AURUS at 125th AES Convention: STAGETEC’s flagship console in San Francisco

AURUS at 125th AES Convention:
STAGETEC’s flagship console in San Francisco

San Francisco, October 2008: With AURUS the SALZBRENNER STAGETEC MEDIAGROUP showcases one of the best selling large scale digital live and production consoles in San Francisco. At its introduction in 2002, AURUS was the first fully digital console to feature an analog-style control surface giving instant access to all key parameters. Thanks to its user-friendliness, flexibility and sonic excellence AURUS has gained overwhelming success since then. Almost 200 systems have been sold worldwide to date. The reference list includes the most prestigious venues such as the Moscow Kremlin Palace (Russia), the “Bird’s Nest” Olympic Stadium for the 2008 Beijing games (China), BMW’s new automobile delivery and event centre at Munich (Germany), the Nytt Operahus State Opera in Oslo (Norway) or the BBC Scotland broadcasting service headquarters in Glasgow (U.K.).

AURUS features up to 300 input channels accessible via a control surface providing from 16 to 96 freely assignable channel strips plus a master section. The separate audio processing and routing system NEXUS STAR undertakes all the audio signal processing and gives access to the extensive features of a NEXUS audio network such as signal and format conversion, transparent signal forwarding and a massive total of up to 4096 to 4096 I/O’s. Thanks to this distributed architecture concept the main console control surface remains compact, lightweight and fan free, recommending itself for any installation where weight and low dissipation loss are key criteria. The AURUS is ideally suited and fully equipped to meet the demands of surround productions in formats up to 7.1 and adapts to almost any customer requirement due to nearly unlimited configurability and modularity.

When designing the AURUS, speed of use and intuitive control were key objectives. Thus, AURUS was designed as “direct-access” console with an analogue-style control surface. Each channel control strip is equipped with 11 dual-concentric rotary encoders. These provide direct access to 22 variable parameters, plus a further 44 at a press of one of the integrated push-switches. A total of 66 per channel strip, or a massive 2640 for a 48 fader, 40 channel strip console. In addition, lead times are significantly reduced due to preconfigured setups and simple adaptability.

SALZBRENNER STAGETEC MEDIAGROUP Inc.
1100 South Tower
225 Peachtree Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
Tel/Fax: +1 888-782-4391
usa@stagetec.com
www.stagetec.com