The Beamforming Microphone Array is the Pro-Audio industry’s first professional-grade microphone array with beamforming and adaptive steering technology and ClearOne's next-generation Acoustic Echo Cancellation.

The ultra-sleek design fits into any conferencing environment and delivers the clearest audio pickup available with adaptive acoustic processing. Twenty-four microphone elements can steer its pickup pattern towards participants in the room and reject unwanted noise and reflections, thereby offering superb and unmatched performance for group conferencing environments.

Applications:

• Board Room
• Conference Room
• Training Center
• Courtroom
• House of Worship
• Telepresence

Features:

• Beamforming & adaptive steering technology
• Next-generation Acoustic Echo Cancellation
• 24 microphone elements
• Mono and stereo modes for diverse applications
• Flexible mounting for ceiling
• Works with CONVERGE® Pro products: 880, 840T, 880T, 880TA
• Expandable for larger room applications by daisy-chaining up to three arrays per CONVERGE Pro unit
• Adaptive acoustic processing automatically adjusts to room configuration for best possible audio pickup
• Replaces up to 10 traditional microphones, with twice the pick-up range

Specifications:

• AUDIO
• Acoustic Characteristics:
  • 24 microphones
  • Auto voice tracking
  • Polar Pattern: Custom
  • Frequency Response: 150Hz - 16kHz
  • Signal to Noise Ratio: >70 dB
  • AEC Tail time: 128 ms
  • Noise Cancellation: 6 - 15 dB adjustable
• Auto Mixer Parameters:
  • Number of Open Microphones (NOM)
  • First mic priority mode
  • Last mic mode
  • Maximum number of mics mode
  • Ambient level
  • Gate threshold adjust
  • Off attenuation adjust
  • Hold time
  • Decay rate
• Matrix Mixing Parameters:
  • 1 Channel In
  • 18 Expansion Bus In/Out
• Beamforming Mic Array Configuration:
  • Echo cancellation on/off
  • Noise cancellation on/off
  • Filters:
  • ALC on/off
  • Gain adjust
  • Mute on/off
  • Auto gate/manual gate
• POWER
  • PoE IEEE 802.3AF-2003
  • CAT-5 cable or higher
  • 6 watts average power consumption
• Expansion Bus I/O
  • Proprietary Network
  • RJ-45 (2)
  • Category 5 twisted-pair cable for 200 feet maximum cable length between any two CONVERGE Pro devices
• USB
  • Not currently supported. Available for future use
• RS232
  • Commands through CONVERGE Pro
• Configuration/Administration Software:
  • CONVERGE Console (4.x)
• General:
  • 4.4 lbs (2.0kg)
  • W 30.0" x H 1.00" x D 5.75" (762mm x 25.4mm x 146mm)
  • Ceiling mount kit with 12" spanner
  • Ceiling mount kit with 24" spanner
  • Operating Temperature: 14° F/-10° C to 122° F/50° C ambient temperature
• Installation
  • Optimum Mounting Height: About 8 - 10 foot ceiling
  • Optimum Coverage Distance:
  • About 6 - 10 traditional cardioid mics
  • About 2 - 3 ClearOne ceiling mic array
  • About 8 - 10 foot radius
• Supported CONVERGE PRO*
  • CONVERGE Pro 840T
  • CONVERGE Pro 880
  • CONVERGE Pro 880T
  • CONVERGE Pro 880TA
• *Maximum 3 Beamforming microphone array per each supported CONVERGE Pro unit and maximum 16 units in one stack