Meyer Sound M'elodie 44

Meyer Sound Laboratories Inc.

2832 San Pablo Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94702

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Contents

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ACCORDING TO ISO/IEC GUIDE 22 AND EN SYMBOLS USED IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS English Français Deutsch Español CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: Introducing the M’elodie™ Loudspeaker CHAPTER 2: Power Requirements CHAPTER 3: Ampliﬁcation and Audio CHAPTER 6: System Design and Integration tools CHAPTER 7: QuickFly® Rigging APPENDIX A: Optional Rain Hood APPENDIX B: Optional VEAM Multipin Connector APPENDIX C: M’elodie Speciﬁcations and Dimensional Drawings INTRODUCTION HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL Page CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE M’ELODIE LOUDSPEAKER ADVANCED M’ELODIE TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER AND PROCESSING TRUCK-SMARTAND RIG-READY TOTAL SYSTEM APPROACH Page CHAPTER 2: POWER REQUIREMENTS LOOPING AND CABLING AC POWER DISTRIBUTION POWER CONNECTOR WIRING CONVENTIONS VOLTAGE REQUIREMENTS CURRENT REQUIREMENTS ELECTRICAL SAFETY ISSUES CHAPTER 3: AMPLIFICATION AND AUDIO AUDIO INPUT AMPLIFICATION AND PROTECTION CIRCUITRY M’ELODIE INTERCONNECTIONS THE LIMITING SYSTEM Low- and Mid-FrequencyLimiters High-FrequencyLimiter COOLING SYSTEM Page CHAPTER 4: RMS REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM UNDERSTANDING THE RMS MODULE Service LED (Red) USER INTERFACE Service Button Wink LED (green) Reset Button CHAPTER 5: LINE ARRAYS AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION HOW LINE ARRAYS WORK M’ELODIE CURVILINEAR ARRAY Mid to Low Frequencies High Frequencies Designing a Line Array System High-FrequencyDesign Strategies Low-FrequencyDesign Strategies Optimizing and Equalizing the Array USING M’ELODIE AS SIDEFILL OR DOWNFILL WITH MICA CURVILINEAR ARRAYS Using Meyer Sound Processors to Drive and Optimize the Array Using Digital Signal Processors USING M’ELODIE WITH SUBWOOFERS Using M’elodie with the 700-HPSubwoofer Using M’elodie with the 600-HPSubwoofer CHAPTER 6: SYSTEM DESIGN AND INTEGRATION TOOLS MEYER SOUND MAPP ONLINE PRO SIM 3 MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Source Independent Measurement Technique Applications CHAPTER 7: QUICKFLY RIGGING M’ELODIE GUIDEALINKS Front GuideALinks THE MG-M’ELODIEMULTIPURPOSE GRID Using the MG-M’elodiefor Ground-Stacking THE MTF-MICA/M’ELODIETRANSITION FRAME MCF-M’ELODIECASTER FRAME ﬁve Page APPENDIX A: OPTIONAL RAIN HOOD INSTALLING THE M’ELODIE QUICK-CLIPRAIN HOOD APPENDIX B: OPTIONAL VEAM MULTIPIN CONNECTOR APPENDIX C: M'ELODIE SPECIFICATIONS AND DIMENSIONAL DRAWINGS AUDIO INPUT AMPLIFIERS AC POWER PHYSICAL