Lake Introduces All-Digital Contour Pro26D Speaker Processor
March 8, 2004
Lake Technology has announced
the availability of the Lake Contour Pro26D, a new version of
the company's digital loudspeaker processor that incorporates a stereo
AES/EBU digital input and output as standard. The fully digital signal path
of this latest Lake Contour model offers improved overall audio system
quality through the elimination of an unnecessary D-A/A-D conversion at the
console, which can otherwise color the sound.
Supporting sample rates from 44.1 kHz to 96 kHz at 24-bit resolution, the
digital input and output of the Lake Contour Pro26D is enabled through the
Lake Controller software's new Stereo Insert program, and is available for
all existing module programs. An Input Autoselect function provides signal
redundancy. If the digital locked signal is interrupted or lost, Lake
Contour instantly switches from digital to analogue in order to maintain a
continuous signal.
The two input, six output Lake Contour and new Lake Contour Pro26D
incorporate a set of powerful DSP-based equalization and processing
tools, including crossovers, dynamics and delays, that allow the
optimization of performance sound speaker systems. Additionally, the new
fully digital Lake Contour Pro26D may be utilized as a high quality EQ,
delay and dynamics channel processor when inserted into any full bandwidth
digital--or analogue--audio path.
The news of the new Lake Contour Pro26D follows the company's recent
announcement of a series of new software enhancements for the Lake Contour
digital loudspeaker processor. The release of Contour Controller version 2
software includes full integration with the new Lake SmaartLive(tm)
Controller v5 software, which is also now shipping and is available as a
30-day, fully functional demo on the new Lake Contour website, located at
www.contour.lake.com.
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