Hi yalls,
On this second installment of NAMM Report, I figured I could touch (no pun intended) on a phenomenon that is taking over the AV industry. The famous iPad tablet.
It is needless to say how useful those things can really be. The audio industry definitely didn't wait too long to jump on the band wagon. Allen & Heath was showing their iPad App that will be released at the end of the month for the iLive Series consoles. It is an impressive app that gives you just about any control over console functions. It will make life really easy to control monitor mixes from the stage, as well as walking around your venue to dial in your mix a little better. Many manufacturers are catching on to this trend and offering similar control options using tablets.
Digital mixers can be overwhelming at times to volunteers. For that reason the iPad app brings a great level of simplicity of operation for those with limited experience.
Allen&Heath did a great job on the layout and options of the app making it customizable for easy or complex operation. It will certainly make life a lot easier for operating the console on simple events such as weddings, meetings and etc without full console access. By the way, you don't even need a console surface with this system. You can use the iPad only as a mixing surface. Pretty cool. We can't wait to offer to our clients.
Bellow is a screen shot of one of the pages for the app.

Check out Allen&Heath's website for more info on their products, or just get a hold of us.
Posted by Gil Parente at 3:33 PM - Categories: Technology