Product Catalog: Part 1

Today we’re doing an overview of the QSC Cinema Products catalog.

We’ll be flying at 10k feet, but that should be plenty in order to acquaint you with the tools we have available to configure any cinema application.

So let’s get started.

The QSC Cinema Products catalog includes a wide range of products that are fit to serve the largest multiplex cinemas around the world

all the way through to your favorite local venue that wants to provide the occasional movie night experience.

So we’ve got a lot to talk about don’t we?

As we go through this program we’ll mention some documents that we’ve added to the Links & downloads section.

So when you see this symbol, it’s a reminder to check ‘em out when you get a chance.

Let’s start off with our cinema processors.

QSC was the first company to combine all the essential functions of cinema audio into a single device:

Crossovers, booth monitor, signal routing, EQ, and even remote status monitoring to satisfy the demand for remote network control.

Our next generation lineup of processors currently includes two different series. The DCM Series, and the DPM Series.

We’ll cover both of these series here.

The Digital Cinema Monitor, or DCM Series, provides a Booth monitor, crossovers, EQ and Intrinsic Correction.

This is the perfect choice to compliment an existing cinema processor, or for legacy, film-only installations.

This is a good example of a typical system design using our DCM 300 that’s receiving it’s analog input from an existing cinema processor.

Note that it can handle a 7.1 surround system complete with passive, bi, tri, or quad-amp screen channels.

The Digital Processing Monitor, or DPM Series includes the same features, including Intrinsic Correction,

but 10 digital inputs, signal processing and remote status monitoring through the DPM Manager application.

The DPM Series models are an all-in-one solution that receive their digital input directly from the Integrated Media block, or server.

They feature full graphic and parametric EQ and include more surround and subwoofer outputs for very large rooms.

The DPM series can also accommodate passive, bi-, tri-,or quad-amp screen channel operation,

and the DPM 300H includes an HDMI input that de-codes Dolby Digital Plus™

and DTS-HD® multi-channel surround formats from sources like blue ray players and satellite receivers.

We’ve included some links to the Specs for these processors in the Links & Downloads section so you can spend more time really digging into the details.

And then there’s the Q-SYS Ecosystem for Cinema which allows for a deeper, integrated solution for video, audio, and control.

Q-SYS can serve all of the functions of a Cinema processor, but can also do a whole lot more.

On top of software-based signal processing and routing, Q-SYS can also handle all the control you need, AND monitor every device in the system.

The Q-SYS Core is the engine for the Ecosystem.

We have several options when it comes to Core processors from small to large, based on channel count, processing power, and I/O options.

The Core 8 Flex and Core Nano processors feature a 64 x 64 channel count with the 8 Flex offering 8 flexible channels

that can be configured as either inputs or outputs, or some of each.

The Core 110f processor features 128 x 128 total network channels and a plethora of onboard I/O options.

The Core 510i processor, with 256 x 256 channels features 8 I/O card slots to be used with a variety of optional cards depending on your needs.

Our DCIO and DCIO-H are not processors, but cinema-specific interfaces that serve as the audio I/O for each screen in a Q-SYS™ enabled cinema complex.

It includes AES3 inputs that come directly from a cinema server, Mic/Line inputs, GPIO and Relays, and even outputs for Hearing Impaired and Visually Impaired audio.

PLUS an output with 10 watts of power for a booth monitor.

The DCIO – along with a Q-SYS Core processor, our network amplifiers and Digital Cinema Series loudspeakers make up the Q-SYS Ecosystem for Cinema installations,

and provides a cost-effective way to realize the SYNERGY that comes from a full QSC solution.

Let’s talk about QSC amplifiers.

Since their introduction over 20 years ago,

QSC’s DCA Series amplifiers have become the de facto industry standard for cinema installations, used in more than half of the world’s movie theatres.

And since all of our cinema processors come with Dataport connectors, they’re a perfect match with our DCA Series amplifiers.

These VGA-style Dataport connectors simplify wiring and make installation fast and easy.

A single QSC DataPort connection includes two channels of audio and everything else you see here.

DCA Series amplifiers have five 2-channel and two 4 channel models that vary in power from 200 to 1700 watts- per channel.

And these are some of the notable features of DCA amplifiers.

They include, Active Inrush Limiting, which allows them to be turned on and off safely without expensive AC power sequencers,

and PowerLight technology, which delivers bigger bass, cleaner highs AND eliminates hum and reduces noise.

The CX-Q Series are network amplifiers designed for the Q-SYS Ecosystem. We have 4 and 8-channel models ranging to a total maximum power of up to 8000 W.

This is a good time to talk about some of the pretty cool technology that we’ve built into our CX-Q amplifier series.

(FAST), or Flexible amplifier Summing Technology distributes the total amplifier power across either one,

two, three or all four channels depending on how the amplifier is configured.

This allows the amplifier to operate in both Bridge and Parallel modes and delivers the highest single channel power at 6 ohms

(the sweet spot between standard 4 and 8 ohm loads).

Along with FAST, these network amps feature another QSC signature innovation, FlexAmp.

FlexAmp allows each channel to deliver only the amount of power required by the loudspeaker load on that channel.

So, for instance, to power a QSC SC-444 screen channel loudspeaker using an amplifier rated at 4000 total Watts,

your low frequency cabinets could take 1500 watts each,

the midrange driver could take 500 watts and your high and very high frequency drivers still have more than enough power to drive them.

And it happens automatically with no setup required from the user.

FlexAmp and FAST make the CX-Q series incredibly versatile, and eliminate the need for multiple, single-purpose amplifiers.

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