"We saw, when we looked around, that there was a depth and a breadth to this system that wasn't evident in any of the others," Claringbold revealed, as if to remind everyone that the parameters of the digital market are far less clearly defined than the parameters of digital technology. "This was in terms of its configurability and its ability to expand and adapt into the future - as is now being proved with the EuCon control protocol for the integration of DAWs."
The opera house has three System 5s and one MaxAir console, but beyond this the entire building is running on a centrally controlled fibre optic network exclusively dedicated to audio and video signals. Typically for an AES Convention, it was an application led by professional example rather than public relations, and there can be no doubt that the consultants walking the exhibition floor will have taken note.
