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comprehensive control. “As live performance evolves rapidly towards a fully networked environment,” he says, “users seek to create flexible, high- capacity systems without the burden of complex network configuration or management. The open Ethernet AVB standard was chosen as our ‘media aware’ Gigabit network backbone, and we’ve tightly integrated the networked devices with the Venue software to make a modular system that’s flexible and reliable, yet easy to set up and maintain.” “On the hardware side, we
developed the next-generation StudioLive 32.4.2AI mixer which adds integrated networking so
flexibility definitely has something to do with that. “One of the key themes emerging during 2013 is the way the CL series helps audio professionals to maximise the use of audio networking,” comments Karl Christmas, senior manager for Commercial Audio. “CL’s Dante scalable networking is both flexible and easy to set up. This means that projects and installations which might previously have either shied away from an audio network, or had to adopt a solution which was complex to configure and use, can now enjoy its many benefits very easily.”
Hand-in-hand with
networking comes ever more flexible I/O and modularity in
“As live performance evolves rapidly towards a fully networked environment, users seek to create flexible,
high-capacity systems without the burden of complex network configuration or management” Sheldon Radford, Avid
consoles on the loop.” At Franco-German operation
Lawo-Innovason, product manager Hervé de Caro plans to integrate the live-music functionality of his Innovason Eclipse platform with the broadcast-routing flexibility of Lawo’s mc2 models: a cross- pollination that we’ll see a little more of later. “All of that broadcast routing power can be made available in a FOH or monitor console,” de Caro states.
REMOTEPAD Control of all these consoles is nothing if not thorough, with options ranging from touchscreen and tablets to good old-fashioned knobs. Most of all, in the age of
the iPad, the wireless apps are on the increase. “One of the main areas of focus for Roland Systems Group over the
past 12 months for our digital console development has been improved connectivity and integration and to address the desire of our users to be able to control the consoles remotely and connect easily to PC/Mac devices,” says RSG’s sales manager Simon Kenning. “This resulted in the launch of the M-200i – our first iPad controllable console – in
Roland ‘s first iPad controllable console, the M-200i
September 2012, followed by iPad Remote Control Apps for both the M-480 and M-300 consoles. The M-200i also addresses the issue of stable wireless connectivity by providing a LAN connector on the back panel to
PreSonus StudioLive
you can directly control the mixer, wirelessly or via Ethernet, using Mac, Windows and iOS,” adds PreSonus’ Oppenheimer. “We upgraded the interface to FireWire 800 and put the networking and interfacing on an option card to enable the future use of Thunderbolt and Dante.” At Yamaha Commercial
Audio, word is that an ever-wider variety of users is taking up the CL platform, from international broadcasters and sporting events to leading touring engineers, houses of worship, theatres and education – and networking
hardware design. “This year Yamaha has introduced further R series I/O units, the Ri8-D and Ro8-D, which make systems even more flexible by providing inputs and outputs exactly where they’re needed,” continues Christmas. “This means users can specify systems even more precisely tailored to the needs of any venue or event.”
“The last 12 months has also seen further expansion in the types of I/O format available,” adds Gordon, “connecting more options to the fibre network that can be shared between multiple
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