Powersoft has launched a redesigned ArmonÃaPlus in an effort to boost efficiency and offer an interface that mimics the real-world and physical process of audio design, with a simple workflow.
The interface uses intuitive hotkeys and simple icons. A single window offers four main views: Workspace, System List, Operator View, and Events. 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. To audition different presets, users select the loudspeakers to control so that their applications can be changed through the Tune:Preset page.
The layout and all control is designed to be visually intuitive. Amplifiers can be added
directly [pictured below] to a rack, while loudspeakers can be grouped together, vertically and horizontally. 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.
Creating advanced groups of loudspeakers offers the possibility of adjusting Gain, Delay, Polarity, and EQ. The redesigned graphical interface delivers clear information. The new Tune:EQ page allows users to monitor the overall curve applied to every speaker, including numerous groups. A Headroom meter adapts its LEDs based on the limiters of the speaker itself, showing a quick view of how hard the speakers are being driven.
The interface is designed to be free from sub-menus, with every function available via either a right-click or a Hotkey. To set amplifiers to static IP mode, for example, the devices are selected and ArmoníaPlus assigns 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. 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 has introduced a Shading function in ArmoníaPlus that reduces the gain and the loudspeaker limiter thresholds coherently to keep the balance between elements even if the system is limiting.
ArmoníaPlus will not replace the previous version and the new version of the software can coexist with the previous one.