Oceanway to demonstrate AeroWave large-venue sound system at NAMM

Oceanway Audio, led by multiple GRAMMY award-winner Allen Sides, will be hosting live demonstrations of its new AeroWave™ AW-9045 large-venue sound system technology at the NAMM 2023 exhibition.

"We look forward to meeting with our customers, colleagues and partners at NAMM 2023," commented Allen Sides, CEO and Founder of Oceanway Audio. "We are looking forward to demonstrating the AeroWave™ AW-9045 — our very latest point source system for live sound applications. This is a system that delivers superior clarity and definition, no matter where you are seated in a venue. Most importantly, it is very musical and fun to listen to."

Oceanway's AeroWave system reportedly has the widest linear horizontal and vertical dispersion of any comparable array system currently manufactured and said to be the only live sound system with superb directivity all the way down to 125Hz (which is simply not possible on line arrays using multiple, direct radiating components). The manufacturer also claims that AeroWave is also roughly 10 dB more efficient than other conventional line arrays because of its incredibly efficient straight horn design. The result is lower distortion, and a more natural sound — even at high sound pressure levels, says the company.

"For audiences in live sound and theatre applications, our AeroWave system is able to deliver a perfect stereo image to any seat in the house — even if that seat is off axis to either the left or right channels," commented Ernie Woody, Director of Production Operations, Oceanway Audio. "Practically speaking, traditional line arrays have a 'sweet spot' towards the center of the room where you need to be seated in to experience a good stereo performance — this can be very challenging for FOH engineers, since very often they need to have to mix in mono for the entire audience to hear. The advanced dispersion characteristics of AeroWave means that audience members can experience an optimal stereo mix from anywhere in the house."

AeroWave only requires one crossover point between two truly constant directivity high frequency and low frequency horns with identical flare rates. This eliminates the need for excessive amounts of digital corrections which are often needed to remediate anomalies present in multi-crossover/multi-direct radiator line array systems. Most importantly, the AeroWave™ system is able to impart an incredibly natural, ultra-wide bandwidth, truly high-fidelity sound — without a trace of harshness. So there you go.