A new system update to DirectOut’s Prodigy series expands the capabilities of the Prodigy.MC modular audio converter and Prodigy.MP multifunction audio processor.
An Automator Licence is now available for both units. With Automator, it is possible to program triggers to run tasks in an automated manner. Triggers can be derived from various sources, such as parameter or status changes in the device itself, a Midi or OSC command from an external device, a cron job (periodically recurring trigger) or can be created based on time (eg LTC).
Device actions such as gains, mutes, snapshot recalls, input manager switches and EARS source selection or GPOs can be triggered. And it is also possible to send custom defined messages via OSC and Midi, or to hosts via HTTP, UDP, TCP commands.
DirectOut has implemented Disaster Recovery to make the EARS feature to be yet more secure – first used at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. For the Prodigy series, a solution with a third multichannel audio source was implemented, which is automatically selected in case the main and backup multichannel input (Madi or audio network) fail.
Further features were added to the series, such as configurable crossfades for groups as well as the automatic 4 Wire patch function for the Routing tab.
For Prodigy.MP specifically a new IIR filter was implemented – the first Order All Pass for live sound – which allows for phase rotation of 90° at selected frequencies.
The newly added Solo Bus function makes it possible to route soloed channels to Summing Buses 31/32 of Prodigy.MP. There are three modes of the feature. Summing all soloed channels, replacing, where one soloed channel replaces the previously selected one and a PA tuning mode, where the processed and clean signal is routed to the solo bus outputs automatically.
Accompanying the Prodigy systems update, Direct out has launched globcon controller, a virtual remote controller that allows a customised user interface to be built to control globcon managed equipment from any standard internet browser. This includes any tablet and smartphone, as well as PC, Mac and Linux computer platforms.
Interfacing with the globcon app, its intuitive configuration interface allows drag-and-drop of channels from any device available in globcon, and sets of up to eight channels to be built in 12 layers. These layouts include faders, buttons and level meters and are then accessible via a web browser and can be used from mobile devices in the network as well. Up to 16 virtual controllers can be configured and mapped to hardware controllers. Presets are available for OSC. Other third-party hardware (eg Midi controllers) can be ‘learned’ and mapped by performing the required trigger movements.
More: www.directout.eu
