TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Flare Audio Launches X2A at ABTT 2014
British loudspeaker manufacturer Flare Audio has announced a new, smaller compact vertical point source system – the X2A.
Te X2A system, comprising the X2A Compact Vertical Point Source Array, the Q12 bass, and the X0A Mini Compact Vertical Point Source Array speaker, is designed to bring the same studio reference
quality using Vortex and Space technologies (from the X5A) to smaller installations and live events. Using the company’s Space, Vortex, and Nanoflow technologies, the X2A allows sound to be produced with a minimum of interference from box pressure and resonance with the aim that the purity of sound will provide a platform for expression allowing engineers to work with the sound created by the artist, not the loudspeaker.
Te X0A can be used as a low-level installation speaker, arrayed in a vertical point source, or used as a delay
www.flareaudio.com Audinate Announces Dante Via
Audinate started this year’s InfoComm with a bang, announcing its 150th Dante licensee, Kramer Electronics, as well as launching its Dante Via technology. According to the company, Via transforms Macs and PCs into networked I/O devices, allowing users to build a complete, standalone audio system of networked PCs without the need for any dedicated Dante-enabled hardware to be present on the network. In essence, any computer instantly becomes a networked audio I/O device. “Audinate’s mission is to revolutionise the way AV systems are connected to allow people to thrive in a networked world,” stated Lee Ellison, CEO of Audinate. “Dante Via is another example of Audinate pioneering innovation, driving the convergence of audio with an IT world. Dante Via naturally complements the vast ecosystem of Dante-enabled products developed by our 150 OEMs.” Via can be used to create a flexible audio bridge for a computer to connect with legacy USB, FireWire, and Tunderbolt audio interfaces and transform them into networked devices. Without the need for additional hardware, Dante Via transmits and receives professional quality audio via an Ethernet port to and from such endpoints.
Via can also be used to distribute or loopback audio via the network from any application such as Cubase, Pro Tools, Nuendo, Logic, Reaper, or even Skype.
www.audinate.com
www.audiomedia.com AwTAC Releases Channel Compressor
Awesome Transistor Amplifier Company (AwTAC) has introduced the Channel Compressor, a brand new FET Compressor for the 500 series format.
Reminiscent of classic sounding compressors, the Channel Compressor behaves like channel compression does on a console, builds up well in a mix, and is quick and easy to set. Transformer balanced input and output help deliver a big iron sound with its associated weight, while carefully tuned discrete transistor amplifiers are used in the audio and side-chain circuit. Te FET side-chain affects the gain of the input amp and can be thought of as an ‘auto-fader’ offering very smooth sounding compression akin to optical compressors.
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V4.1 for Sennheiser Wireless Systems
Te Wireless Systems Manager 4.1 is available now for either PC or Mac as a free download. Version 4.1 has a function that protects any selected frequency settings before the software calculates a new plan.
Te software indicates the spacing between a microphone frequency and its neighbouring frequencies to the ‘left’ and the ‘right’, whether this is another carrier or an intermodulation product. Tis provides a better idea about how reliable a frequency is. If not all of your microphone and monitoring channels can be accommodated within a given spectrum window, the software will go below the recommended spacing but indicate this by marking the frequency red. In this case you could consider making this frequency a spare one or assigning it to a less important wireless link – or decide to move to another part of the spectrum altogether if possible.
Additionally, version 4.1 allows users to set their own individual noise threshold. If the power of an interfering source is below the selected threshold, the frequency it is on would still be good to use; if the interfering source is more powerful (i.e. above the threshold), its frequency will automatically be disregarded for the set-up.
www.sennheiser.co.uk
System 10 New from Audio-Technica
Audio-Technica introduced its System 10 camera-mount wireless microphone system at InfoComm 2014.
Te lightweight hot or cold-shoe mountable ATW-R1700 receiver is compact (8.9cm x 5.7cm x 2.8cm) and features an independent headphone monitor output and selectable balanced or unbalanced audio output on 3.5mm mini- jack connectors. Powered by an internal rechargeable (via micro-USB and included adaptor) Li-Ion battery, the System 10 camera mount unit has both receiver and transmitter battery life indicators and can be used with Audio-Technica’s System 10 beltpack or dynamic handheld digital wireless microphone transmitters. System 10 operates in the 2.4GHz range, immune to TV and DTV interference, and is said to offer accurate sound and easy operation with instantaneous channel selection, sync, and set-up.
Te system ensures clear communications
by providing three levels of diversity assurance: frequency, time, and space. Frequency Diversity sends the signal on two dynamically allocated frequencies for interference-free communication. Time Diversity sends the signal in multiple time slots to maximise immunity to multipath interference. Finally, Space Diversity uses two antennas on each transmitter and receiver to maximise signal integrity. Te ATW-R1700 camera-mount receiver will be available in September.
www.audio-technica.com
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