Having announced a number of strategic initiatives at this year’s Pro Light & Sound exhibition, Cadac has announced appointed Vincenzo Borrelli to the newly created position of Sales Development Manager.

Borrelli has previously worked for companies as diverse as Harman, Mackie, Sound Technology and, most recently Stage Electrics. Commenting on the appointment, Cadac Director of Sales Bob Thomas said: ‘Cadac is actively developing a retail focused distribution network as a major element in its future growth strategy, in support of its new compact analogue and digital product lines. Vince brings invaluable experience and knowledge of that market to the new role, and it’s my pleasure to welcome him to the Cadac team.’

Frankfurt’s Pro Light & Sound event saw the unveiling of the Cadac DM1600, a cost competitive modular design that addresses both traditional Cadac sound installation applications and potential new markets where compact high-quality audio is required at an affordable price point.

Optional Firewire and Madi interfaces combine with a 32 input/12 output stagebox to enable system expansion, up to 48 mic channels. Operational features include 16 motorised faders and scene recall of all functions. A total of four fourthth generation 32/40-bit floating-point SHARC processors provide a massive reserve of processing power and quality headroom, while I/Os feature 96kHz, 24-bit (fast and wide) Delta-Sigma AD/DA converters. Specially developed ultra-low distortion EQ filters and analogue sounding compressors. As with any Cadac mixer sound quality is paramount and the DM1600 primises wide dynamic range, low noise mic preamps featuring ‘premium input ICs with outstanding CMRR’, and EQ algorithms employing proportional-Q techniques.

‘It’s hard to overstate the significance of the launch of the DM1600 for the Cadac product range,’ says Thomas. ‘In one move it takes us into so many different new market applications and offers an unrivalled compact digital offering across our traditional customer sectors. This was reflected in the number and unprecedented range of potential new distributors who we met with at the exhibition.

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