Audio-Technica contributes to modernize the AV infrastructure at the University of Malaga

As the contractor of the project, the specialist Genuix has used 129 SmartMixer ATDM digital automatic mixer units-0604 of Audio-Technica in the classrooms of different faculties of this campus.

Given the needs posed by the pandemic, the Governing Council of the University of Malaga approved a series of guidelines to regulate the adequacy of university education to health requirements, that establishes a teaching planning that allows combining face-to-face and remote teaching, Called "Bimodal teaching".

The scenarios that are contemplated are two: the one that combines face-to-face activity with distance teaching and, other, that would be derived from a contingency plan in the case of not being able to develop any face-to-face activity.

To face these new challenges, The University of Malaga convened five competitions for the renewal of AV media in its classrooms. The Malaga company Genuix, offering engineering services, Design and installation of sound systems, video, Acoustics and lighting, was awarded four tenders.

Genuix has relied on the technology of Audio-Technica for this renewal, with the use of a total of 129 ATDM automatic mixer units-0604. specifically, 38 units have been deployed in the Faculty of Psychology; 19 in Medicine; 23 in Law; 11 in the Architecture and 38 in the Social Studies and Commerce Complex (CESC).

The endowment of each of the classrooms includes, in addition to Audio-Technica mixers, All types of audiovisual media, webcams, connectivity and everything necessary to allow the development of all academic activities to respond to the aforementioned bimodal teaching.

Those responsible for the installation considered that the automatic mixer ATDM-0604 of Audio-Technica would be the ideal solution to reliably manage the complexity and flexibility needs required.

ATDM-0604 Offers Six balanced innings, powered Phantom 48V switchable, Bass cutting filter, phase inversion and four-band EQ. The input gain can be adjusted for each mic input and it is also possible to specify attenuation for line inputs.

Your system acoustic echo cancellation Selectable applies to all balanced entries, and also has an unbalanced stereo input. To this are added two mono-balanced outputs and an unbalanced stereo.

Output addressing controls allow each input to direct one or both mono outputs, or stereo output. Each output channel is equipped with adjustable level, Twelve-band parametric EQ with cutting filter, compressor, Eight-channel feedback limiter and suppressor.

As he points out Jesus Calabria, Responsible for this project, "We decided to use the ATDM-0604 because it offered us, in a very compact format, everything we needed for this app: the right number of inputs and outputs for the classroom, USB interface that allows the class to be developed using any computer, while the teacher can use their laptop, with the audiovisual infrastructure of the classroom".

A highlight for Calabria "is that it required to have a very efficient echo cancellation system that allowed extremely clear and clean audio.. We value different options, but only Audio-Technica offered us a very compact unit that met the quality, price and the features we really needed".

Audio-Technica ATDM-0604 incorporates the SmartMixer technology, that allows you to automatically mix channels in mode gate or Sharing, ensuring high-quality sound without feedback, excessive ambient noise or comb filter, Something fundamental for an application of these characteristics.

Another advantage offered by ATDM-0604 "It allows us to have a homogeneous solution for the whole university, Calabria points out., which greatly facilitates the maintenance of the system, Rapid equipment replacement, Spare parts, Etc. In addition, the Web Remote functionality Streamlines all settings and configurations from any computer or mobile device".

Thanks to the Web Remote interface, monitoring and control tools are accessible via the front panel of the mixer or from a PC or Mac computer, as well as from iOS or Android devices.

It is also possible to store up to six different configurations as presets, allowing you to quickly move from one configuration to another, adapting to any need posed by the class.

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