Dynacord DSA SERIE DUAL-CHANNEL - User manual

English
Electronics
MORE THAN 60 YEARS OF PRO AUDIO EXPERIENCE
Mobile Audio | Concert Sound | Fixed Installation | Pro Entertainment

CONTENTS
Contents
2
PRODUCTS
DIGITAL AUDIO MATRIX
P 64 12-21
SOUND SYSTEM
PROCESSORS
DSP 600 19-21
DSP 260 22-27
PROFESSIONAL
POWER AMPLIFIERS
PowerH Series 32-38
RCM-26 Controller Modul 39
Xa 400 44-47
LX Series 44-47
SL Series 48-51
DSA Series - Multi-Channel 52-55
RCM-810 Controller Modul 56-57
DSA Serie - Dual-Channel 58-59
PCL Series 60-63
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Application 64
DIGITAL AUDIO MATRIX
P 64 66-67
SOUND SYSTEM
PROCESSORS
DSP 600 68
DSP 260 69
PROFESSIONAL
POWER AMPLIFIERS
PowerH Series 70-71
Xa 4000 72
LX Series 73
SL Series 74-75
DSA Series - Multi-Channel 76-77
DSA Serie - Dual-Channel 78-79
PCL Series 80-81
INTRODUCTION
Contents 02
One Brand Fits All 03
History 04-05
Milestones 06-07
Manufacturing 08-09
Bosch Production System 10-11

ONE BRANDS FITS ALL
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In our multimedia world, professional audio systems are
playing an ever more important role. For this, power amplifiers
are needed the characteristics and properties of which are
tailored precisely to the application in question.
The spectrum of these requirements—from live music to fixed
installation—has an extremely wide bandwidth and extends from
very high power output combined with minimum weight to remote
supervision and network capability. DYNACORD’s extensive power
amplifier portfolio offers an ideal and cost-effective solution for
every field of application.
ONE BRAND FITS ALL

HISTORY
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German Engineering Excellence
FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS, DYNACORD HAS BEEN ONE OF
THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTURERS
OF PROFESSIONAL AUDIO EQUIPMENT.

HISTORY
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In 1945 Werner Pinternagel,
who was an engineer, founded a
workshop for the repair of radio
devices in the Lower Bavarian
town of Pilsting. The development
and manufacture of audio amplifiers,
which he began at the same time,
became a particular passion.
These pioneering experiences
formed the foundation for over 60
years of expertise in professional
power amplifier technology—
expertise upon which the brand
DYNACORD is able to draw today.
Early results included the KI cinema
amplifier with its output of 25 watts.
The devices of the company, which
in the meantime had moved to
Landau and by then boasted a
staff of four employees, still bore
the brand name ‘Dynaphon’.
From 1948 onwards, mixing and
portable amplifiers bearing the
name DYNACORD were being
sold to an ever expanding circle
of customers. Within a few years,
the rapidly growing company had
become one of the leading enter-
prises in the still young audio
technology industry. Already in
1954, the manual workshop have
given way to industrial production
as the product portfolio continued to
expand. The high-caliber, pioneering
and often visionary products have
been presented ever since at all
important international trade fairs
and marketed successfully throughout
the world. To make it possible to
satisfy the enormous demand,
DYNACORD moved to Straubing in
1958. The workforce, which at that
time numbered 80 employees, con-
tinued to expand rapidly. Several
times, the production facility was
renovated or expanded.
Finally, in 1986 a new plant was
opened in which more than 500
employees now develop, produce
and dispatch the company’s pro-
ducts to all corners of the globe.

MILESTONES
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Milestones
THE CONSTANTLY EXPANDING PRODUCT
RANGE YIELDED MANY PRO AUDIO MILESTONES.

MILESTONES
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A high degree of innovation, uncompromising
quality, exceptional user-friendliness and truely
legendary reliability and value retention have for
over 60 years defined the brand DYNACORD.
the first generations of professional•
mixing amplifiers [Eminent, Gigant]
the first tape-echo/reverb devices [Echochord]•
the first ‘affordable’ digital reverb device [DRS 78]•
the most advanced digital drums•
[ADDone, ADDtwo]
the first professional digital reverb device based•
on 32-bit floating-point processing [DRP-20]
the first processor power amplifiers•
with LPN filters [PCA series]
one of the most successful power amplifiers•
in concert sound [L2400 / EV P3000]
the first processor-controlled•
complete audio system [P3, P5]
the first digital loudspeaker controller with•
graphic display of the acoustic system frequency
response in the editing software [DSP 224/244
with CrossMax and EV Dx34/38 with RACE]
the Planar Waveguide bass horns•
[F 18, Alpha B3 and many others]
the world’s most powerful disco system [Alpha]•
the world’s most successful•
powered mixer [PowerMate]
the first stackable•
compact line array system [Cobra]
the first Class H grounded bridge•
high-performance power amplifiers [PowerH]
the unique IRIS-Net network software•
[incl. remote supervision, remote control of
power amplifiers and digital audio matrices]
the first digital power amplifiers with•
VLD-variable load drive [DSA Multi-Channel]
Echocord
DRS-78
PowerMate
Cobra
PowerH

BOSCH PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
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BOSCH PRODUCTION SYSTEM
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With the introduction of the Bosch Production System
(BPS) at the Straubing works, the brand DYNACORD is
further enhancing its already legendary reputation for
the highest production quality and reliability.
Quality with system is assured by the BPS worldwide in
all Bosch production centres, since absolutely identical
indicators, equipment and processes are applied
systematically throughout the enterprise. Decisions
about which products to produce in which plant are
primarily based on core areas of competence.
The same goes for the development. The first measures to
guarantee quality are applied as early as the deve-
lopment phase of a product, where the ‘thermal and
mechanical stability’, the ‘secure functioning of the
circuitry’ and the demands of quality such as the
acoustic performance and the product functions
themselves are all ascertained in advance and rigorous
tests conducted before any final decisions are taken
about the design.
Decades of experience and the most modern quality
management systems guarantee the extraordinary quality
and legendary reliability of DYNACORD products.
Bosch Production
System
QUALITY WITH SYSTEM

MANUFACTURING
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Measurement Hall
PART OF THE NEW INVESTMENT INVOLVED THE CONSTRUCTION AND
COMMISSIONING OF WHAT AT 600 SQUARE METRES IS ONE OF THE
WORLD’S LARGEST AUDIO MEASUREMENT HALLS.
Since September 2006, DYNACORD has belonged
to the BOSCH concern’s Security Technology
department.
The production facility in Straubing has been considerably
expanded and the work reorganized along the lines of
the Bosch Production System (BPS). Part of the new
investment involved the construction and commissioning
of what at 600 square metres is one of the world’s
Manufacturing
Manufacturing in Straubing, Germany

MANUFACTURING
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largest audio measurement halls. One of the particular
strengths of the brand DYNACORD is the fact that
over the many years of its history profound know-how,
covering the entire signal chain from the mixer to the
loudspeakers has been acquired.
This advantage, coupled with its traditionally close
relationship with users, has yielded many unique so-
lutions to once-vexing problems and helped DYNACORD to
develop a reputation the world over as a manufacturer
of top-flight audio equipment on the absolute cutting
edge of development.
Additional capacity is available at the Bosch
plant in Zhuhai, China, where the production also
conforms to the BPS and quality controls are
conducted using identical procedures and equipment. Manufacturing in Zhuhai, China

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RECOMMENDED APPLICATIONS
ConcertSound, Touring, Club/Disco, ProSound, Network

P 64 DIGITAL AUDIO MATRIX
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Digital
Audio Matrix
P64·

P 64 DIGITAL AUDIO MATRIX MANAGER
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P 64 Digital Audio Matrix Manager
WITH IRIS-NET SOFTWARE APPLICATION
The P 64 Digital Audio Matrix Manager is a modular,
network-compatible and freely configurable audio
system controller that allows designing complete
system solutions.
In the DSP, any structures with up to 32 audio channels
are freely configurable. This is possible by the wide
variety of different DSP blocks available, such as mixer,
matrix, dynamics, crossover, EQ, and even FIR filters.
The processing power of the DSP can be further
increased with extension cards. Freely expanding the
hardware configuration as well is possible through
four module slots located on the rear of the P 64.
Theses slots can be equipped with 8-channel digital
or analog input or output boards; even a special micro-
phone input card is available.

P 64 DIGITAL AUDIO MATRIX MANAGER
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Several P 64s can be interconnected via a CobraNet
network, which allows operation and supervision of
even the largest decentralized audio systems. Integrated
control and logic functions ensure that complex operations
can be carried out without problem.
It is for example possible to link various parameters to each
other in a Task Engine using logic and arithmetic functions
and apply the results to an arbitrary number of other
parameters. This also provides the possibility for
time-controlled operations.
Faults in and breakdown of the P 64 Manager itself
and all devices integrated in the system are detected
automatically. An according message can be output
via control contacts, other interfaces or displayed on
the PC screen.

P 64 DIGITAL AUDIO MATRIX MANAGER
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P 64 DIGITAL AUDIO MATRIX MANAGER
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DYNAMIC DSP POWER
The wide variety of DSP blocks
available, such as EQs, filter
(incl. FIR), mixer, matrix/router,
dynamics, crossover, delays,
loudspeaker-controller and signal
generators, determine the processing
power needed.
The modular concept of the P64
makes it possible to adjust the
configuration in an ideal fashion to
meet the requirements imposed.
With each of the 8-channel input
or output modules, the processing
power of the P64 is raised by a
further 100 MIPS (million instruc-
tions per second). With the DSP-1
expansion card, the processing power
is increased by a further 300 MIPS.
A wide variety of applications in the
fixed installation or concert sound
fields can therefore be realized in the
highest audio quality with great
flexibility.
DSP-1
The DSP-1 is a DSP extension module
for use in a DYNACORD P64.
The module is armed with additional
DSPs to expand the signal processing
capacity as well as RAM storage
banks for the realization of longer
delay times or additional delay
lines.
ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS:
300 MIPS processing•
capacity – doubling the
DSP processing power
2 RAM banks (512K x 24bits)•
– for additional delay
lines up to 21.8 sec.
48-bit signal processing•
– double-precision DSP algorithms.
Automatic configuration – reporting•
in IRIS-Net when new module was
loaded or module was removede.
P64 – 1500 (SET)
With the P64-1500, the internal
expansion slot gets equipped with
a DSP-2 card which is part of the set.
As a result of the 3 additional
dual-core processors on the DSP-2
card, the signal processing capacity
is considerably increased. At the
same time, applications requiring
long delay times (e.g. for delay
lines) benefit from the additional
RAM. The P64-1500 is therefore
outstandingly well suited to com-
plex tasks and the implementation of
processor-intensive FIR algorithms.
THE P 64 PROVIDES OUTSTANDING AUDIO QUALITY (S/N RATIO > 115 DB);
THE NEWEST IN A/D AND D/A CONVERTER TECHNOLOGY AND ELABORATE
DSP ALGORITHMS ENSURE TRANSPARENT SOUND REPRODUCTION.
With its processing power of 1500
MIPS (with input/output modules
max. 1900 MIPS), the P64-1500 is
currently the most powerful pro
audio processor.
DSP-2
DSP expansion module forming
part of the P64-1500 Set.
The module is armed with additional
DSPs to expand the signal processing
capacity as well as RAM storage
banks for the realization of longer
delay times or additional delay
lines.
ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS:
1200 MIPS processing capacity•
3 RAM banks (512K x•
24bits) – for additional de-
lay lines up to 32.7 sec
48-bit signal processing•
– double-precision DSP algorithms
Automatic configuration – reporting•
in IRIS-Net when new module was
loaded or module was removed

P 64 and IRIS-Net
HIGH END LIVE APPLICATIONS
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P 64 AND IRIS-NET
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IRIS-Net
SOFTWARE
IRIS-NET
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The P 64 Manager runs under
IRIS-Net, which is by far more
than a common configuration
software application, because
IRIS-Net is also capable of
controlling and supervising all
compatible components.
IRIS-Net integrates all devices
of the manufacturer that can be
configured and/or remotely cont-
rolled via PC in a comprehensive
audio system: in 2006 DYNACORD
introduced a new series of IRIS-
Net-compatible amplifiers – the
Power-H – followed by the P 64
Matrix Manager. Our current product
range is completed through the
integration of the DYNACORD DCS
System which offers extended control
and monitoring functionality.
Easy and comfortable operation is
guaranteed through PWS pro-
grammable wall stations and TPI
touch panels. The universality and
flexibility of the IRIS-Net software
application is one of the major
strengths of the DYNACORD Digital
Audio System – the complete audio
system including all its components
can be configured, controlled, and
monitored using one single soft-
ware application. IRIS-Net supports
Ethernet, CobraNet, CAN-Bus, USB
and, because of its open architecture,
IRIS-Net is ready for future implemen-
tations.
IRIS-Net is also suitable for the
realization of security-relevant systems
– even stadiums or airports – where
life safety levels not only require
the complete monitoring and sur-
veillance of the connected devices
themselves but also of connection
cables, interfaces, and connected
loudspeaker systems.
The “System Check” in particular
is one distinctive feature that runs
a precise impedance sweep of all
loudspeaker systems in the system
by the push of a button. Besides
detecting failure of complete
loudspeaker systems, this also
ensures that damage of a single
speaker chassis is being detected.
System status is queried conti-
nuously, fault conditions are recog-
nized and reported and a protocol
lists incidents by date and time.
Operation of the DYNACORD Digital
Audio System using IRIS-Net takes
place in real-time via wall stations,
touch panels, PC or even media
control units. The change of a para-
meter at one of the control units
is simultaneously indicated at all
other control units.
Typical applications are for example:
hotels, gymnasiums and multip-
urpose facilities, cruise liners or
sports arenas, but also live-con-
certs, clubs or open-air festivals.

I / 0 CARDS
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AI-1
AO-1
MI-1
I / 0 Cards
The finest audio performance
in the widest range of audio
formats is available to users of
the P64. Analogue audio signals
—microphone or line level—can be
processed as well as digital audio
signals in different formats.
High-quality converters in the
expansion modules ensure optimal
audio quality at all times. In addition,
the CM-1 module permits the distri-
bution of audio signals over an
Ethernet network. All modules are
recognized automatically by the
system and managed via the IRIS-
Net software.
AI-1
The AI-1 is an 8-channel analog input
module for use in a DYNACORD
P 64 system.
Audio signal connection is esta-
blished via screw-lockable Euro
block connectors. A/D conversion
is taken care of by high-perfor-
mance, linear, 24-bit converters
while internal signal processing is
performed in 48-bit word length.
117 dB dynamic range - for superior
audio performance without spurious
noise. Balanced inputs – high
Common Mode Rejection prevents
long cables from picking up inter-
ference.
MI-1
Das MI-1 is an 8-channel micro-
phone input module for use in a
DYNACORD P 64 system.
The connection of microphone or
Line level signals is established via
screw-lockable Euro block connec-
tors. A/D conversion is taken care
of by high-performance, linear,
24-bit converters while signals are
processed internally in 48-bit word
length. 118 dB dynamic range – for
superior audio performance without
spurious noise.
Balanced inputs – high Common
Mode Rejection prevents long cables
from picking up interference. Gain,
PAD, phantom power – programmable
input gain in steps of 6 dB, switchable
PAD for Line level feeds, and +48V
phantom power switchable via
software.
AO-1
Das AO-1 is an 8-channel analog
output module for use in a DYNA-
CORD P 64 system.
The module outputs eight high-
quality audio signals via screw-
lockable Euro block connectors.
Internal signal processing is per-
formed in 48-bit word length while
high-performance 24-bit converters
take care of D/A conversion.