Cadac Consoles just debuted the CM system centered around the CM-J50 mixer. The company says audio-first is the core design principle of Cadac Consoles, married with a user interface and workflow. The interface has undergone an evolution on the CM-J50, including the addition of a number of new user led features, allowing faster creative control of Cadac’s audio quality, while maintaining 0.4ms through-system latency.

Though smaller and lighter than its forebears, Cadac Consoles says the CM-J50 mixer boasts a higher I/O density with 96 inputs and 56 outputs, of which 48 are user assignable. Brighter 23.5” and 6.5” touchscreens are at the heart of the user interface. And while the form factor is familiar – including the wooden armrest – the CM-J50 is “massively internally re-engineered,” mechanically and electronically, to ensure both roadworthiness and increased performance. Local I/O has expanded to include 16 analog mic inputs, 8 analog outputs and 8 AES3 ports, plus an integrated Waves interface, and there are dual internal PSUs. Two MegaCOMMS ports, mirrored on optical LC ports as well as BNCs, provide system extension through a new series of ‘intelligent’ CM-SR remote stage racks.

The company says these follow Cadac Consoles’ new design language with the series comprising the 4U CM-SR24 and CM-SR40, with 24 ins and 32 outs and 40 ins and 16 outs, respectively, and extending up to the 7U 64 input and 40 output CM-SR64. Designed to meet the increasing demands of live audio production, the products feature comprehensive local control via a 2.4” color screen, OSC implementation, headphone monitoring and dual internal PSUs with the units encased in a robust, 100% recyclable aluminum chassis.

Cadac Consoles says the all-new iPad CM-Remote and PC CM-Editor provide comprehensive remote control and offline editing solutions, respectively, and complete a “cohesive and powerful” audio mixing ecosystem.