New Gear

MediaMatrix’s new NION nE processor promises to help the company extend its reach from the audio installation market to the networked installation market, from mega installations to mid- and small-size audio applications. MediaMatrix, a division of Peavey Electronics Corporation, has been used for more than 8,000 installations worldwide.

Crest Audio’s Pro-LITE 3.0 and Pro-LITE 3.0 DSP power amplifiers feature a new lightweight and efficient design promising high power and stable performance into 2-ohm loads.

Crest Audio’s CKd Series of multi-channel, networkable, intelligent power amplifiers promise superior performance and control in fixed installations through an efficient “green” design that saves energy, weight and space.

Outline’s new iSM line of powered stage monitor speakers with iMode Technology, featured at InfoComm 2011, are a successor to Outline’s H.A.R.D. series of self-powered floor monitors. The new line, which includes the iSM 112, iSM 115 and iSM 212 (pictured here), promise greater sonic quality, higher SPL and full remote control of speaker parameters through Outline’s integrated iMode Intelligent Digital Loudspeaker Control Platform.

Outline’s GTO (Grand Touring Outline) Series of line array speakers combine high power output in a compact and relatively lightweight cabinet featuring Outline’s Butterfly design. The cabinets promise clear, non-colored, high SPL audio.

Harman extended its Soundcraft Si Compact range with the new Si Compact 32, adding to existing range that had included the Si Compact 24 and 16 models. The Si Compact 32 is capable of delivering 40 inputs to mix while maintaining the no-compromise DSP functionality of its smaller brothers.

JBL Professional’s Marquis Dance Club Series loudspeakers include eight models targeted to dance club environments.

Harman’s JBL VerTec Line Array Calculator II Software, V 1.1 can be used to simulate mixed-model arrays from the entire range of VerTec enclosures.  V 1.1 of the Line Array Calculator II (LAC II) V 1.1 retains much of the same appearance and functionality of the V 1.0 version, while offering a variety of new features.

AKG’s DMS700 V2 digital wireless microphone system features 512 bit encryption, 3.5 latency and the new DPT700 bodypack, enhancing the link quality and increasing the working range of the transmitters and receivers.