Holophonix Ultra Processor
The Holophonix Ultra Processor is a scalable hardware processor for multichannel systems. It can process up to 512 inputs and outputs using Dante, and can support any custom loudspeaker layout, with processing options such as filters for every source, automatic gain/delay adjustment for loudspeakers, and more. It introduces a new scalable licensing model, with a licence-based output count running from 16 up to 512, and beyond 128 outputs a free hardware upgrade brings it to its full 512-channel capacity. Built with ultra-low audio latency, redundant power supplies and enhanced internal airflow, it's housed in a rack-mountable aluminium chassis with an embedded touchscreen for instant access to monitoring parameters such as IP addresses and network status, and Neutrik-housed connectors including powerCON, etherCON, DisplayPort and USB 3.0 on the rear panel for touring durability. Developed in partnership with IRCAM, it runs every major spatialisation algorithm the company offers, including Wave Field Synthesis, High-Order Ambisonics and Distance-Based Amplitude Panning, and includes a binaural rendering engine with around 100 head-related transfer functions in the SOFA file format.
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The Holophonix Ultra Processor is the flagship model in the Holophonix range, which began life within Amadeus, the French audio equipment manufacturer founded in 1992 by designer Bernard Byk and scientist Michel Deluc. In 2017, Amadeus launched a dedicated research project, developed in coordination with IRCAM's STMS Lab and the CNRS, to build a spatial sound processor combining several spatialisation techniques in one intuitive tool; the resulting Holophonix processor was unveiled at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt in 2018 and went on commercial sale from January 2019, quickly finding its way into venues such as the Théâtre National de Chaillot, La Scala and the Comédie Française. Holophonix was spun off into its own independent company under Gaëtan Byk, who later also became principal shareholder of Amadeus itself, and the brand went on to release its Holophonix 64 and 128 hardware processors before unveiling the Ultra, its most powerful processor yet, alongside a major 2.2 software update, at the Integrated Systems Europe show in Barcelona in January 2024.
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