Innovason Eclipse GT implements digital microphone specifications
Acoustic parameters in auditoriums often aren’t straightforward. Digital mixing desks need to be able to reflect the musical requirements of both the performers and the space. This is especially the case in open-air classical music concerts, where the high amount of signals coming from the stage and the enormous dynamic provided by the instruments are a challenge for every sound engineer.
The Eclipse GT from Lawo’s
Innovason brand was the world’s first mixer to implement all the specs within a network of digital microphones from Neumann/Sennheiser. When Neumann Solution-D microphones are used, the audio remains in the digital domain from the mics all the
way out to the amplifiers. This means that the engineer can forget about noise problems that usually arrive from analogue cable- patching: there aren’t any clipping problems, there is no analogue gain sharing, there are fewer problems with feedback and all microphones are fully synchronised by the system clock. Because digital
microphones’ settings are stored within pages and snapshots of the GT console, engineers can access microphone parameters via the GUI of Innovason’s Nova version 2.0 software for Eclipse. This offers
adjustments of polar pattern, tone generator, limiter/ compression and
attenuation. Subsequently, each signal path in the desk is enriched by the
functionality of the Solution- D microphone. Innovason’s original
SmartFAD concept has been enhanced and is now embedded in the new SmartPanel on the Eclipse GT giving users 96 ‘faders’, while the control surface is furnished with 48 faders and 48 configurable rotary knobs (spread over four layers). According to Innovason, the Eclipse GT will fulfill audio expectations for installations at prestigous operas or theatres as well as for houses of worship appplications.
The M.A.R.S. (Multi-track
Audio Recording System) platform from Innovason includes a built-in 64-track recorder which records directly onto a hard disk that
can be
plugged into the rear of the console. The system also enables up to 104 inputs to mix into 48 mix busses with the capacity to manage up to 320 inputs on the console using up to five remote audio racks. The Eclipse GT also gives
users
the ability to have
some universal outputs, local or remote (in the stagebox),
switchable from analogue to AES and all equipped with their own DSP. Helpfully, outboard processing doesn’t consume any of the DSP resources of the console. www.innovason.com