At the apex of Cadac's digital development programme is the S-Digital mixing system. Commenting on the S-Digital development, Peter H McGuire, operations manager, Cadac Holdings, stated: "From its conception the S-Digital was engineered with the express intention of replicating the audio quality and extending the functionality of the Cadac J-Type, which became the de-facto console for musical theatre following its launch in 1992. The S-Digital has been designed in conjunction with practising sound engineers to provide a new level of control, with all of the performance superiority of the J-Type."
Being shown at Prolight&Sound in its final production version, the S-Digital console has already attracted a substantial number of pre-orders, with the first of these currently being delivered. The S-Digital console on the exhibition floor will be complemented by a 'live' console in the Ronnie Lane Mobile Studio Airstream caravan parked on the stand.
Also now in final production form, the LIVE1 series is a fully specified, fully Cadac budget console that "exploits the company's heritage engineering to provide exceptional functionality and quality at a competitive price". Designed by the company's analogue console team to offer an affordable Cadac Sound console for FOH applications, the LIVE1 series is based on Cadac's traditional audio circuits and available in 16/4/2, 24/4/2 and 32/4/2 formats. The LIVE1 combines many of the high end features associated with large format Cadac concert and theatre desks with an innovative digital I/O and networking interface unique to any console at this price point.
A further development derived from Cadac's heritage console designs is a new series of outboard processors, making the classic Cadac sound available in 19 inch rack mount outboard form and offering sound engineers a highly affordable upgrade path for any live or location mixing set up, or music production suite. The first of these is the ME2, a dual channel Mic Pre-Amplifier Mixer / EQ with analogue outs and, like the LIVE1, a digital I/O and networking interface.
Commenting on the LIVE1 and ME2 product developments, Cadac Holding general manager, Bob Thomas, stated, "Both the LIVE1 and ME2 provide a feature set and level of quality that only Cadac can offer.
A popular attraction on a Cadac's exhibition stand at PLASA09, the Ronnie Lane Mobile Studio will be at Frankfurt. Representing Cadac's heritage in the live recording market all the way back to the early 70's, the famous Airstream mobile, deployed on recording sessions for the likes of Led Zeppelin and The Who, has been refurbished with a classic Cadac Concert Series console. At Prolight + Sound the RLMS will also feature an active S-Digital console demonstrating the power and quality of the brand's new flagship console.
(Jim Evans)
