The ME2 provides two independent audio paths, each with dedicated mic pre-amp and four-band fully parametric EQ. Each audio path is fitted with fully balanced inserts, switchable pre- or post-EQ, in addition to balanced auto-compensating analogue outputs. An AES-3 output is also provided, enabling direct connection to digital audio workstations, digital mixing consoles or direct digital recording devices. Multiple ME2 units can be buss-linked together to create a small format multi-channel console - with each audio path equipped with dedicated level/pan controls as well as mute and PFL control - in combination with the Cadac Classic MA2 Mix Amp that will be available later in 2008.
Cadac's MD Bob Thomas wanted to mark the company's 40th anniversary with something genuinely different, commenting: "We are constantly being asked to make the Cadac available to a wider audience, and the Cadac Classic range will do that. I've been wanting to bring a range like this to market ever since I took over at Cadac two and a half years ago. However, it is only recently, following the end of the hardware development phase of the S-Digital console, that we've been able to move Nick Fletcher, our chief analogue designer onto the Cadac Classic project.
"We will be expanding the series rapidly over the course of the coming months, with the MA2 Mix Amp already leaving the design phase and plenty of other products ready to follow on. We're not short of projects - there's 40 years' worth of Clive Green designs to bring back to today's musicians, engineers and producers, not to mention all the other ideas that we've got ready to take forward."
(Jim Evans)
