ORLANDO – Yamaha Corporation, whose membership in the Open Control Architecture (OCA) Alliance had been pending when the OCA's formation was announced by the eight member companies at InfoComm 2011, is now the ninth full member of the alliance.
The OCA Alliance has been formed to ensure the standardization of the Open Control Architecture (OCA) for a wide interoperability of professional audio equipment. Since its formation in June this year the members have been working towards a final technical definition of OCA.
As with all the other members, Yamaha was initially approached by Bosch, the initiator of the OCA Alliance, to discuss how to overcome the challenge of interoperability in the professional audio market. "We are glad to now be able to join this alliance, with which we were in close communications from the very beginning," said Terry Holton, Yamaha senior manager R&D centre, London.
The Open Control Architecture is not meant to be a media transport technology and will not attempt to replace evolving standards such as AVB. Instead, it is intended to complement these by providing a reliable and useful control environment covering the entire range of future professional media equipment, ranging from the smallest to large-scale applications.
The goal is to create an open public standard for professional media network systems. Phase one, completion of technical documents and transfer of the results to an accredited public standards organization, will, however, be restricted to the full members of OCA. Other interested companies are welcomed to join as observers and will be able to join as active members in the second phase of the standardization process.
The members of the OCA Alliance are:
- Bosch Communications Systems
- d&b audiotechnik GmbH
- Duran Audio
- LOUD Technologies Inc
- Media Technology Systems
- PreSonus
- Salzbrenner Stagetec Mediagroup
- TC Group
- Yamaha Corporation
For more information, please visit www.boschcommunications.com, www.dbaudio.com, www.duran-audio.com, www.loudtechinc.com, www.mediatechnologysystems.com, www.presonus.com, www.stagetec.com, www.tcelectronic.com and www.yamahaca.com.
More information will also be available at www.oca-alliance.com, a website currently under construction.
