KUNGSBACKA, Sweden – Lab.gruppen and Lake announced that Lake Controller software (v5.7), with accompanying firmware for both the PLM Powered Loudspeaker Management products and the LM 26 Digital Audio Loudspeaker Processor, can support a new processing module type. With extensive filtering that can be used to create both crossover and driver EQ, facilitating linear phase, minimum phase or arbitrary phase filters, the filters can also be used to create classic crossovers and specific driver EQ. The v5.7 release also supports EAW Focusing through the direct recall of EAW Greybox files into any PLM Series device via the Lake Controller software.
This new feature unites the loudspeaker optimization of EAW Focusing parameters with the Lake Mesa EQ input stage on the PLM Series platform for the first time, promising a fully integrated system solution for sound reinforcement. Users can now recall Greybox output processing files directly into PLM Series and then create groups and carefully tune any EAW loudspeaker system via the Lake Controller – negating the additional expense and inconvenience of a separate system EQ processor.
"These latest updates represent the greatest leap forward in terms of innovation that Lake has witnessed since the company moved to Sweden in 2009," said Håkan Gustafsson, product manager for Lake. "The supporting of EAW Focusing, coupled with the Lake Mesa EQ and the powerful performance of the PLM Series, means that we can provide the end user with the kind of functionality that is simply unrivalled in the world of pro-audio."
Jeff Rocha, EAW Vice President and General Manager, stated, "Our partners, Lab.gruppen and Powersoft have developed new firmware for their DSP-enabled amplifiers that allows direct importation of standard EAW Greybox files – the very same files that you can currently load into an EAW UX8800 Digital Signal Processor. This brings the power of EAW Focusing to a wider range of hardware platforms and provides a huge advantage for end users in terms of compatibility and consistency. Any files that we have created to date and any files that we will create moving forward will be fully compatible with both manufacturer's DSP enabled amplifier platforms. Some of our competitors maintain independent libraries of hardware specific processor settings for their products which often requires compromises in the settings to tailor the filters to the feature set and capabilities of the ot her manufacturer's product. But by partnering directly with Lab.gruppen and Powersoft, we've been able to work directly with them to re-architect their firmware such that either manufacturer can directly load the same native EAW Greybox as the UX8800."
In addition to implementing the new processing module, the latest version of Lake Controller also promises benefits including general speed improvements for Windows 7, multi-core processors and high resolution screens as well as faster synchronization between Lake Controller and devices on the network. LM 26 users are also expected to benefit from improvements to Dante routing, synchronization and general stability.
Lake Controller v5.7 is available to download now from the Lab.gruppen website.
For more information, please visit www.labgruppen.com and www.eaw.com .
