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Arc Technology™ is the first audio console design to both reduce the number of knobs on a panel AND reduce the number of actions required in order to gain access to out of reach channels whilst allowing the engineer to remain in the central mix position at all times.
Arc Technology™ eliminates the need for menus, computer screens, mice and keyboards in the mixing process as well as massively reducing the use of bank and function switching buttons to all but ‘set and forget functions’. The user is no longer required to be a computer operator and returns to being a part of the creative mixing process. Cross-referencing, number-crunching, and button pushing is replaced with intuitive, powerful, fast and flexible interactions with a control surface designed to allow the engineer to focus on the most important task at hand - mixing.
ARC Technology™ unifies the functions of interrogation and channel selection into a spatially fixed array and provides instant access to any channel or combination of channels.
ADVANTAGES:
Arc Technology™ exhibits the following advantages over traditional console design.
Timesavings
A five-fold improvement in operational efficiency provides faster facility throughput, allowing work to be completed in less time than with any other console design. Installation of a Smart Console™ into mixing facilities results in substantial savings to overall project budgets due to the significant timesavings in the final mixing process.
Smaller footprint and reduced space requirement
Smart Consoles can take up less than 20% of the space of conventional consoles. Studios that could previously only house small mixing consoles can now mix substantially larger projects in the same space. Additionally, Smart Consoles are ideal where space is critical in applications such as outside broadcast vans.
Studio flexibility and capacity
Arc Technology™ allows physically small surfaces to control large format projects allowing facilities to upgrade the capacity of smaller mixing rooms as well as ensuring complete control surface consistency across a number of rooms with differing audio capabilities.
Ease of use and reduced training requirements
Arc Technology™, and its implementation in The Smart Console™, generates an extremely short learning curve, allowing experienced operators to begin mixing literally within minutes. Expensive training courses are not required and operator approval and acceptance of the surface is extremely high, owing to its ease of use and operational clarity.
Improved creativity in the mixing process
This allows the sound engineer to focus on the mix rather than dealing with interface issues and further allows an increase of creative input from engineers producing higher quality product - better sounding mixes.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR SMART CONSOLE ELITE 96/24/24
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- 96 x 26 segment programmable tri-colour Meters with adjustable calibration LEDs
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- 96 x User Programmable Overview, Fader Touch, Fader Up, Fader Down, Solo and Mute indicators
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- 96 segment Optical Touch Strip for channel selection
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- ARC length touch sensitive Chrome Modifier as global shift key for ARC functions
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- 15 x buttons tailoring ARC response and function
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| Expert panel |
- 40 x buttons controlling console operating modes and functions such as grouping, storage and recall of Ergonomic Spreads, Solo Modes, Automation Functions, ARC Functions, Smart Shortcuts and Modes
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- Solo Clear Touch Point and Solo Master indicator
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| Channel Strip |
- EQ Section
- Dedication Hi Band dual concentric touch sensitive EQ
Encoder with 70 x LED EQ Fan display including Shelving indicator and Extended Range Light
- Dedication Mid Band dual concentric touch sensitive EQ Encoder with 70 x LED EQ Fan display including two Extended Range Lights
- Dedication Low Band dual concentric touch sensitive EQ Encoder and 70 x LED EQ Fan display including Shelving indicator and Extended Range Light
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- Aux Section
- 9 x Aux Select buttons and Aux Active indicators
- Aux On/Off button
- Penny and Giles motorised touch-sensitive Aux Send knob
- Aux Pan Left and Right buttons
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- Pan
- Dedicated touch sensitive Pan Encoder with 31 LED Surround Pan display
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- Fader Section
- 64 x 32 Vacuum Fluorescent Display for the display of scanned images of user handwriting
- Solo Touch Point
- Group Bus, Aux Bus, Master Bus, Extra indicators, 7 segment LED Channel identification display
- Mute button
- Inject Touch Point
- 53 x segment programmable tri-colour Meter with adjustable calibration LED
- 100 mm Penny and Giles touch sensitive motorised Fader
- Hold button
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| Upper active panel |
- 6.5*640 x 480 TFT LCD Touch Screen for total surface access to additional engine parameters
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- 8 x dedicated touch sensitive dual-concentric encoders for:
Dynamics: Attack, Release, Ratio, Knee, Threshold, Make-up Gain
EQ: Frequency, Gain, Q, EQ Type, LPF Frequency, HPF Frequency, Master Gain
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- Self-Assigning active controls: touch sensitive Active Encoder, Motorised Active Pot and Active Button
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- 8 x Programmable Macro buttons and 8 x Screen control buttons
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| Lower active panel |
- Channel routing and pan controls for up to 6 x 6 way stems as well as 24 x dedicated buttons for Record Group Busses, Smart, Phase, Solo, Mute, Compare, Insert and Interrogate buttons.
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- Penny and Giles motorised touch sensitive Joystick for Pan Control
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- Vertical and Horizontal Pan Control functions buttons
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- Transport Controls and 5 Smart Locate buttons
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SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE |
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