XLNT Advanced Technologies

XLNT (a development arm of Flashlight/Ampco) launched a couple of clever audio products. Bass Creator is in may ways a problem-solving tool for club and bar owners, designed to filter out sensitive frequencies that 'grab' the harmonics of neighbour's walls and excite them. To compensate and keep the customers happy, Creator then works with higher tone harmonics that fool the ear into believing it is still receiving the same low bass energy. Tuned to the 20Hz to 150Hz frequency range, Creator can give level gains of 6-10dB once the offending frequency is eliminated. It also has a two-band limiter to avoid pumping effects, and an eight-band EQ if you need it.

In prototype form, the Engineer is a balancing tool, again designed primarily for pubs and clubs. The problem stems from the current fashion for mass storage MP3 file players, where the myriad compression techniques lead to wild variations on playback quality and level. Engineer has a four second 'look ahead' sampler that begins compensating within two seconds. Four-in, eight-out, comps, limiters etc, and a mic input, this unit just needs to be 'taught' how you like things to sound. Run your favourite CD through it and set the system to your desired output, and it will remember. Production is expected to commence in two months.

Latest Issue. . .