Roland‘s Professional A/V division announces the availability of the brand new Roland M-5000 Live Mixing Console based on the O.H.R.C.A platform.
“We are excited that the Roland M-5000’s first production units are here and shipping,” says Christian Delfino, vp of sales and marketing for Roland Professional A/V division. “The M-5000 truly represents a new opportunity in the market for us, and the initial feedback and reception of this new product has been nothing less than positive.”
The Roland M-5000 live digital console goes through extensive testing before leaving the factory to the market. Each product undergoes rigorous tests, including vibration, drop, environmental, temperature and humidity, before it leaves the factory. The final test is a “4-week” aging test, which requires the M-5000 to be powered on continuously for four weeks straight.
About the M-5000
The Roland M-5000 Live Mixing Console is the first product based on the O.H.R.C.A. platform. “O.H.R.C.A.” stands for “Open,” “High Resolution,” and “Configurable Architecture,” and the M-5000 reflects this by delivering freely definable audio paths, supporting multiple audio formats protocols and offering 96 kHz sound quality throughout the system.
The Roland M-5000’s internal mix architecture is not fixed and can be freely defined for mixing channels, AUXs, Matrices, subgroup buses, and MIX-MINUS buses within a range of up to 128 audio paths, allowing users to create a console structure to suit the needs of the application.
The M-5000 has two built-in REAC ports, plus two expansion card slots with seven expansion card option including Dante, MADI, Waves SoundGrid, or more REAC ports, as well as future formats. The back panel includes 16×16 analog I/O, 4×4 AES/EBU, a 16×16 USB audio interface, connection for control via an iPad connected or wireless, and control ports including footswitches, GP I/O, RS-232C and MIDI. All of this capability enables the console to see up to 300 inputs and 296 outputs, all at 96kHz and even more at 48kHz.
A flexible workflow is at the heart of O.H.R.C.A., and the M-5000 is very responsive. Control includes 12 inch color touch screen, 28 channel faders in four groups, anchor points, DCA spills, multifunction knobs and buttons, and a user assignable section. Full functioning remote control software (Mac/Windows) extends the user interface beyond the built-in GUI, for organization of pages or meters on external monitors.
Effects include 4-band PEQs; eight stereo multi-effect processors of Roland and BOSS compact pedals; and thirty-two 31-band Graphic EQs. Mains can be configured for 5.1, LCR, and LR, plus surround panning and stereo downmix.
The family of Roland Pro Audio products, such as digital snakes, the M-48 personal mixing system and Roland R-1000 recording/playback products, works with the new platform, allowing upgrades for thousands of existing users.