Lawo has announced that it will present its HOME management platform for IP media infrastructures at the InfoComm2023 show in Orlando at the Orange County Convention Center at booth 5281, in addition to its mc²36 xp and mc²56 production consoles that are both powered by the A__UHD Core audio engine.
With the new mc²36 xp desk, Lawo has developed a console with a control surface that’s identical to that of the mc²36 MkII and its available fader counts (16, 32 or 48), but reliant on external DSP processing by an A__UHD Core processing unit. Designed to support setups involving several mc²56 and/or mc²96 consoles, the mc²36 xp provides the same workflow in locations where space is at premium or where lower channel counts are required, supports up to 256 DSP channels and offers Lawo’s audio quality, IP network and processing redundancy, and optional multi-slice console array capability.
With the optional Pooling 8 license, the DSP power of one A__UHD core can be shared among eight virtual or physical console surfaces to enable more cost-effective audio processing. The mc²36 xp supports 48 kHz and 96 kHz operation, immersive audio mixing, and all relevant IP standards (ST2110, RAVENNA/AES67, ST2022-7). It is HOME-native and offers data portability with its mc² siblings.
Meanwhile, the mc²56 console offers native support for SMPTE 2110, RAVENNA/AES67, DANTE (via a Power Core gateway), MADI and Ember+. In terms of local I/O, it includes mic/line inputs, 16 line outputs, eight AES3 inputs and outputs, eight GPI/O, and a local MADI port (SFP). It too is powered by the software-defined A__UHD Core audio engine with HOME functionality, which includes access to Lawo’s A__line and third-party and HOME-native I/O stageboxes. Up to 1,024 mc²-quality DSP channels can be shared between multiple consoles based on a flexible licensing system. An optional Pooling 8 license allows it to share the processing heft of one A__UHD Core with up to seven other physical or headless consoles.
The HOME platform for IP-based media infrastructures is natively built on a cloud-enabled microservices architecture, designed to enable users to connect, manage and protect networked production setups from the ground up. It also provides centralized access and control for all Lawo and certified third-party devices within a setup. HOME creates a network from a variety of devices, facilities, locations, hubs and data centers, quickly and securely. Extensive NMOS IS-04 and IS-05 support involvingintegration of NMOS devices into the HOME environment and “NMOS translations” of HOME-native devices for an NMOS environment has just been announced.
HOME Apps — Multiviewer, UDX Conversion with HDR Processing, Stream Transcoder and Graphic Inserter — run on standard on-site servers, in private data centers or in the public cloud, managed and controlled via HOME’s unified user interface. App usage is based on permanent licenses for constant, long-term availability, if so desired. The Lawo Flex model, on the other hand, offers peak-time relief and frees operators from the pressure (and budget constraints) of getting the project planning right for the lifecycle of dedicated hardware, with little or no wiggle room once the budget has been approved.
HOME Apps support SMPTE ST2110, NDI, SRT and JPEG XS, and are purpose-specific microservices running in containers to ensure agility. Users are free to run HOME Apps only when they need them and where they need them, without long-winded configuration sessions or expert knowledge.
