05/2004 |
116th AES: 5.1 and Stereo at the Same Time - STAGETEC´s
flagship AURUS features new panning concept
Berlin, May 2004: SALZBRENNER STAGETEC MEDIAGROUP has
presented a multitude of attractions on this year´s AES. One
of the most important magnets on the booth was the AURUS digital mixing
console. There were two AURUS consoles on display, avoiding long queueing
for a demonstration. One of the consoles was combined with a smaller
slave console which can for example be used in theatres as a mobile
console within the main hall. The AURUS hardware, or more precisely,
the AURUS’ RMC-card, already offers a connection for a second
mixing console. Therefore, a simple fibre-optic cable connection between
the small console and the AURUS RMC-card is all that is required. There’s
no need to program anything!
Designed from scratch as a multichannel console, AURUS features a
completely new panning concept: The pan is calculated seperately for
every bus! Thus, if a mono signal is sent to a stereo bus, it is routed
to the left and right bus channels with regard to the panpot setting.
Now, if the same signal is concurrently sent to a 5.1 bus, it will
be routed to the three front channels and the two surround channels
accordingly. Consequently, different pan settings are computed for
one and the same signal when routing it to different busses.
This new approach is of enormous benefit for production: Multichannel
and stereo mixes can be created at the same time, thus eliminating
the need for subsequent fold down options! Thus, a mix can be optimized
for both applications without considerable additional effort.
AURUS is developed and manufactured by STAGETEC in Berlin, one of
the founding companies of the MEDIAGROUP. With more than 20 sales worldwide
since its introduction to the market in 2003 AURUS is one of the best
selling products in recent years of the MEDIAGROUP. |