SIGNALS
Canadian DSP manufacturer Xilica
held a regional training event at CBC’s
Toronto headquarters on Oct. 9, 2019.
Focussing on the design and pro-
gramming of intricate audio systems
utilizing DSP technology, participants
were guided through the Xilica Certi-
fied Dealer course by the manufactur-
er’s Technical Services Manager, Joe
Orlando. The event was delivered in
partnership with Contact Distribution,
the manufacturer’s distribution partner
for Canada. www.xilica.com.
(L-R) CONTACT DISTRIBUTION’S BILL COONS, XILICA’S DONNY CHOW; MOBILE FACILITIES’ BILL TAYLOR & XILICA’S JOE ORLANDO
Which technological innovation to hit the audio market in
the last 5-10 years has been most beneficial to your work
and/or your business and why?
“The development of small, powerful, file-based multi-track mixer
recorders with SMPTE timecode functionality has fundamentally
changed the sound-for-picture industry.”
“Currently, Dante networking. In general, I love how speaker
technology has grown.”
“etherCON cabling. This digital cabling is excellent when doing
portable setups. We are using an Allen & Heath GLD-80 console
with a stage rack.”
“Improved analog modelling in audio plug-ins. The cost savings
of not buying, maintaining, and running hardware have kept us
competitive.”
“Digico SD consoles. Why? GAME CHANGER!”
Professional Sound’s
For this issue’s survey, we kept it very simple and asked
audio pros across Canada just one question so they
could share their thoughts with others.
Here is a selection of their responses…
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“Digital snake systems with digital mixers. Using simple Cat-5
cabling to run multi-channel to the stage is so much better than
using a heavy copper multicore cable.”
“The low cost to own digital
audio consoles makes their use
commonplace, which along with
high performance leads to greater
acceptance. That along with no
need for outboard gear and heavy
cabling permanently changes our
industry.”