Professional Audio & Television (PAT) has supplied a 32-fader Lawo mc²36 MkII production console to the Nine Network for its 1 Denison Street ST2110 IP broadcast facility in North Sydney.

The new console was added to the existing audio infrastructure and was chosen because of its native SMPTE2110-30 capabilities among other features. A group of Nine Network delegates conducted a detailed evaluation of Lawo’s latest mc² console offering at PAT’s demo facility in Sydney, where one of the very first mc²36 MkII consoles arrived fresh off the production line from Germany late last year.

The new mc²36 represents Lawo’s desire to shrink the console footprint in every way possible, while increasing as feature set. An all-in-one console at heart, it has double the number of DSP channels as its predecessor, both at 48kHz and 96kHz. It delivers the same convenience as its larger siblings: all industry-standard audio inputs and outputs are built-in, with native IP connectivity at its centre.

Powered by Lawo’s latest generation of A__UHD Core software-defined processing technology, this console delivers the flexibility offered by IP technology, but with intuitive tools that make set-up and management as simple as in baseband days. The console is equipped to handle any kind of application and provides operational ease for all kinds of production scenarios. The mc²36 is IP native and combines the power of Lawo’s A__UHD Core with its unrivalled sound processing quality, local I/O featuring Lawo-grade microphone preamps, and the most compact mc² console surface yet built.

‘This is the first Lawo mc² console based on Lawo’s native IP control called Home, an intuitive easy to use web GUI which simplifies the AoIP experience for the user’ says PAT MD, Patrick Salloch. ‘We are delighted and honored that Nine have chosen Lawo technology again to expand on their already impressive Lawo video processing, Multiviewer and control solutions at 1D Street. To have been able to provide an mc² console to this world class facility is certainly the icing on the cake for us.’

‘The Nine Network has a long-standing relationship with Lawo and PAT and it made perfect sense to consider Lawo’s mc² audio solutions when expanding our audio production facilities in 1 Denison Street. The Lawo mc2 36 MKII met all of our technical requirements and is the right choice for our ST2110 facility,’ adds Nine Network Broadcast CTO, David Bowers.