Contour Controller Version 2.2 Update from Lake Technology
March 23, 2004
Lake Technology demonstrated the newly increased power and flexibility of the Lake
Contour digital speaker controller at NSCA Expo 2004. The company is
introducing a host of new features in its Contour Controller version 2.2
software, which is provided as a free upgrade to all existing Contour
customers.
SMAARTLIVE INTEGRATION:
Version 2 software introduced bi-directional communication between the
Contour Controller and SIA SmaartLive on the same host computer or
across an Ethernet network. This allows SmaartLive's
analysis package, including Spectrum, Spectrograph, and Transfer Function
measurement results, to be displayed within the Contour Controller EQ and
XOVER Overlay pages while also passing control information from the Contour
Controller back to SmaartLive.
Version 2.2 supports integration with the new Lake SmaartLive Controller
version 1.22 software and adds SmaartLive metering information, with
SmaartLive's peak meters displayed inside the Contour Controller when Smaart
is running on separate computer.
SmaartLive Controller software is available as a 30-day, fully functional
demo on the Lake Contour website, which is located at www.contour.lake.com.
Fully functional Contour Controller software and software user guides are
also available for download.
CROSSOVER GANGING & LINEAR PHASE CROSSOVERS:
Crossovers can now be ganged in groups across multiple Contour processors.
Users can create a single set of controls for multiple modules across
multiple hardware processors through the use of the existing Contour Group
functionality and Crossover Ganging. Each Lake Contour processor may be
configured to provide various crossover configurations, supporting 2-, 3-,
4-, 5-, and 6-way crossovers with up to 48dB per octave Bessel, Butterworth,
or Linkwitz-Riley filters.
Version 2.2 software also introduces stereo 2-way and 3-way linear phase
crossover modules. The 2-way module also provides an auxiliary channel.
Users can select the linear phase crossover slope to be Brick Wall (default)
or 24dB/48dB, enabling simple replacement of existing crossover designs.
Lake Contour may alternatively be configured as a 4-way linear phase brick
wall (LPBW) crossover using a single unit.
WEB SITE APPLICATION NOTES:
New application notes for the linear phase crossovers, entitled "Lake
Contour Linear Phase Crossovers - Selecting the best crossover filters for
transparent sound reproduction," will be available on the Lake
Contour web site. The site includes technical documentation, manuals, white
papers, and contact details for distributors worldwide.
DIGITAL GAIN OFFSET:
A stereo AES/EBU digital input and output (24 bit, 44.1kHz to 96kHz) is now
available for Lake Contour. An Input Autoselect function provides signal
redundancy, switching from digital to analog to maintain a continuous
signal. In version 2.2 software, Contour processors equipped with the stereo
digital I/O option are provided with an independent gain offset for the
digital input level, providing to compensate for level differences between
analog and digital inputs.
IMPROVED EASE OF USE:
Additional enhancements include user selection of the A or B input or a mono
sum of both; Overlay A/B switching within the EQ Overlay interface; user
selection of milliseconds, feet or meters on the Delay units page; Stereo
Linking of Crossover and Output EQ selectable across stereo modules on the
same frame, and Crossover bypass, allowing users to create custom crossover
functions with HPF and/or LPF filters removed from an output channel.
In addition to the software updare, Lake has recently posted a new preset library that includes settings for L-Acoustics and EAW loudspeaker systems
For more information, visit their web site at www.contour.lake.com. | 
