NAB Las Vegas Debuts on Calrec’s Booth:

True Control 2.0 – taking remote production to a whole new level
Creating more flexible workflow combinations, True Control 2.0 is making its NAB debut. Calrec’s 2nd generation remote production technology, True Control 2.0 is an adaptive IP ecosystem that enables broadcasters to embrace distributed production, minimise costs and scale resources on the fly.

With the ability to control up to five Calrec devices simultaneously, True Control 2.0 now encompasses every product across Calrec’s entire IP-native range. At NAB it adds control of Calrec’s Apollo+ and Artemis+ consoles to the Argo Q, Argo S, Argo M, Type R, ImPulse, Impulse 1, and ImPulseV mixing engines.

Argo M and ImPulseV – premium audio quality
As part of Calrec’s enhanced True Control 2.0 ecosystem, Argo M and ImPulse V also make their full NAB debuts in Las Vegas.

Argo M is an ultra-compact IP broadcast audio console with built-in DSP, I/O and GPIO. Built on the same technology as Calrec’s established Argo platform, Argo M is a 24- or 36-fader plug-and-play broadcast audio console with up to 356 channels of internal DSP out of the box. With the ability to connect to an ST2110 networked environment and to existing ImPulse cores, it can quickly create multi-console IP environments and add additional external DSP paths as production demands grow.

ImpulseV is a cloud-based audio mixing engine that provides virtualised Calrec DSP in a cloud-native AWS environment. It can be used to augment an existing workflow with additional processing, mix in parallel with cloud-based playout to deliver a single transmission mix, or provide access to a virtualised mixer alongside existing technologies. Optimised for low latency throughput, ImPulseV provides real-time responsive, efficient and deterministic audio processing, control, routing and mixing. It can be controlled via any True Control 2.0 enabled controller.

Type R - software update and new boosters
Calrec also debuts a Type R software upgrade focused on radio users at NAB. New features include off-air record functionality to easily record off-air content without affecting the on-air mix; enhanced GPIO control over talkback; user labels for Mix Minus buses; and a large 120 channel path DSP pack option with 32 auxes.

Meanwhile, a new aux booster upgrade is also available on ImPulse and ImPulse1 DSP cores, and on all three Argo consoles. Calrec is also debuting MIDI control across the entire Argo platform to support DAW control.

Argo Q and Argo S
Following several high-profile installations, including Raycom Sports, Calrec will demonstrate its Argo Q and Argo S audio mixing consoles at the show.  Raycom Sports recently upgraded its flagship HD1 unit with a 60-fader Calrec Argo S console and a pair of redundant ImPulse1 DSP cores.

Every one of Calrec’s NAB updates is designed to complement each other and the ability to work with Calrec’s True Control 2.0 infrastructure only extends these levels of flexibility.