Square One Dynamics

The constantly-changing hardware requirements of technical riders are just one of the many issues audio rental companies and live music venues have to deal with. Having to retain a comprehensive inventory of different devices, as well as reconfiguring outboard processing racks is a costly, time-consuming task, further complicated by the number of hardware options available.
The solution: Klark Teknik Square ONE dynamics. Eight channels of flexible, configurable, high-performance dynamics processing in one 3U package. The right brand, the right combination, the right investment, every time.

Square One Graphic

Klark Teknik has been designing audio equalisers since 1975, and has an impressive back catalogue, which includes the DN27,  DN360 and DN370 three of the industry’s finest and longest-established designs.

The Square ONE graphic represents 30-years of Klark Teknik’s design expertise, offered at a more accessible price point, bringing superb audio performance within reach of the most budget-sensitive applications.

DN360 Graphic

Very occasionally, a design is so correct from the very start that it needs little or no development over many years.

The Klark Teknik DN360 has been in continuous production for over twenty years with only one minor design revision, and is still the most popular analogue graphic equaliser on the planet.

With over 35,000 units shipped worldwide to date, DN360 has achieved ubiquity in pro-audio circles. So why is it so enduringly popular? Like all KT units it is well designed and engineered to very high standards so will handle continuous road use with only minimal service. They are also very consistent, so engineers using units sourced locally all over the world will get the same response every time.

But perhaps most important of all is the way they sound – it’s notoriously difficult to describe sound, but talk to anyone that prefers DN360s to any other graphic and they will use words like ‘musical’ ‘smooth’ ‘responsive’ and ‘great sounding’. Primarily this is because we use proportional-Q filtering, where the ‘Q’ value of the frequency increases as the cut or boost increases. This provides a flowing response at low cut / boost values, but also accurate frequency control at higher values.

DN370 Graphic

The all-new Klark Teknik DN370 is the latest evolutionary step in a process of design refinement that goes back over 30 years. With DN370 we’ve started from the ground up and produced a unit that is totally without compromise, and one that we believe is the finest professional graphic equaliser in the world today. It also perfectly complements the existing Klark Teknik range of equalisers, both analogue and digital.

Our aim is simply to provide discerning professional users with the best possible solutions for system control. Our market research shows that the graphic equaliser is still the most commonly-used EQ device in fixed and mobile live sound applications, as well as many installations, mainly because the physical user interface provides instant access and controllability in even the most demanding environments. To this end we have completely re-evaluated the role of the graphic EQ, focusing exclusively on providing a new feature set that better reflects the needs of modern users.

Like all Klark Teknik units, DN370 is engineered for a lifetime of hard use and carries our 3-year international factory warranty

DN9848E Speaker system controller

The digital system controller has been one of the fastest developing areas of signal processing in recent years. This is principally because it allows designers to combine a number of key control functions within a single device, thereby lowering overall costs and adding convenience. Unfortunately, in many cases the relevance of the audio performance of the device has been overshadowed by the ‘bells and whistles’ functionality of the unit, ultimately somewhat defeating the object of the exercise. With the new Klark Teknik Helix DN9848E system controller, no compromise has been made in either the feature set or the audio performance.

The Helix DN9848E brings a new level of flexibility to system control whether for live production or installation use. Since there is no preset routing within the device, it can be easily preprogrammed to perform almost any system-control task. Limiters and compressors on all outputs plus compressors on all inputs provide ultimate speaker control and protection, whilst no less than ninety-six bands of fully parametric EQ allow for both room and system equalisation. Best of all, there’s enough processing power onboard to allow every function to be available all the time, regardless of what is already in use.

DN9344E 4 channel graphic

Helix DN9344E is a fantastic example of how clever digital design can make products smaller and lighter without sacrificing functionality. Helix DN9344E Quad EQ is actually, as the name suggests, TWO complete DN9340E Helix Dual EQ units in just a single rackspace device, providing four discrete or two pairs of stereo-linked channels of multi-configurable EQ, that can be controlled singly or as part of a larger system from a single DN9340E Helix Dual EQ, or via Helix EQ Remote Control Software (RCS). Up to 64 channels can be controlled from one master unit or the RCS. Additionally the 31 band graphic function of the unit can be controlled via the unique DN9331 RAPIDE with its 31 motorised 100mm faders. Perfect for installations, it is also fitted with contact closures to allow for memory recall by a mechanical device.

The principal operational advantage of the Helix DN9344E is that it offers all the functionality of several standalone devices in one package, thus saving massively on both cost and rackspace. For instance, enough EQ for a 24-way monitor mix plus two sidefills will fit into just SIX rackspaces (six DN9344E Quad EQs), at a comparative cost to the same number of channels of top-class analogue graphic EQ.