Procella P8 and Immersio: Innovative Technology Integration
Procella’s 20th anniversary arrives with something rare in pro audio: a design reboot that respects heritage while solving real installation problems. The team revisits its first loudspeaker, the P8, and rethinks it as a waveguide rather than a driver, crossing the line between a tech showpiece and a refined object. The new P8 mounts the driver from the rear to hide screws, integrates a Fibonacci-inspired pattern, and reduces crossover parts by half to minimise loss and phase smear. The cabinet embraces a new visual language that echoes the brand’s square logo without shouting about it. It’s not cosmetic for its own sake; it’s function disguised as elegance, the kind of “quiet” finish that makes sense in high-end listening rooms and behind screens.
The biggest change is about sound in space, not specs on paper. Procella tunes dispersion from the main listening position across small, medium, and large rooms, balancing output needs with screen distance and seat coverage. The redesigned waveguide and compression driver pair control energy where it matters, preserving off-axis clarity and smoothing transitions at the crossover. That focus on seating geometry turns a single model into a scalable tool: as distance increases, so does the acoustic requirement, and the system responds with driver size and power rather than a blunt increase in loudness. The result is intelligibility that holds together in real rooms with real constraints, not just in anechoic fantasies.
Low-frequency design follows the same philosophy. The new Uno series of sealed subwoofers maps simply to room volume: single driver, chosen size, predictable behaviour. The U21 packs a 21-inch driver into a 300 mm-deep cabinet that slides into baffle walls without taking up extra space, and it features clever handles and orientation options. For markets that crave more headroom, the 24-inch variant retains the same front footprint and measures just 390 mm deep, showing that scale doesn’t have to mean bulk. A compact U12 at only 200 mm deep joins the line for smaller spaces, carrying the same visual and mechanical language so installers can mix models without mismatched aesthetics.
Then there’s Immersio, Procella’s answer to a long-standing integrator headache: marrying non-perforated LED walls with accurate, coherent sound. Partnering with NanoLumens, the system offers 0.7-1.2 mm-pitch DVLED panels, Aurora 23-bit processing, and screen variants with up to 10-year warranties. The twist is architectural: full-range arrays are mounted above the screen, with dispersion and placement informed by more than 350 commercial deployments. The choice of scope aspect adds cinematic intent, while running at sane nit levels preserves black-and-grey detail rather than chasing show-floor brightness. It’s a visual platform that respects audio, not a compromise pretending to be one.
A demo room ties it together with a 7.1.4 layout using P6-based LCRs, angled on-walls, and dual 18-inch subs to show how the pieces scale in irregular spaces. Every decision points to a practical truth: installations succeed when form, function, and physics align. By simplifying product naming, unifying hardware design, and tuning dispersion to seating, Procella makes complex rooms less fragile. The company’s twentieth year reads less like nostalgia and more like a blueprint—cleaner mechanics, tighter patterns, and deeper integration between screen and sound. For listeners, that means impact without fatigue. For installers, it means fewer trade-offs and fewer surprises when the room fills up.
Learn more about Procella here - LINK
