PRODUCT NEWS: BROADCAST SOUND DEVICES UPGRADES 633 RECORDER Sound Devices has announced that its 633 mixer/recorder now offers two high-performing automatic mixing options: Dugan automixing and Sound Devices MixAssist. The two automixing algorithms are available at no additional cost to 633 owners with the release of Firmware Version 4.50. With this update, the 688 mixer/recorder with its SL-6 powering and wireless system accessory now supports SuperSlot integration with Sennheiser EK-6042 wireless, twochannel slot-in receivers. Sound Devices added Dugan’s automatic mic mixing to its 688
mixer/recorder in 2016, making it the first field mixer to incorporate the technology. The inclusion of the Dugan Speech System and MixAssist makes it ideally suited for more portable production applications, while the new feature provides automixing for up to six audio channels. In challenging field applications, which often require the use of wireless lavalier mics, auto mixers improve intelligibility, reduce noise and reverberation, and maintain consistent overall gain as microphones are turned on and off. www.sounddevices.com
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NTP ANNOUNCES DAD DX32R DIGITAL AUDIO BRIDGE
NTP Technology used this year’s BVE show to launch its new DAD DX32R Digital Audio Bridge. The DX32R provides conversion between Dante/AES67 and not only MADI but also AES. It includes a coax MADI interface and eight AES3 interfaces, and can be expanded with a further two MADI interfaces – either optical or coax. A built-in router allows the user to pick and choose any channels from any interface to be routed to Dante/ AES67 and vice versa. Apart from providing routing of audio channels, the DX32R with
an optional Pro Mon 2 license can also perform summing/mixing of channels. Designed for missioncritical applications, the DX32R includes as standard a redundant Dante interface and redundant power supplies plus two optional MADI interfaces, which can also operate in redundant mode. In addition, NTP, which coexhibited with HHB at BVE, hosted an AES67 interoperability demo on the supplier’s stand, which demonstrated how a Dante-based Audio-over-IP system can talk to AES67 devices. www.digitalaudio.dk
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