XTA News

XTA Joins the CMI Family

XTA Electronics is a British manufacturer of premium audio management systems and processors aimed at the professional touring market.
Andrew Grayland and John Austin–former R&D manager and one of the Technical Directors of Klark Teknik–started XTA in 1992. Having overseen many of the benchmark products produced by KT, both Andrew and John felt that DSP (digital signal processing) technology could find a home at the heart of PA systems. At this time DSP was often disregarded because of its audio quality, but Andrew and John felt that–with the right algorithms and using 32-bit processing coefficients instead of 24-bit (what the majority of DSP designs were using)–digital equipment could be designed that would sound very pure and clear.
With an unwavering commitment to R & D, XTA leads the way in creating world-class audio products and continuing to develop and improve DSP technology for the pro touring market.
XTA products are already coming in.
For pricing and information contact Andy McIntyre at andy@cmi.com.au

For a comprehensive XTA pricelist and product information, click here

New DC1048 Audio Management Controller

Installation audio processing becomes a whole lot easier with the introduction of the new DC1048.

Working in conjunction with a new software package, iCore, it's easy to program the unit the way you want, and then unplug the computer, safe in the knowledge that settings can't be changed, and even if they are, setting up timed presets ensures they'll be back as they should be by the next morning!
Units may be networked via RS485 and are compatible with the wireless Walkabout system.

Offering full matrix mixing and a pallette of EQ functions to satisfy even the most demanding application, the DC1048 doesn’t compromise your processing, whilst offering a range of installation friendly features.
24-bit high end converters coupled with a 96k sample rate, ensure a bandwidth in excess of 30kHz and a dynamic range of over 112dB.
XTA's world class limiters, offer unrivalled transparency, give peace of mind when configuring a system to “set and forget”. Systems that are often driven hard "into the red" and with heavy limiting, more often than not, sound harsh and tiring. Our limitiers are renowned for their smooth controlled behavoiur, even when working hard.
Quick access keys make setting up the remote facilities a breeze, with simple easy to remember menus. Preset recalls may also be actioned from the front panel.
The real time clock and calendar in each unit allows for the set-up of fully automated preset recalls, so your system can seamlessly adapt in the background with no need for user intervention.
Display and guide LEDs fade up when the unit is locally accessed, with the display fading up independently when remotely accessed.
With a GPIO interface built in, along with the USB easy access front panel connector, and RS485
networking, it’s easy to get your system configured and then left secure with only remote access via the touch panels (or any other system you choose).
As with all xta products, excellent sound quality is assured through the heritage of the 4 Series processing platform, and the use of high resolution, high sample rate audio converters.
Remote touch sensitive wall panels allow for quick recall of up to four presets (with the facility to program an offset for different banks). These panels can be parallelled up around a venue so any one will trigger a system-wide recall, with messages relaying via RS485.
An additional control line allows for an override memory to work with emergency evacuation systems.