New Gear

Mackie’s popular two-way molded enclosures are redesigned with a larger 1,000W amp platform, upgraded sound quality and easy-to-use digital sound-shaping tools, yet the new 12-inch SRM450 and 10-inch SRM350 also carry a lower price. Onboard processing includes four application-specific speaker modes, intelligent feedback destroyer with narrow 1/16th octave filters, EAW-designed acoustic correction DSP and integrated 2-channel mixer. The SRM450 is $629.99 MSRP; the SRM350 is $519.99.

TC Electronic’s Ditto Looper Gold is a limited edition gold-colored run of the Ditto Looper. The pedal features 5 minutes of looping time, unlimited overdubs and undo/redo functionality.

Danley Sound Labs announced plans to expand its line of outdoor loudspeakers. In addition to the OS-90 and OS-100 (pictured here), which join the company’s existing OS-80 model, Danley will be offering its new OS-115LF subwoofer and compact OS Nano units.

The latest software update for Yamaha CL Series Digital Audio Consoles incudes mix-minus capabilities for the broadcast market and discovery and head amp control for the QL Series that also inherits CL Series features and performance. A QL console can function as both monitor mixer and I/O rack, for example, while a front-of-house CL console can remotely control the head amp gain of the QL console’s I/O.

Meyer Sound has released four online video tutorials to support users of the LYON linear sound reinforcement system, the newest addition to its LEO Family of line array products. Covering topics that range from system design and rigging to optimization, the video modules are available for viewing on the company’s video page.

Using the same AD8D/P and DA8/P option cards as Horus but at a lower cost and smaller size, Merging Technologies’ Hapi audio converter has seen a steady demand since it debuted in March.

Martin Audio’s new DD12 loudspeaker system combines onboard networking, DSP and Class D amplification with Differential Dispersion horn technology. It can be controlled and monitored from a laptop or wireless tablet PC via intuitive VU-NET proprietary software. PC connection can be made directly via USB or via Martin Audio’s proprietary U-NET network and Merlin loudspeaker and network management system.

JoeCo’s BBR64-MADI Recorder is widely used for live audio capture, and can capture 64 channels of MADI data directly to an external USB2 drive.

Tannoy has released CMS 3.0, the third generation of its in-ceiling loudspeaker system. The new driver features Omnimagnet™ technology and a unique Torus Ogive Waveguide™ assembly to deliver more consistent and controlled directivity, with notable improvement in higher frequency ranges. The brand new design also delivers improved time alignment and greater coherence between LF and HF for enhanced performance both on and off-axis.