San Francisco, October 2006 – UK-based pro audio manufacturer, Audient used the AES exhibition in San Francisco to launch its ground-breaking new range of processors: Black Series.
The Black Series utilises unique proprietary technology developed by David Dearden, pulling together knowledge and experience accumulated over four decades as both a user and product designer.
“The Black Series is a departure from Audient’s usual approach to signal processing,” hints Dearden who was on hand for the duration of the AES exhibition to talk people through the new technology and its application in music recording.
The Centro Master Section also made its US debut alongside the familiar range of Audient products. Audient’s Centro is a stand-alone master section for the DAW-centred studio, which brings together monitoring and routing of analogue and digital sources, cue mixing and talkback in a flexible, ergonomic package.
Centro completes Audient’s series of workstation peripherals—joining the ASP008 Variable Impedance Mic Pre and Sumo Summing Amplifier in enhancing the sound quality, flexibility and ergonomics of the DAW-centred studio.
Key features include six stereo digital sources and six analogue sources, two of whcih feeding the two dedicated Cue mixes, all with built-in talkback. Centro is capable of controlling three pairs of speakers and a sub and provides a great way to have the immediacy and flexibility of a console’s master section alongside a workstation.
Sales & Marketing Director Luke Baldry explains, ”We’ve all seen the shift towards desktop audio production, but that doesn’t mean that professional engineering is dead, far from it. Smaller rooms and smaller budgets don’t make engineers or studios any less professional, but they do have to make the most of what they’ve got. Together with ASP008 and Sumo, Centro will enhance a DAW system enormously—the sound and ergonomics of one of our consoles, without the need to reinforce your floor.”