Both the ZonePro and DriveRack product ranges consist of user configurable DSPprocessing engines that are controllable via Harman Pro's proprietary HiQnetprotocol and can be customised to route and process audio for use in a widevariety of environments. The ZonePro range is designed to drive commercial audiosystems typical of retail outlets, art galleries and bars, as well as smallentertainment venues. The professional DriveRack range is aimed at larger toursound or installed venues, and is designed to provide all the professionalprocessing and routing options live sound engineers need to apply between avenue's mixer and its power amps, says the company.
ZonePro and DriveRack systems are flexible anduser configurable, and dealers and end-users alike can benefit fromone-on-one or small-group training to allow them to configure these systems tosuit their specific needs or those of their customers. The now annual dbxUniversity concept was created to provide exactly this kind of training. Therecent three training days were held in mid November in comfortable countryhotels, one in Eire, one in the Lake District, and one in the Cotswolds, andwere open to all UK and Irish dbx dealers and end-users.
Senior dbx product manager Dale Sandberg flew in from the dbx headquarters in Utah, USA to lead theinformal tuition sessions, and covered many aspects of ZonePro and DriveRackconfiguration, including a detailed tutorial on controlling individualprocessing units over a network.
"It was a pleasure to come to Ireland and the UK for the latest round of the dbxUniversity," says Sandberg. "As always with Harman Pro UK's events, the proceedingswere well planned and flawlessly executed, and everybody had a very worthwhiletime."
"We were delighted to welcome Dale and all the other ZonePro and DriveRack usersand dealers to our latest dbx University sessions," adds Tom Blackwell of HarmanPro UK. "Everybody learned a lot, and the evening gatherings were veryConvivial. Our thanks go to everyone who attended in November, and we lookforward to hosting the University again next year."
(Chris Henry)
