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06/2008

AES 2008: Wireless Virtual Fader Unit enables AURUS to roam free

A virtual mixing surface for AURUS, running on a wireless networked tablet PC, was one of the convention highlights for the SALZBRENNER STAGETEC MEDIAGROUP

AES Convention, Amsterdam, May 2008: The large mixing system AURUS was shown in Amsterdam with a brand new option: a virtual control interface which can either append eight additional fader control channels to the console or be run in parallel with the mixing console’s faders. The AURUS Virtual Surface is a software application which was demonstrated during the AES Convention running on a touch screen tablet PC. When networked with AURUS via WLAN, this compact unit serves as a roving remote control. For example during rehearsals, mixing console settings can be developed, refined and stored in the AURUS. The AURUS Virtual Surface can – as is usual for STAGETEC products – be retrofitted in existing mixing systems.

With this innovation, STAGETEC is once again entering new fields in the world of large digital audio mixing consoles. This explains the keen interest in the new module during the AES Convention. The AURUS Virtual Surface was initially intended for theatre use, to give the sound engineer an easy method of controlling the remote AURUS console in the control room directly from the hall. Nevertheless, at the convention many broadcasters were paying considerable attention to the new unit for rehearsing large TV shows and for developing new and creative programme concepts.