DirectOut has expanded its suite of Smart Audio Platforms with ACE – able to adapt to a wide range of professional workflows, from playback/drive rack applications to custom processing rigs – in a portable, travel‑ready format.
‘ACE brings the power and reliability of our flagship Prodigy Series into a device small enough to fit in your backpack,’ says DirectOut CEO, Luca Giaroli. ‘It’s designed to adapt instantly to different workflows while delivering the performance professionals expect from DirectOut.’
This highly portable audio solution benefits from the intelligence of Prodigy and Maven with functionality that can extend with each application. At the heart of ACE are dedicated modes: globcon interfaces purpose‑built for professional audio workflows, spanning from vertically optimised configurations for common applications to a fully open environment for custom signal path design.
Three modes are available are Playback Mode, PA Mode and Prodigy Mode. Playback Mode offers quick configuration of primary and backup computers, vocal processing inserts and streamlined output routing, with built‑in support for EARS (Enhanced Automatic Redundancy Switching). PA Mode is complete drive rack solution providing immediate access to EQ, dynamics, delays and native Smaart integration, with pre‑configured signal flows and redundant input management for live sound and system tuning scenarios. Prodigy Mode provides full access to the same globcon interface as the Prodigy and Maven Series, offering freedom to design bespoke signal paths using advanced routing, mixing, summing, snapshot and redundancy features.
Users select their preferred ACE Mode at activation and can freely switch between modes as requirements evolve, extending functionality through additional perpetual licences.
‘By combining the same FPGA core as our Prodigy Series with purpose‑built ACE Modes, we give engineers instant access to optimised workflows for their specific application, while preserving the option to build fully custom signal paths when required,’ says DirectOut CTO, Claudio Becker Foss. ‘ACE is compact by design, but uncompromising in capability.’
ACE supports Madi, Audio-over-IP (Dante or Milan native versions), AES3 and high‑quality analogue I/O. To simplify configuration and system design, ACE users have access to Ask.DirectOut, the AI‑based DirectOut proprietary assistance service available 24/7.
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