Users of Yamaha’s CL and QL Series consoles will be able to control and monitor Shure ULX-D Digital Wireless Systems (Dante enabled ULXD4D Dual Channel Digital Wireless Receivers and ULXD4Q Quad Channel Digital Wireless Receivers), as a result of ongoing collaboration betweenYamaha Pro Audio and Shure Incorporated.
The newly-available control parameters include monitoring of battery, RF reception strength, antenna status, frequency and audio level, and full control of gain, mute, and channel name assignment.
The collaboration between the two companies began in June 2013, when ULX-D receiver discovery patch support was introduced in the CL series n1.6 update. More recently, the TF series consoles were introduced with optimized QuickPro Presets for a number of microphones and instruments – including presets for Shure microphones – in April 2015. This announcement marks the third stage of the Shure/Yamaha collaboration, with control and monitoring of Shure ULXD4D and ULXD4Q receivers directly from Yamaha CL and QL series console touch panels, as of the V4.0 firmware update scheduled for release this month.
’This integration means that ULX-D users can optimise microphone gain settings from the mix position and confidently monitor the status of wireless systems within the context of the console interface,’ says Nick Wood, Category Director of Wireless Systems at Shure. ‘It is a very important step in the progress of wireless control and in the continued collaboration between Shure and Yamaha.’
The v4.0 firmware update will be available by the end of April 2016.
