APG releases latest Live Manager software
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Developed in response to feedback from APG’s partners, customers and users, Live Manager 1.8.9 greatly increases remote control and monitoring software functionalities while continuing to give users simple, easy-to-use access to the ‘APG sound’.
According to Maxence Castelain, application engineer at APG’s parent company Arbane Groupe, the 1.8.9 update is above all an upgrade to the user pre-sets - both for Live Manager itself and in the creation of a brand-new bank of APG pre-sets for Powersoft’s ArmoníaPlus software. The latter addition, he says, will be especially useful for users of Powersoft fixed install amplifier series with DSP, while new plug-and-play system pre-sets will simplify the deployment of APG speaker systems.
These include pre-sets for newly launched products - including the iX Series of fixed-installation loudspeakers, the iS range of subwoofers and the new UC118i sub – as well as for cornerstones of APG’s Uniline Compact range (such as the UC206N, UC206W, UC115B) and Uniline range (UL115B and UL118B), making APG’s DMS48 processors and DA amplifiers compatible with a wider range of products and technologies.
Optimisations to the gain chain, meanwhile, enable Live Manager users to achieve a high sound level with typical console settings: improvements include a new amplification gain of +32dB, digital/analogue conversion alignment of 0dBu = -24dBFS, and a nominal operating level of 0dBu (with 8dB headroom) for all APG speakers. “The changes to the gain structure and analogue/digital alignment are a true internal revolution that will bring a modern touch to APG’s analogue audio heritage”, explains Castelain.
APG Live Manager 1.8.9, and the new APG pre-sets for ArmoníaPlus 2.2.1, are available to download now.
