App Detail » VARI Series

Published by: Guitar Center, Inc.

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Price: FREE!
Current Version: 1.0.1
Released: August 30, 2023

What's New

Includes improvements to stability, workflow and usability for smoother operation.

App Description

Control VARI V3412, V3415, V4112 Or V4115 Powered Speakers From The Audience Position, To Get Ideal Sound For Your Venue And Application
·Customize voicings, and save your personal settings to the VARI’s hardware memory so they'll be available any time, with or without the app
·Control the master speaker of a Smart Stereo setup, and hear every adjustment in real time from all speakers in the setup

From The App Or The VARI’s Own User Interface You Can Adjust The Sound As Follows
·Voicing Selection – the hardware and app both allow you to select any of the voicings, which tune the speaker sound for various applications
·Bass and Treble – these are knobs on the hardware, and controlled by sliders in the app
·Sub Cut – this is a feature on the hardware, and also on the app, that lets you enable/disable a Low Cut Filter (V4112/V4115 also allows cut off frequency to be selected)
·Location (V4412/V4415 Only)–this is a menu on the hardware, and also in the app, allowing a selection of Pole, Floor or Wall (Pole leaves sound unaltered, Floor and Wall reduce bass frequencies to compensate for those physical placements, when the speaker is on the floor in "wedge" position, or placed against a wall)
·Master Volume (V4112/V4115 Only)–this is a knob on the hardware, and controlled by a slider in the app
·NOTE YOU CANNOT CONTROL INPUT VOLUME (the gain of individual channels of the VARI), as those are analog gain controls

The App Lets You Customize Voicings
·The VARI’s own hardware user interface only allows voicing selection, not voicing editing
·Each voicing is made up of multiple EQ bands, each can be set for Butterworth Low Cut (aka High Pass), Low Shelf, Parametric (AKA Peaking), or High Shelf
·V3412/V3415 provide 4 EQ bands per voicing, V4112/V4115 provide 7 EQ bands per voicing
·You can edit and store voicings to VARI’s memory, so these will be available from the app, and without it
·V3412/V3415 have 5 voicings, and V4112/V4115 have 10 voicings
·V3412/V3415 voicings are Standard, Club, Speech, Floor Monitor, Custom (APP)
·V4112/V4115 first 5 voicings are Standard, Club, Live Band, Speech, AcoGtr&Vox
·V4112/V4115 last 5 voicings are called User 1-5, all set to flat (same as Standard), as a starting point for your customization

V4112/V4115 Allow These Additional Controls
·All are accessible from the hardware display and app
·Stereo Master Is Left (Or Is Right) – for Smart Stereo, you decide whether master speaker is left or right channel audio
·DI For Stereo – choose a mono DI out when running stereo, or use the DIRECT OUT to support multiple Smart Stereo pairs
·LED – Set LED to indicate Power+Limit, or Power Only, or disable LED

V3412/V3415 Allow These Additional Controls
·V4112/V4115 cannot support these features from an app
·Routing–like the hardware ROUTING button, selects Normal (Mono), Stereo Master, or Link In routing
·Bluetooth–On/Pair and Off buttons provide the same capability as the VARI hardware buttons
·Firmware Version – The V3412/V3415 firmware version is reported in the tools window (accessed from gear symbol near top right of main window)

The VARI And App Also Let You Save/Recall Preset(s)
·V3412/V3415 have 1 Preset, V4112/V4115 have 6 Presets
·These store the current operational state of the speaker, for later recall
·For example, you could have a floor monitor preset that includes your personal tweak on the bass and treble
·Or you could store your setup for Smart Stereo, including both the tuning and the audio routing configuration

Set App Code
·Tools window (accessed from gear symbol near top right of main window) allows you to set App Code
·Default App Code is 0000
·Set App Code to a different value, to restrict app control to only those with this app code

You Can Also Stream Audio Via Bluetooth While Using The App
·Play the audio from your audio apps on the phone, such as the standard music app, while you also run The VARI Series App