Compact footprint solution

Funktion-One has released its Vero VX, developed over the last three years to offer sound for a wider range of venues and environments due to its more compact footprint. The Vero VX system comprises VX90 full-range vertical array elements, V124 or V221 bass enclosures, amp racks, fly bars, transport dollies, ground-stack hardware, cabling and projection predictive software.

The VX90 is a three-way vertical array element with four newly designed neodymium drivers in a horizontally symmetric configuration: two reflex-loaded, high-efficiency, 12-inch mid-bass drivers; one Axhead-loaded, wide-bandwidth, 8-inch cone mid-range driver; and a single 1-inch compression driver on a proprietary isophase diffraction waveguide. The VX90 measures 1,120mm x 340mm (WxH), its usable bandwidth is 50Hz to 20kHz and the horizontal dispersion is 90°.

The patented Lambda rigging system results from 40 years of development and refinement of the manufacturer’s rear tension rigging methods. This enables cabinets to be transported and flown as straight columns, then tensioned into preset angles once the complete array is suspended.

The Lambda system’s optimised rotation axis is said to ensure perfect alignment at vertical angles between 0–12.5° for coherent summation. There is a choice of fixed- or movable-point flying beams. The movable-point beam incorporates motorised adjustment, enabling the inclination and declination of the entire array to be remotely set while flown from a single motor.

Funktion-One’s driver and waveguide technology also enable a single transducer to cover ‘more than four octaves of the audio spectrum’, from 300Hz to 5kHz. This approach reportedly ensures vocals and musical harmonics are coherent in both time and space, providing benefits in clarity, intelligibility and stereo imaging.

Designed to be more energy-efficient, the Vero VX means up to eight cabinets can be powered from a single amplifier, while a 32-box system plus additional subwoofers can be powered by six amps.