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Fill speaker

A supplemental loudspeaker covering an audience area not adequately served by the main system.

Also known as: fill, supplemental loudspeaker

Reviewed

Setup

  • Front, out, under-balcony, lip, and side fills are level-, delay-, polarity-, and frequency-aligned so they extend coverage without drawing attention or creating destructive overlap.

Venue contexts

  • Theatre, concerts, festivals, broadcast, and corporate events, as applicable

Signal flow

  • Confirm the source, patch, transport, control, and destination for the system involved.

In practice

Front, out, under-balcony, lip, and side fills are level-, delay-, polarity-, and frequency-aligned so they extend coverage without drawing attention or creating destructive overlap.

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