Calrec Audio is celebrating 60 years of putting sound in the picture at IBC2024 and marking the occasion with three major product launches that deliver the ultimate in flexibility to broadcasters, wherever they are located. The significant products they have now introduced are the compact Argo M console, the ImPulseV cloud audio mixing solution, and True Control 2.0.
All three products will be launched and represented by D2N Technology Solutions in Australia.
D2N Technology Solutions MD Jason Owen said, “The compact Argo M console, ImPulseV cloud audio mixing solution, and True Control 2.0 are truly groundbreaking and game-changing solutions. We are delighted we will be able to introduce them to our clients and the market in the near future.”
Argo M – All of Argo in a Compact Package
Built on the same multi-award-winning technology that powers Calrec’s established Argo platform, the new Argo M brings the exact same feature set and operational familiarity as the larger Argo Q and Argo S consoles in a compact 24- or 36-fader footprint. Designed for small to medium applications and adopting the same “everything anywhere” approach, Argo M is a plug-and-play SMPTE 2110 native console.
Argo M features integrated DSP processing and no networking or PTP sync required for independent operation. It also has built-in analogue and digital audio I/O and GPIO, 3 x modular I/O slots for further expansion, and a MADI I/O port via an SFP.
“The introduction of Argo M not only delivers Calrec’s renowned heritage and feature set at incredible value, but it enables more broadcasters to take advantage of Argo’s award-winning flexible IP technology,” says Sid Stanley, General Manager at Calrec.
Argo M supports 5.1.2, 5.1.4, 7.1.2 and 7.1.4 immersive paths for input channels, busses, metering and monitoring as standard, and the same familiar Calrec Assist UI for remote control on a standard web browser. Meanwhile, the Calrec Connect AoIP system manager makes IP streams easy to manage and adds essential broadcast functionality.
It is available with 304 or 356 internal DSP processing paths, while external ImPulse and ImPulse1 processing cores can expand processing capacity to 432 DSP paths as well as provide additional redundancy. With up to four Argo surfaces able to share access to a pair of redundant ImPulse cores, Argo M can also connect to an existing ImPulse core alongside other Argo surfaces to create multi-console environments. The introduction of ImPulseV gives Argo M access to cloud-based DSP packs, with scalable and secure cloud-native DSP processing core and control software on demand.
ImPulseV – Cloud-Based DSP Processing Software on Demand
Following its development preview at NAB, the ImPulseV cloud-based DSP processing core provides a virtualised Calrec audio mixing engine in a cloud-native AWS environment. Leveraging a patented x86 CPU optimal core processing (OCP) technology to operate in a virtualised Linux environment, ImPulseV is optimised for low latency throughput, providing real-time responsive, efficient and deterministic audio processing, control, routing and mixing.
ImPulseV enables broadcasters to deploy audio mixing instances as needed to meet the demands of a range of events, while its economical OpEx cost model can enable broadcasters to cover second and third-tier sports which may not have been economically viable.
True Control 2.0 – Expanded 2nd Generation Remote Production Capability
Calrec’s True Control 2.0 builds on Calrec’s RP1 True Control implementation to provide expanded levels of control in two key areas: control of an expanded feature set including EQ, dynamics, routing, direct outputs, and delay, and unparalleled flexibility to scale remote productions as needed.
True Control 2.0 is available on Type R, ImPulseV, Argo M, Argo Q, and Argo S, allowing any of these products to remotely control any other True Control 2.0 enabled product. Moreover, any one of these controller consoles can access up to five other consoles simultaneously.
“This is a new flexible approach to audio mixing,” says Stanley. “The ability to control anything from anywhere is an incredibly agile way to work because it provides access to more cores, more faders/surfaces, and more control from more locations. It simply gives our broadcast customers more options.”
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