Genelec GLM 4 optimizes workflow and increases the quality of mixes

In this version of the configuration software, Calibration and control of audio monitoring systems added new tools and compatibility with the Mac Catalina interface.

Genelec You have performed a free update of your configuration software, calibration and control of audio monitoring systems, GLM. The version 4 offers SAM monitor users the benefits of compatibility with the Mac Catalina interface and a set of new tools.

By minimizing the negative influence of room acoustics on listening, GLM 4 provides an optimal sound reference, anywhere the user chooses to work. Boost creativity, producing mixes that are played in other rooms and motorization systems.

Based on decades of research on data from thousands of studies around the world, the new version of this software that distributes Audio-Technica Iberia, integrates with the digital processing built into each SAM device, allowing each monitor and subwoofer to be networked for individual configuration and calibration, according to the user's specific acoustic environment.

The GLM reference microphone allows you to analyze the acoustics of the room, after which, AutoCal tool optimizes each monitor and subwoofer to adjust the level, delay as a function of distance, phase to subwoofer cutoff frequency and room response equalization.

Then, the user has additional options available for manual adjustment, achieving complete customization. This level of flexibility makes GLM 4 the perfect tool, both for those looking for fine tuning of an already acoustically treated room, as well as for those who work in more complicated environments, not acoustically designed for creative use of audio.

Compatible con Windows y Mac, including OS 10.15 Catalina, The version 4 incorporates a renewed user interface for faster navigation, more intuitive and simple. Created in collaboration with industrial designer Harri Koskinen, combines a clean and attractive aesthetic, with a character that users will find logical and pleasant.

Koskinen has been inspired by a hexagonal design that supports the idea of ​​natural growth, since GLM helps to develop one's own listening skills and allows the system to be expanded, from mono monitoring to a complex immersive system, as needs evolve.

GLM 4 offers all the functions of its predecessor GLM 3, along with a set of improvements that include dedicated configuration and control functions for immersive monitoring systems and compatibility with a growing number of international audio monitoring standards in mastering, broadcast, OTT y cine.

GLM 4 allows configuration storage, both locally and in the cloud, providing complete mobility and facilitating remote consultations to the Genelec team of audio experts.

In addition, implements fully scalable systems from mono and stereo to more than 80 immersive audio channels. Tight integration between hardware and software ensures the best system performance and the widest possible dynamic range. Besides, allows the user to switch between monitoring configurations without having to use extra outputs from their DAW or invest in expensive additional equipment.

As system control and optimization are executed at the end of the chain (on the same monitors and subwoofers), GLM users 4 benefit from constant low latency without having to bypass any monitoring software located on the master audio output.

This facilitates the creative process by avoiding the need to switch between 'record' and 'mix' modes., and once calibrated, The settings are saved within the monitor or subwoofer itself, preventing accidental changes from occurring.

“GLM 4 is the result of many years of continuous research into the effects of room acoustics on monitoring system performance, and will help optimize user workflow, raising the quality of your mixes. It is fully compatible with all previous generations of SAM systems. This means that professional users can be sure that it is the most advanced, efficient and intuitive calibration system on the market, in addition to guaranteeing that Genelec SAM systems are an extremely safe and expandable long-term investment for the future”, says Siamäk Naghian, director general de Genelec.