At the InfoComm 2024 show at the Las Vegas Convention Center at booth C5027, Lawo announced it will be presenting its portfolio of scalable audio, video, control, and monitoring platforms for houses of worship, performing arts, stadium and campus applications as well as corporate broadcast.
Highlights are the HOME management platform for IP Infrastructures and the microservices-based HOME Apps, mc² production consoles powered by the A__UHD Core or HOME mc² DSP app, the diamond and crystal broadcast consoles, the .edge SDI/IP conversion/routing platform, the Power Core with new features for the Gateway and RP licenses, and more.
A new member of the HOME Apps family, the low-latency HOME mc² DSP app is a server-based audio engine that combines the flexibility of the HOME Apps platform in terms of connectivity and scalability with Lawo’s audio processing quality. HOME mc² DSP can be used together with mc² mixing consoles or to instantiate a (virtual) mixing system with the primary purpose to provide audio processing in situations where no A__UHD Core is available or where remaining within the HOME Apps realm is more practical.
As a member of the HOME Apps platform, the HOME mc² DSP app benefits from the agility afforded by the abstraction of processing functionality from the hardware: it leverages Lawo’s Flex licensing and subscription model, allowing users to reallocate subscription credits to any available HOME App, whether audio or video, for tighter budget control. It is also designed to be easy to “move” from one location — for example, the production hub — to another, such as an OB truck or a remote location.
The mc²36 console provides a feature set for theater, house of worship, corporate, live and broadcast audio applications. Powered by software-defined A__UHD Core technology, it provides 256 DSP channels (160 inputs and 96 summing buses), and an I/O capacity of 864 channels. With extensive local I/O connectivity, it caters for MADI, AES3, internal SMPTE2022-7 I/O redundancy. The mc²36 includes features and capabilities like Button-Glow and touch-sensitive rotary controls, color TFT fader-strip displays, LiveView video thumbnails, and precise 21.5-inch HD touchscreen controls.
With Lawo’s VSC app for macOS, users can connect their computer to any RAVENNA/AES67-compatible studio hardware or software. A “Swiss Army knife” for numerous audio and broadcast applications, it will be available in several versions, including a free one.
The Lawo Power Core Gateway is a software-defined, networked DSP mixing engine &andmodular I/O node for live sound and broadcast applications. It provides 128 channels of standard I/O, with functions remotely controlled from an mc² console or Lawo’s mxGUI software for Mac and PC. The new Gateway software update offers support for the 96 kHz/2 Fs sample rate.
