.
Components." Limiter settings (enabled by default) have been added to each library file. The settings assume maximum output gain of DME (excluding DME24N's analog output) is +24dBu and 26dB voltage gain of Amplifier (based on Yamaha PC series amplifier used at -6dB attenuation) for start point.
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers 2 -Way Full-Range Speaker Passive Bi-Amp Gain IF2115 26dB 16dBu 17dBu 8dBu -8dBFs for +24dB output level -7dBFs for +24dB output level -16dBFs for +24dB output level -2dBFs for +18dB output level -1dBFs for +18dB output level...
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers IF2205 26dB 8dBu -16dBFs for +24dB output level -10dBFs for +18dB output level -7dBFs for +15dB output level 32dB 2dBu -22dBFs for +24dB output level -16dBFs for +18dB output level -13dBFs for +15dB output level...
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Subwoofer Discrete (Single for IS1118) Parallel Gain IS1215 26dB 14dBu 17dBu -10dBFs for +24dB output level -7dBFs for +24dB output level -4dBFs for +18dB output level -1dBFs for +18dB output level -1dBFs for +15dB output level...
Crossover, Polarity, Delay, PEQ, level and Limiter for each driver are integrated to Speaker processor component (this example, “Speaker Processor 2Way” in DME). And each parameter (Crossover frequency, etc.) is provided on the Yamaha website (http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/). These parameters depend on Operator may change these parameters .
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Fig. C: Simplified configuration in DME. When using Installation Series Speakers in passive mode or using Subwoofers, “Speaker Processor 1Way” is recommended. Fig. D. shows the example of two Mid-High and 1 subwoofer system. It has input level, Crossover (HPF and LPF), Delay (up to 500ms), 6 band PEQ, limiter and output level.
Yamaha Installation Series Speakers Power Amplifiers Yamaha Power Amplifiers are recommended for optimum results to drive the Installation series speakers. The flagship PC1N series amplifiers were used during the tuning process. For lower power applications, XP series and XM series amplifiers are also recommended, as they feature similar sound characteristics as the PC1N series.
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers XM Series (4ch Models)
When the “Installation Series Speakers” are driven in bi-amp mode, a crossover is needed to split the LF & HF frequencies. Yamaha digital signal processors such as the DME series Digital Mixing Engines, new DME Satellite or the SP2060 speaker processor are recommended for optimum results.
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Application Guide for Yamaha Installation Series Speakers DME4io-C SPEAKER PROCESSOR SP2060...