Solid State Logic has announced System T V3.1, the latest update to its broadcast platform providing ‘significant production flexibility and expansion’.
Central to the release is support for the company’s TE1 and TE2 Tempest audio engines, which offer a flexible means of managing production capacity to enable users to expand processing requirements through new software ‘processing’ licences. With the inclusion of a ‘pay-as-you-go’ model, users can increase production capability for user-defined project periods – such as large one-off sporting or entertainment events.
With AoIP at the core of System T (including automatic discovery of Dante devices and AES67/ST 2110 streams via SAP), audio patching is presented via a simple GUI, with full mono routing capabilities. I/O management provides logical representations of signals on a self-discovered database, V3.1 includes improvements for managing dynamic and frequently changing AoIP networks, and additional access control entries for enhanced security of I/O and wider console features. With a focus on interoperability and integrating third-party devices, V3.1 also provides control for Focusrite’s Dante enabled RedNet MP8R Mic I/O directly from System T consoles, allowing customers to use this popular IO box with controls from the console, plus parameters stored and recalled with scenes and showfiles.
Additional production focused features include a new Send Stems mode, allowing standard subgroup (on/off) type stem to be switched to a bus with a send level for efficient effect return signals or discrete feeds to outputs that require an independent mix. The Path Recall Safe feature is also extended to include individual path processing blocks, providing a quick and simple way from within the Channel View to recall safe a particular path section when firing scenes.
‘As we continue to broaden our System T offering, it’s essential we provide an agile solution that allows customers to scale their production capacity based on their schedules,’ says SSL Broadcast Product Manager, Tom Knowles. ‘This release delivers this and more, and with future developments increasing our remote access capability, our work will eventually lead to more advanced scenarios where clients won’t need to rely on just on-premise processing and control.’
The new Tempest engines will be available to customers as of August 2021.
