Harman exhibits at ISE 2013 a wide catalog of audio news

As has already been a tradition in all editions of ISE, Harman has exhibited at Integrated Systems Europe 2013 all the news from the different brands that are part of this international group.

One of the great novelties of Soundcraft, brand belonging to the group Harman, an ISE 2013 is the Si Expression range of digital consoles. Available in three sizes, Si Expression 1, 2 y 3 offer 16, 24 y 32 faders and microphone inputs, respectively. All three are capable of hosting up to 66 inputs for mixing by connecting any Soundcraft stagebox including the two new Mini Stagebox 16 y 32 (16 x 8 y 32 x 16) also launched at the fair or by connecting additional inputs over MADI or AES/EBU. All external inputs are additional to the connections on the desktop itself.

Another Soundcraft launch at the ISE show is the compact Studer Vista all-in-one console 1, now available in an even more compact version of 22 faders, which measures just over 1 meter wide, and fits perfectly in small spaces, as in mobile units. For small vans where the audio console fits into the cabin area, the view 1 offers a complete solution that does not require additional racks, including integral I/O, DSP and surround sound management including up and down mixing.

The View 1 relies heavily on View 5, so current Vista users will be immediately familiar with all the functionality of the Vistonics user interface, in addition to functions such as diffusion control, intercommunication, red light control, GPIO, buses Nx (Mix Minus), DAW automation and control. With a built-in DSP engine 96 canales, the view 1 can handle mono inputs, stereo and 5.1 easily, and is supplied with 32 microphone inputs / line, 16 line outputs and four pairs of AES inputs and outputs on rear panel connections.

Besides, Soundcraft has announced additional option cards for its range of Vi Series family consoles., And Compact, Si Performer and Si Expression. The first card is a multi-digital interface card that offers 16×16 Firewire or USB connection channels, along with eight channels of optical ADAT, making it a very simple recording interface available for the most popular consoles.

The launch of the Dante interface card and the BSS BLU link card have also been announced., providing a simple and convenient interface to any Harman product equipped with the BSS BLU Link digital audio bus, the most recent of which is the dbx PMC16 Personal Monitor System, which allows the console to power the monitor controllers directly.

The ideal solution for any live sound

Another of the partial companies of the Harman group, AKG has unveiled its new line of digital automatic microphone mixers at ISE: the DMM6 and the DMM12. With an intuitive user interface, numerous DSP functions and high signal to noise ratio (S / N), The DMM series offers users the highest quality in automatic mixing technology.

The DMM12 offers 12 entries, while easily adjusting the microphone to line level. Its four line outputs (2x stereo) are individually assignable for each input. Stereo recording outputs are individually assignable, while the headphone output port allows users to listen to each input and output individually. For your part, DMM6 model offers six inputs and two line outputs at 1x stereo.

When in use, all inputs are active, but attenuated to a level that is equal to the level of an 'active microphone'. If two or more inputs receive corresponding input signals, its amplification increases to a level, allowing global production to match an 'active microphone', resulting in a stable absolute feedback system.

Besides, AKG has unveiled a new line of desktop microphone stands for all environments. The ST6 houses all of AKG's XLR-based microphones, CGN321STS and CGN521STS and their programmable switch accommodate gooseneck microphones and STS DAM+ provides a base for DAM+ gooseneck modules and CS321/521 goosenecks.

Also, The Austrian manufacturer has unveiled the Discussion System CS3, a modern and stylish modular system offering a wide variety of different gooseneck microphone options that can be expanded up to 120 units. The CS3 BU is a 2HE transmission interface device. 19 inches that allows you to control up to 60 delegate stations and the CS3 CU (Boss Unit) is the microphone station of the system, with options to mute all other delegates and activate the 'next in line' function. The station features a detachable cardioid condenser microphone, available in two lengths: CS321 30 cm and CS521 50 cm. The station offers a built-in speaker and two stereo audio jacks. 3,5 mm for headphones. Delegate units, CS3DU 30 y CS3DU 50 They have the same basic characteristics.

New Crown Reference Products

For your part, Crown Audio is showing at ISE its new power amplifier 4 canales I-Tech HD Series 4x3500HD DriveCore Series. The I-Tech 4x3500HD 4 channels incorporates Crown's sixth-generation Class I engine with DriveCore technology to provide 3.500 watts per channel into four or two ohms, and offers a number of advanced features, including a TFT LCD 4,3 inch with capacitive touch screen, HiQnet System Architect control functionality 2.0 and the version 5 Predefined DSP support for VTX Series V25 plus Vertec Series line array loudspeakers. The I-Tech 4x3500HD offers an unprecedented degree of operational flexibility. The front panel LCD touch screen 4,3 inches provides amplifier monitoring and access to key functions.

In addition, the company has announced the launch of DriveCore Install power amplifiers (DCi) Series. New stereo and multichannel analog amplifiers incorporate a series of improvements, including DriveCore technology to set new industry standards for reliability, sound quality, flexibility and efficiency. Hay 12 DCi Series models available ranging from 300 a 600 watts (in 4 y 8 ohms and 70Vrms and 100Vrms).

New JBL CWT128 speaker

Regarding the company JBL Professional, has released its CWT128 speakers, With an all-new design that offers great wide-angle coverage. The CWT128 incorporates CWT Crossfired Waveguide technology, designed to provide seamless horizontal coverage across a total of 160 degrees. The CWT128's relatively compact and small size make it ideal for performance spaces, temples, auditoriums, transport hubs, theme parks, sports facilities and other indoor and outdoor applications.

JBL has also unveiled at ISE its MTC-CBT-70T volt transformer module for its CBT 70J-1 Constant Beamwidth Technology line array column speakers and its CBT 70JE-1 low-frequency extension module; and the white version of its PRX415M and PRX412M passive portable speakers - the PRX415M-WH from 15 inches and the PRX412M-WH of 12 inches, offering the same performance in a stylish white finish, giving system designers another speaker option to fit discreetly into various environments requiring white speaker systems..

Rest of the news

Another of Harman's companies, BSS Audio, has presented the AVB functionality at ISE (Audio Video IEEE Bridging) to its Soundweb London family of digital signal processors with the addition of two new devices: los Soundweb London BLU-805 y BLU-325, which are AVB versions of the CobraNet BLU-800 and BLU-320 from which they are derived. Besides, BSS Audio has added Audinate Dante-enabled processors to a lineup that also includes Cirrus Logic CobraNet and AVB, resulting in the BLU-806, offering the same configurable signal processing capability of the BLU-800 device. Both devices offer new configurable inputs and outputs, Compatibility with all Soundweb London input and output card options, logical processing capacity, Soundweb London digital audio bus 256 channels and GPIO.

For your part, dbx announced in Amsterdam the launch of the TR1616 BLU link I/O, a digital ramp module with config16 inputs and 16 outputs incorporating digital audio network connectivity, and the PMC Personal Monitor Controller, a remote control that sits close to the performer and allows you to easily set up and control your own personal mix up to 16 audio channels.

Finally, Harman Professional, has announced at ISE the European launch of HiQnet Audio Architect, with which the firm brings together two powerful and complete network configuration and control technologies in one intuitive and versatile software application. HiQnet Audio Architect, which combines the functionality of HiQnet System Architect and HiQnet London Architect, It has been designed from the ground up with an underlying code base and human-based workflow paradigm to improve performance on larger systems.. The step-by-step application workflow, from which a carefully constructed modal interface is derived, includes offline design tools specifically packaged for the systems designer and online operations tools built in with the systems engineer in mind.