General Advice

A Loudspeaker Management System (LMS) is a tool for accurately setting up a soundsystem that uses multiple loudspeakers. This for instance could be a system using Piglet 212 cabinets with Zeus 4 cabinets. The LMS gives you digital control over the crossover, equalization, delay and peak limiting. The active crossover splits the frequency and assures that each loudspeaker is just playing in its optimum frequency range. The equalizer or EQ allows the soundsystem to have a flat frequency response in any venue. The delays ensure that all the loudspeakers are working in time with each other even if they are in different positions. Finally the peak limiters help protect your soundsystem by stopping the amplifiers from clipping.

There are different LMS more suitable for different applications, such as touring and install. Touring LMS tend to have access to settings on the front panel. Install units often don't have front panel controls and instead are controlled from a computer or remote control to stop unqualified people tampering with settings. Most LMS will have presets for common soundsystem configurations for you to use as a starting point. You should also be able to save your own preset so you do not need to set everything up again at the beginning of each gig. ember you do not need an LMS for a pair of Koala 12m's and a pair of Panda 18's. This is because of the Panda 18's internal crossover.