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Florence (Italy), 1st October 2018 – Already manufacturing the most
‘Green’ amplifiers in terms of carbon footprint, Powersoft is now poised
to shred efficiency agendas with the launch of its radically redesigned
ArmoníaPlus. Uniquely loudspeaker-oriented, the new ArmoníaPlus
interface mimics the real-world and the physical process of audio design
with a workflow approach that is both simple to use and easy to
navigate.
ArmoníaPlus has been rethought and completely redesigned to be the most
efficient audio design environment on the market today, which takes
users from system design to Showtime through a simplified guided
workflow. Users will feel completely at home within the ArmoníaPlus
layout. In an environment controlled via intuitive hotkeys and
simplistic icons, users fly between functions in a time-efficient
manner, so simple to navigate it will set the new industry standard.
The ArmoníaPlus interface presents a single window with four main views:
Workspace, System List, Operator View, and Events. Workspace is where
all the main action takes place - a natural environment where system
engineers can plan and work. The Workspace is divided into two parts,
with amplifiers occupying the left-hand space and loudspeakers sitting
on the right. Users can move through four main steps: Design, Config,
Tune, and Show, each offering a variety of functions. Once the link
function is completed, operations can be carried out directly at the
loudspeaker. Auditioning different presets is as easy as selecting the
loudspeakers to control, so that their applications can be changed
through the Tune:Preset page.
The layout and all control is visually intuitive. Amplifiers can be
added directly to a rack, while loudspeakers can be grouped together,
vertically and horizontally as you would expect them to be in the
physical realm. Arrays of loudspeakers can be ‘packed’ together so that
when linking amplifiers, an algorithm will auto-select the next item,
based on proximity, model and position on the screen, thus avoiding
manual errors.
Creating advanced groups of loudspeakers offers the possibility of
adjusting Gain, Delay, Polarity, and EQ. The redesigned graphical
interface delivers information that is simple to absorb. The new Tune:EQ
page allows users to monitor the overall curve applied to every
speaker, including countless groups. A special Headroom meter adapts its
LEDs based on the limiters of the speaker itself, showing an
at-a-glance view of how hard the speakers are been driven.
The interface is designed to be free from sub-menus, with every function
available via either a right-click or just a Hotkey. Operations that
took users on an arduous trail of mouse-clicks have now been simplified.
To set amplifiers to static IP mode, for example, just select the
devices and ArmoníaPlus will assign the available addresses
progressively, starting from the desired one. Damping subs is achieved
from a single slider or selection until the punchiness of the low end is
re-established. ArmoníaPlus simplifies sound system design. Each
portion of a sound system project can be exported as a “template”, a
building block for a bigger system which can be replicated in the
Workspace as required.
Powersoft is always pushing its technology forwards and has introduced
some innovative functions. One of these is Shading, which engineers will
really appreciate. With the shading function ArmoníaPlus can reduce
the gain and the loudspeaker limiter thresholds coherently, keeping the
balance between elements even if the system is limiting. This means an
end to ruined dispersion patterns, caused by the loss of relative gain
adjustment as the sound system is pushed into limiting.
Although users already experienced in Armonía will be able to adapt
quickly to the new version, ArmoníaPlus will not replace the previous
version. As per Powersoft’s strategy, the new version of the software
can coexist with the previous one, allowing users to get familiar with
the new design’s workflow approach over time.