Designed from the ground up to deliver the highest ratio of features vs price on the market, the M1 fits the bill in today's tight, ROI-conscious economy, says the company. Quality tested and reliably stable, the M1 is the result of over a decade of console development at Martin. It is built using the best components on the market and is made to endure the toughness of rental and touring.
The Martin M1 is equipped with a fast dual-core processor that makes operation extremely snappy. The dual core processor ensures that the user-interface remains fast and responsive, even if hundreds of playbacks and effects are activated simultaneously. Utilising a quick communication protocol, all user actions on the hardware surface are immediately translated to the output. This means that flashing buttons and moving faders have no perceivable delay.
The M1 has been designed with a single philosophy in mind - simplicity. The surface is clean and easy to navigate with fewer buttons and options to overwhelm the user. By avoiding sub-menus, hidden functions, multi-functions per button, shift keys and other counter-productive methods, the M1 displays all needed information through a series of contextual windows. No longer must the user remember where a function is hidden or complex key combinations.
A comfortable, low profile design with proper spacing between faders and buttons insures operator accuracy. The M1 design achieves a perfect balance of buttons, faders and encoder wheels. It can easily be moved by a single person and is light enough to be checked in as luggage at the airport.
See Martin Professional at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2010 - stand S-E8.
(Jim Evans)
