Allen & Heath has launched its V1.6 firmware for the AHM series of audio matrix processors, boasting a suite of new features.
New features include unit stacking, expanded third-party control, and integrated feedback suppression bridging the worlds of commercial integration and systems engineering with new levels of control and scalability.
Unit stacking allows multiple AHM processors can be managed, monitored and controlled from a single project within system manager, with custom views of channels across the entire system. Unit stacking allows integrators and system engineers to design and operate larger, more complex systems with the same speed as expected from smaller systems.
V1.6 also brings expanded third-party control and monitoring, allowing AHM to integrate tightly with devices such as displays, video switchers, microphones, and amplifiers. Device behaviour can also be monitored directly from IP controllers.
Feedback suppression is also included in V1.6, designed to tame problem frequencies and prevent unwanted feedback across up to eight zones. Available on AHM-32 and AHM-64 units fitted with the AEC/processing expansion card.
Additional features include new ganging options for levels, delays and dynamics, building on the EQ ganging introduced in V1.5. Workflow refinements include socket labelling, processing block visibility, global mute and level controls as well as playback looping to streamline system design and management.
V1.6 also adds support for embedded recall with dLive and Avantis systems, VLAN compatibility for Slink and gigaACE connections, and a host of other improvements.