Can iDR be used as a loudspeaker management processor?
A. iDR can certainly be used as a dedicated loudspeaker management system. Although iDR isn’t a dedicated product for this role it does have functions to enable crossover settings, phase correction, etc to be utilised. It is possible to set Crossovers filters on the outputs of the iDR system and still have some PEQ bands left over to utilise for equalisation of the system. It is best to think of iDR as a multi-functional unit which can be used to do various things that other loudspeaker processors can’t (i.e. add a second loudspeaker stack up to 250 metres away from main stack, Timed events, Remote controllers, Zoner, Pager, switching amplifiers on and off using logic outputs from iDR-switch and/or PL-8, a WIFI controlled Patchbay housed in the back of a rack the possibilities are almost endless). Allen & Heath have a series of iDR Patches and Diagrams for Loudspeaker Management on the Allen & Heath website where you can download and use these as system guides and system modes of opera
