I am working on a new system for a 600 seat high school auditorium. Basic use of the space is 3 theater/musical productions a year plus countless talking head at a lectern gigs. I am planing on a center cluster of 3 with 2 delay cabinets (EV SX300 fit the room nicely), any sub will be off aux and on its own processing.
I will use one output on the DFR22 to drive the mains and one to drive the delay. I am planing on one input being fed by a simple mic mixer hooked to the floor jacks. The other input will come from the console I use for theater and music. Any subs will run off aux and have there own processing.
My thinking is that I can put a push button back stage that will activate the sound system (power up, select preset 1 on the DFR22 via the contact inputs.) This would be for the custodians to use when I am not there for the simple gigs. I would have other programs for when I had a show in progress and I could access the EQ and other goodies in real time using a laptop. But the custodians could still use there button back stage and get a lectern mic working with out messing up my settings during the day time. Also they would not have access to the mic mixer, that would just be there to combine the mic jacks in the floor that they use. My idea for preset 1 is:
delay, limiting and EQ for the speakers, auto gain and/or compression of the mic feed, and the feedback eliminator with only the simple mixer input active. The big mixer input would be muted. Above all the system would be set very stable so feedback was not a concern in auto mode.
It is the contact closures and flexibility of this unit that attracted me. Am I reading the specks right? or is there a better unit for what I want to do? Those of you that have used it, how reliable is it?
Tom B
sound and lighting supervisor