Celebrating its diamond jubilee this year, Calrec, a leading designer and supplier of audio broadcast mixing equipment, is bringing new products to ISE 2025. True Control 2.0 and its compact 24-fader Argo M and 12-fader Type R IP-based mixing system, will all make their ISE debuts.
Calrec says True Control 2.0 delivers expanded levels of control in two key areas. Firstly, it gives users far greater levels of remote control without the limitations of mirroring or parallel controlling, with control of an expanded feature-set including EQ, dynamics, routing, direct outputs and delay.
More fundamentally, it gives broadcasters and content providers more flexibility to scale their remote productions as needed by expanding the number of products it works with. True Control 2.0 is available on ImPulseV, Calrec’s cloud-based DSP processing core, as well as Argo M, Argo Q, Argo S and Type R. Calrec says the controller consoles can access up to five other consoles simultaneously.
Calrec is showcasing its new 24-fader Argo M console, which will be controlled by True Control 2.0. Built on the same technology that powers Calrec’s established Argo platform, the Argo M brings the same feature set and operational familiarity as the larger Argo Q and Argo S consoles in a compact 24- or 36-fader footprint.
Designed for small to medium-scale applications, Argo M is a plug-and-play broadcast audio solution with integrated DSP and no networking or PTP sync required for independent operation and has the ability to connect to an ST2110 networked environment. Argo M features built-in analogue and digital audio I/O and GPIO, 3 x modular I/O slots for further expansion, and a MADI I/O port via an SFP.
Supporting 5.1.2, 5.1.4, 7.1.2 and 7.1.4. immersive paths for input channels, busses, metering and monitoring as standard, Argo M has the same Calrec Assist UI for remote control on a standard web browser. Meanwhile, the Calrec Connect AoIP system manager is designed to make IP streams easier to manage.
Argo M can be paired with Calrec’s ImPulse, ImPulse1 and ImPulseV processing cores. It’s available with 304 or 356 internal DSP processing paths, while external ImPulse and ImPulse1 processing cores can expand processing capacity to 432 DSP paths as well as provide additional redundancy. This enables customers to expand Argo M as their production demands grow.
With up to four Argo surfaces able to share access to a pair of redundant ImPulse cores, Argo M can also connect to an existing ImPulse core alongside other Argo surfaces to create multi-console environments. While the introduction of ImPulseV, Calrec’s cloud-based DSP processing core, gives Argo M access to cloud-based DSP packs, with scalable and secure cloud-native DSP processing core and control software on demand.
Calrec will also showcase its 12-fader Type R modular, expandable IP mixing system on the stand, controlled by True Control 2.0. It too is designed to encourage customers to take advantage of distributed production and flexible workflows. Its four hardware and soft panels can create a variety of system types and can be simplified for less technically minded DJs or lots of features added for full operational control by skilled operators.
