TiMax, the most recent addition to the Focusrite Group, will make its debut appearance at the first set of this year’s Martin Audio Open Days that’s running from March 12 to 14 at High Wycombe, UK and will be highlighting the unique capabilities of the SoundHub spatial audio engine and the TrackerD4 stagetracking platform, including new product offerings introduced earlier in the year.
The presentations, by TiMax director Robin Whittaker with applications specialist Dan Roncoroni and new Martin Audio colleagues, will also highlight the synergies between the product offerings of the group. In addition, the event presents the opportunity to hear previews of the new multi-channel live production spatial reverb feature for SoundHub that was featured at the 2024 ISE Show. The plugin option, available to all existing HARDCore FPGA-equipped SoundHub units, adds up to four individual 1-input/16-output high-quality reverb engines that give sound designers control of all parameters as well as access to an advanced 3D room reverb-builder application.
The TrackerD4 stagetracking platform will be in use to automatically localize presenter microphones in real-time and follow them with moving-head light fixtures driven by TrackerD4’s PosiStageNet protocol, in parallel with OSC into the TiMax SoundHub. In addition, OutBoard’s LV Motor Control will also play a role during the Open Days, handling all the PA systems heavy lifting, alongside a display of the RCX SMART Remote digital handset rigging controller.
Commercial director Dave Haydon says, “It is a great pleasure to be involved with the Martin Audio Open Days and demonstrate both the new TiMax involvement with their premium loudspeaker systems as well as reinforcing its robust market position as the leading independent spatial audio platform.”
Marketing director James King concludes, “I’m delighted that these Open Days are now very much a multi-brand affair, with the opportunity to demonstrate everyone’s respective disciplines, as well as synergies across the group. This is our most ambitious content program ever so that anyone in the pro audio industry has more reason to come along and enjoy their day.”
