Allen & Heath has announced firmware V1.5 for its AHM series of matrix processors, introducing new features designed to streamline workflows for system integrators and engineers, including all-new EQ ganging, All-Pass filters, NTP support and user permissions.
The new EQ Ganging feature allows users to temporarily – and rapidly – gang together any Parametric EQ in the AHM, enabling relative, absolute or mirrored changes to be made on the fly.
Additionally, a PEQ band bypass option has been added to quickly punch a single PEQ band in or out, and the Q bandwidth is tighter for demanding applications.
New PA processing tools make it easier to fine-tune any sound system with greater precision. Each band of Speaker Processing now benefits from an All-Pass Filter, switchable between first and second order, and stereo output zones can now be configured with a mono sub. Additionally, crossover frequencies can now be linked or unlinked per band for ultimate filter flexibility and control.
AHM 1.5 also includes Network Time Protocol (NTP) support, a granular System Manager permissions feature that allows for up to ten password-protected user profiles, and the ability to patch zone outputs directly to input sources – all designed to optimise system management and security.
‘With the release of AHM V1.5, we’re addressing the needs of both traditional commercial integrators and live sound system engineers,’ says Allen & Heath Install & Commercial Audio Manager, Samantha Potter. ‘It further reinforces AHM’s unique value proposition: combining all the tools that classic integrators need for their job with the speed and flexibility of the production world to deliver performance-quality audio in fixed and flexible installations with continually expanding control options.’
Integration with the IP series of hardware controllers has also been expanded. The new XPoint mixer rotary function for IP1 and IP6 transforms a single rotary control into a full room mixer, providing end-users of all technical levels with intuitive, customised controls. An IP identify function and new display options for IP1, IP6, and IP8 are also included.
AHM V1.5 is available now from the Allen & Heath website.
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