Euphonix Introduces
S5 Fusion Digital Audio Post Mixing System for HDTV at NAB2007
New Mixing System Combines DSP and DAW
Control Technology with the Versatile EuCon Protocol
Palo Alto, CA, USA –
April 2nd 2007
Euphonix, a world leader in large-format mixing consoles
and control surfaces, will introduce the S5 Fusion for high
definition television audio post at NAB2007. Based on Euphonix’s
best-selling System 5 series, the S5 Fusion is a professional
mixing package that fuses Euphonix’s new digital signal
processing SuperCore engine with EuCon Hybrid, a derivative
of Euphonix’s universal control protocol. The powerful
combination enables the S5 Fusion console surface to simultaneously
control its own DSP channels as well as channels from multiple
external digital audio workstations (DAWs) over high-speed
Ethernet.
Euphonix designed the S5 Fusion to meet the specific needs
of mixers as the broadcast industry transitions to HD and
surround sound programming. The market demanded a single,
cost-effective audio mixing solution that manages a large
number of tracks with the quality and reliability of dedicated
DSP channels. To satisfy mixing engineers, the solution also
needed machine control, a router and comprehensive film-style
surround monitoring features plus the ability to control
multiple DAWs.
“The S5 Fusion bridges a real gap between traditional
DSP-based mixing systems and pure controllers such as the
System 5-MC,” Martin Kloiber, Euphonix’s CEO,
said. “This new system incorporates our years of experience
in satisfying the film industry’s rigorous demands
for pristine sound quality and extensive surround sound mixing
capability.”
Euphonix’s new DSP SuperCore powers the S5 Fusion’s
signal processing and routing, providing full multi-format
channels with EQ, filters and dynamics together with mix,
aux and group busses with bus processing. EuCon Hybrid, incorporating
the EuCon high-speed Ethernet protocol, extends the control
capabilities of the console beyond the dedicated DSP SuperCore
to bring Mac and PC DAW tracks onto the console surface for
mixing.
Nuendo, Logic Pro and Pyramix directly support EuCon, which
offers the highest levels of integration, resolution and
connectivity to almost all DAW functions. Pro Tools, Final
Cut Pro and Digital Performer — among hundreds of other
applications — can also be fully controlled from the
console surface. That means mixers have the flexibility to
select tracks from DAWs for placement and control on the
S5 Fusion surface in any order they choose. Operators can
save these channel layouts, making them easy to access and
organize, instead of using DAW tracks only as traditional
playback sources.
The S5 Fusion completes Euphonix’s line
of audio post products, which includes the MC media application
controller, the System 5-MC integrated DAW controller, and
System 5 with EuCon Hybrid. All these systems — along
with the System 5-B and Max Air products for live, on-air
applications from studios or the road — will be shown
together for the first time at booth #N4021 in the North
Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center from April 16-19. |
