Martin Audio recently introduced Engineer, its new digital management processor, at the PLASA 2007 show in London. This DSP device is designed to provide comprehensive control and management of installed loudspeaker systems, while using unique algorithms to keep sound systems automatically performing at optimum level.
The Engineer incorporates a broad range of standard facilities such as gain, EQ, limiting, time delay and a 4 x 8 routing matrix. The ‘BassCreator’ and Engineer algorithms functions are designed to provide solutions to some common operational and environmental problems in audio system design.
In addition to its functionality as a conventional loudspeaker management system, Engineer is designed to provide automatic built-in control of program level and tonal quality to compensate for variations in program sources.
According to the company, the Martin Audio solution is so named because it takes the place of a qualified sound engineer, automatically maintaining the tonal and dynamic quality of the material being played. Any facility can be programmed within the Engineer. A 20-second segment is stored from a well-produced track, with tonal characteristics, at the press of the Autocatch button. The sample provides the engineer with a reference of content level and an average of high and low frequencies. All subsequent material will be compared to the sample and adjusted to ensure that the tone and level match closely.
In addition, the Engineer has a window of settings designed to enable every parameter of operation to be tailored to suit the venue and style of music most often played. At the same time, incorporation of the BassCreator algorithm reportedly enables it to eliminate sub-frequency noise pollution by isolating the disturbing bass frequencies. This algorithm uses a psycho-acoustical effect to give the impression of deep sub-bass without actually creating any of the lower frequencies associated with noise pollution.
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