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At the 117th AES Convention (October 28-31, 2004, in San Francisco), Euphonix (booth #926) will introduce two new additions -- the MC "Intelligent Application Controller" and System 5-MC -- to its mixing console product line as part of its end-to-end solution for the audio post and music markets.

The MC "Intelligent Application Controller," which was shown in concept form at last years' AES, will be presented in its final form as a sophisticated worksurface targeted for use with professional PC applications. The MC gives users high-speed control of not only EuCon-aware applications, such as Nuendo and Pyramix, but also PC applications via keystroke commands programmed into the MC's LCD SmartSwitches.

The MC's programmable buttons switch functions with each different application running on the host PC for unrivalled speed of operation. MC includes a 7.1 monitor section, twin trackballs, standard full-size keyboard, eight programmable knobs, four full-throw touch-sensitive moving faders -- or optionally twin joy sticks -- and 56 programmable LCD SmartSwitches, together with a small touch screen for fast access to the unit's programmable features.

The System 5-MC console surface includes an MC for control of the workstation's editing and recording capabilities together with master facility control including monitoring. The System 5-MC also includes newly designed System 5 channel modules that have eight touch-sensitive knobs per channel and high-resolution TFT displays for metering, channel routing and signal processing graphics. The System 5-MC includes a high-performance PC running the EuCon application. The System 5-MC can be supplied with Euphonix I/O via PCI MADI cards, although the user can select any I/O that is supported by the ASIO drivers of the EuCon DAW application.

Steinberg's Nuendo and Merging Technologies' Pyramix are the first software applications to support this protocol and will be available when the System 5-MC ships in spring 2005. The integration with Pyramix uses a communications bridge between EuCon and Merging's "OASIS" control protocol.

Euphonix will also be showing the Max Air and System 5-B digital on-air consoles and the System 5-P (pictured) digital audio post-production mixing system.

For additional information about Euphonix, visit www.euphonix.com.

MADI is an AES standard.

Fifty-six digital audio channels in and out on a single PCI card connects via MADI to the Euphonix range of routers and converters. [Click here for RME Website.]