24 l October 2013
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Amptown races to work with Optocore/BroaMan
the past,” said Stefan Thomsen, sales manager, ASC Communication Systems. “We therefore see this new partnership as a logical development. ASC is a system house delivering technical solutions to its clients in terms of media technology, while Optocore and BroaMan offer the tools to create these solutions; they understand about infrastructure provision, and connectivity to fulfill the installation requirements.” Optocore director and head
Dierk Elwart, ASC marketing director; Optocore founder, Marc Brunke; and Stefan Thomsen, ASC sales manager at IBC2013
By Erica Basnicki
AMPTOWN SYSTEM Company (ASC) confirmed a dedicated dealership for Munich-based fibre-optic specialists Optocore/BroaMan at IBC last month. Headquartered in Hamburg,
ASC was founded in 1973 by Peter Matthes and Ulrich (Uli) Müller as an instrument and large-scale sound reinforcement
retail business. The two men, along with Leif Witte, have subsequently developed ASC into an experienced media engineering system house. “Both companies provide key technology in the large-scale event, live sound business and broadcast. It has now become an industrial standard to run glass fibre for transmitting signals to replace the vast amount of copper cabling of
of BroaMan Tine Helmle added: “We are excited by this partnership with ASC and the possibilities it offers. They are a long established company, with a great pedigree for delivering high-prestige projects. Furthermore they have fantastic outreach and most importantly they completely understand our technologies, and what they can bring to their sophisticated media integrations.”n
www.amptown-system.com www.broaman.com www.optocore.com
UNITED KINGDOM Callisto: Calrec’s latest star By Erica Basnicki
CALLISTO IS Calrec’s newest audio console for live broadcasters, launched at IBC2013. According to the company Callisto is designed for broadcast professionals who need to produce broadcast audio easily, but may not require as many resources as the company’s Apollo and Artemis consoles. “We’ve designed Callisto to
keep the user interface simple and straightforward,” said Henry Goodman, Calrec’s head of sales. “Throughout the design process, we’ve kept the focus not just on features and capabilities, but on the totality of the user experience. The result is the elegant console we’re introducing this week at IBC.” Users control Callisto via a
17” multitouch screen inspired by familiar tablet technology,
with a straightforward interface that uses established finger gestures to navigate the system. The physical control surface
is available in fixed 32- and 44-fader configurations with a streamlined layout. Each channel strip has only the most essential mechanical controls, featuring a fader, two flexible control cells and a dedicated gain pot.
Callisto uses Calrec’s Bluefin2 technology at its core, and the same 8192 x 8192 Hydra2 router as the Apollo and Artemis consoles. The broadcast-focused
feature set also includes complete system redundancy, dedicated delay on all paths with additional assignable input and output delay, and three 5.1 studio monitor outputs. It will ship in March/April 2014. n
www.calrec.com
Calrec’s Henry Bourne with the company’s latest console at IBC
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