Euphonix eMix 3.0 Management Software Completes Evolutionary Upgrade of System 5 Digital Audio Mixing System

Steady Succession of Technological Advances Over Past 18 Months Ensure Client Access to Cost-Effective Upgrades; Spain's Eumovil Takes Possession

IBC Amsterdam, Sept 7th 2007

Euphonix, a world leader in large-format mixing consoles and control surfaces, today announced the new, third-generation of Euphonix’s eMix management software for the System 5 series of digital audio mixing systems. Debuting at IBC2007 (RAI Congress Centre, Amsterdam, September 7-11), eMix 3.0 supports the wide array of System 5 upgrades now available to Euphonix clients worldwide.

eMix 3.0 includes new features such as scene automation and dual spill zones, which enable two operators working on the console to independently spill out stereo or 5.1 masters to their component parts on each side of the console. eMix 3.0 also supports all the new DSP SuperCore hardware features including bus processing and longer delays of up to two seconds on every channel. The completely upgraded System 5 mixing system will be on display at IBC2007 on the Euphonix stand 11.241.

“Our steady succession of major component upgrades over the past 18 months offered current Euphonix clients the ability to integrate new modules into existing installations,” Martin Kloiber, Euphonix CEO, said. “The new System 5 is faster, supports more channels, has a larger router, weighs less, and uses substantially less rack space than earlier versions — all with a reduced price. It also retains operational compatibility with earlier systems.”

The System 5 evolution began in 2006 with the introduction of a new control surface featuring touch-sensitive knobs and higher resolution screens. Later that year, Euphonix introduced the DSP SuperCore, creating the industry’s first 100-percent redundant system for on-air broadcast mixing. The DSP SuperCore includes scalable DSP channels, modular MADI I/O and a scalable broadcast router up to 1,536 x 1,536 signal paths. This new DSP SuperCore system also includes a changeover unit for immediate switchover of the DSP SuperCore to a backup — an industry first. In 2006, Euphonix also added a new range of high density, modular converters to support a variety of formats including embedding and de-embedding audio streams from SDI video feeds, AES/EBU digital audio and Ethernet controlled remote microphone preamps. The modular converters make it possible to exactly match the system to the available source and destination formats.

Since the first System 5 shipped in 2000, Euphonix has installed hundreds of systems at top broadcast facilities around the world. Today, many existing clients are upgrading their systems. Euphonix is offering an upgrade package to enhance earlier versions of control surface modules with new processors, memory and TFT screens. An upgrade package to the new DSP SuperCore is also available and clients can also add the modular converters to their existing systems.

Eumovil, a division of Mediapro, based in Madrid, Spain, recently outfitted their on-air OB25 HDTV truck with a new System 5-B console. The console features the new Euphonix 32-fader System 5 control surface and dual redundant DSP SuperCores, each with 154 audio channels. This is the sixth System 5 purchased by the Mediapro group and is the first all-new System 5 installation in Europe.

KTVT of Forth Worth, Texas, was the first U.S. facility to install an all-new System 5-B with 24 channel strips and dual changeover DSP SuperCores, each with 108 channels into their control room B. KTVT installed one of the first System 5 consoles in 1999, which now includes the dual changeover DSP SuperCore and modular converters fitted with SDI cards.

“Our methodical approach to introducing new technology eliminated a constant concern of broadcast studios: wildly expensive and disruptive rip-and-replace installations,” Kloiber said. “Our clients have responded favorably to the technological advances we’ve introduced to the System 5, and they’re impressed with how the System 5 is operationally compatible with earlier versions. We couldn’t be happier with the results.”