The latest software revision for the Roland Pro AV M-5000 O.H.R.C.A. platform is version 1.101, providing the latest M-48 personal mixing management and new GP I/O functions from the built-in 25-pin port on the rear of the console.
The M-48 supplies 40 channels that are mixed as 16 stereo groups to each musician on stage via a Cat-5/6e cable and allows each musician to control their own mix.
Users can also set up two monitor mix zones using REAC A and REAC B ports, which allows a separate set of 40 input sources that can be assigned in 16 stereo groups, providing multiple monitoring mix options without taking up any console resources.
The “Engineer’s Monitor” function allows an engineer at front of house to mirror a monitor mix to a local M-48 at the console from any M-48 on the network, listen to it, make adjustments, and send it back to the musician on stage.
Soundcraft just announced the availability of a firmware update for its Ui Series digital mixers that adds several new features and extends browser and device compatibility. The software now supports Microsoft’s latest Edge browser for both models, while the Ui12 now includes stereo recording features previously found only on the Ui16.
The update also provides a more secure password-protected Access Limitation System that now lets users assign secure access privileges to other users. A new sync ID feature has also been added that maintains channel sync across multiple browser windows, on different displays or even devices. Further enhancements include a MoreMe portrait on/off mode, the channel mutes now mutes auxes in PFL mode, and new global pre-fade aux send point selection.
Cadac has unveiled V3.01 for its CDC consoles, an update that includes enhanced channel copy and paste functions, a router GUI and network gain compensation, input and output patching enhancements, and direct outputs with additional options. Further, EQ, effects and dynamics settings can be stored in a user library and utilized to make custom fader layers. These can consist of any mixture of inputs, buses, VCAs and monitor faders.
In addition, the new CDC Offline Editor mirrors the console’s operating system using an identical GUI, enabling full offline functionality. Show files can be created or pre-existing files can be edited and then uploaded to or downloaded from the consoles via a USB key. CDC Offline Editor is anticipated to launch on the Apple App Store in the third quarter of the year.
Last year, Solid State Logic upgraded the feature sets of the SSL.Live console range with V3 software, which introduced over 40 software and hardware features. The L500 console was renamed the L500 Plus, increasing from 192 mix paths to 256 with a doubling of effects processing power (depending on the effects selected), while the L300 also offers an increase from 128 to 192 mix paths.
Additional highlights of V3 includes VCA control of matrix channels, new implementations for the user assignable buttons, and a new stereo version of the Fixed Point Per Octave Analyzer called the FPPO-lyser. It includes a difference mode, allowing the difference between two signals to be monitored and two sets of crosshairs to track the maximum level/frequency and the level of a specific frequency.
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