PMC announced that it will be presenting its full range of professional monitors as well as highlight the importance of Dolby Atmost surround sound technology at the upcoming 2024 NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center at booth 15908.
A 9.1.4 Dolby Atmos demo room will be at the PMC booth, equipped with active three-way PMC8-2 XBD monitors (left, right and center channels), six ci65 monitors, and four ci45 compact slimline monitors for the surround, rear and height channels.
The system will also utilize PMC’s new 750-8 eight-channel power amplifier that’s particularly well suited for use with PMC’s Ci series of slimline monitors that are used for surround and ceiling channels in Dolby Atmos professional and home cinema installations. It has stated power of 750 watts per channel, and when bridged and configured as a four-channel amplifier, it can deliver up to 1,500 watts per channel.
Outside the demo room, PMC is showing the PMC8-2 XBD Tower (a.k.a., “The Animal”), a special stereo configuration of these powerful monitors that sees two more subs added to both left and right channels. This arrangement creates a tower of four loudspeaker cabinets on each side.
Throughout NAMM, the on-booth Dolby Atmos demo room will be used for various presentations and practical demonstrations highlighting different techniques for mixing music in this exciting format. These will include discussions led by PMC and Dolby on best practises for Atmos studio design and monitor set up. Visitors will also be able to demo SSL’s System T console and associated software for immersive mixing, while Avid and Dolby will be showing the latest version of Pro Tools with a built in Dolby Atmos renderer.
The Working Class Audio Podcast will record two episodes in the PMC booth with guests including Andrew Scheps, Steve Genewick and Brad Wood. In addition, Izotope and Infrasonic will present “Mix to Master,” a series of presentations featuring noted mixing and mastering engineers who will share their experiences of mixing in immersive audio formats and how they approach their workflow utilizing the latest Izotope plugins.
“As a technology partner of Universal Music Group and Dolby, we have been championing Dolby Atmos for music for nearly 10 years,” says Maurice Patist, president PMC USA and head of Pro Global. “It is an incredibly exciting and creative format, but as with anything new there is inevitably a learning curve that producers and engineers need to undertake if they want to get the best results. Our NAMM demos, which we are hosting in conjunction with companies that are also major players in the Dolby Atmos world, will highlight best practice and allow visitors to experience the power of immersive audio by hearing it demonstrated through PMC’s world-class monitoring products.”
