{"id":543525,"date":"2026-03-16T06:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/543525\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T06:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:51:15","slug":"gtx-2026-the-product-range-cx-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/543525\/","title":{"rendered":"GTX 2026 \u2013 the product range \u2014 CX Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

Group Technologies\u2019 GTX event featured 20 visiting product experts from their brands, travelling from as far afield as the UK and Europe. Often the founders of the companies or creators of the products themselves, getting access to these experts is worth its weight in gold. The nature of the event means that everyone who attends has an opportunity to talk one-on-one in a relaxed environment, quite different to the experience you have at a giant show like ISE. In no particular order, here\u2019s a run-down of what was new at GTX, and what I learned from speaking to the people behind the products.<\/p>\n

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DIGICO, FOURIER AUDIO, AND KLANG<\/p>\n

Stationed at a commanding DiGiCo Quantum 852 sitting next to a petite Quantum112, DiGiCo\u2019s Ian Staddon and Dave Bigg were also representing KLANG immersive monitoring, and working together with neighbouring Fourier Audio\u2019s Elliot Sinclair.<\/p>\n

\"\"DIGICO QUANTUM112<\/p>\n

The big yet small deal was the new Quantum112 flyweight mixer, which clocks in at the magic 23kg checked baggage limit when housed in a custom Pelican case, bringing DiGiCo power to flying rigs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Quantum112 was launched to distributors last November,\u201d explains Ian Staddon. \u201cOn the launch date, we had a live band playing, with Jerry Harvey of Jerry Harvey IEMs (now available through Group Technologies) the FoH mixer for the band. He flew in on a helicopter with the 112 in a Pelican case, walked in, and set up. We had more than a dozen 112s at the launch event, and Group Technologies walked away with one of them. We have started shipping in limited volumes, we\u2019re back-ordered, and we can\u2019t make them fast enough. Because it\u2019s a full-blown Quantum mixer in a small box, it does everything that the Quantum852 does, but with fewer channels. The engine and processing are pretty much exactly the same, which means the test time at the factory is more or less the same a Quantum338.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ian also teased new Quantum software due to be released by the end of March, with new features including tight integration with Sound Devices wireless mics and support for Fourier Audio\u2019s new Hyperport connection to its transform.engine and new transform. go VST effects engines.<\/p>\n

\"\"FOURIER AUDIO\u2019S ELLIOT SINCLAIR WITH TRANSFORM.ENGINE AND THE NEW TRANSFORM.GO<\/p>\n

Fourier Audio\u2019s Elliot Sinclair explains; \u201cHyperport brings the round-trip signal latency from the console, through the engine, and back to the console, down from three milliseconds via standard Dante to 1.2 milliseconds. This opens up the market for monitor engineers. The really cool part is that existing Dante hardware will support Hyperport. We\u2019ll switch the card to a different firmware, so it\u2019s a free upgrade all round. Hyperport clocks automatically, and patches one-to-one; it\u2019s literally plug and play with two cables, one being a redundant connection. It removes the headache of dealing with Dante Controller and needing to understand networks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people are using Fourier Audio\u2019s transform.engine at Front of House,\u201d outlines Dave Bigg. \u201cBut with the latency within standard Dante, it makes it tricky working with monitors. In monitor world, latency is everything. We work on a budget of about five milliseconds; it\u2019s two milliseconds for a radio transmitter and two for the console, and that only leaves one millisecond. We need to do everything we can to squeeze that down to make transform. engine and transfor.go useful for monitor engineers. With Hyperport, we\u2019ll now be able to easily utilise Fourier at both ends.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Fourier Audio\u2019s 64 channel transform.engine enthusiastically adopted by sound engineers around the world, Fourier have just introduced the transform.go for smaller shows. \u201cThe transform.go is 16 channels instead of 64, with two DSP cores instead of six,\u201d states Eliiot Sinclair. \u201cIn terms of feature set, it\u2019s exactly the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"KLANG:1 AND KLANG:1PRO<\/p>\n

Just released at NAMM, KLANG\u2019s new single mix immersive monitoring devices integrate natively with DiGiCo surfaces. \u201cKLANG:1 and KLANG:1pro are designed to give you a single mix of KLANG immersive monitoring in any environment,\u201d continues Dave Bigg. \u201cThe feedback we got from some KLANG users was that the artists they were working with loved using it, but on small fly shows where they couldn\u2019t take any gear, they weren\u2019t getting the monitoring they had gotten used to. The idea is you can throw them in your backpack and take your immersive mix anywhere you\u2019re traveling. You can cascade them as well, so you could create multiple mixes on the KLANG app. KLANG:1 is MADI in and out, and KLANG:1pro has two MADI in and one out, plus Dante, so it connects to just about any device.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FOCAL<\/p>\n

Group Technologies have refreshed and updated their Studio space, adding Dolby Atmos capability with Focal monitoring. I heard an electronic work played back through the system, and the quality was breathtaking. Focal\u2019s own Vincent Moreuille talked me through what GT had done in the room.<\/p>\n

\"\"FOCAL\u2019S VINCENT MOREUILLE<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is 7.1.4 system built to Dolby\u2019s Atmos standard,\u201d says Vincent, \u201cIt showcases the Focal Shape series, which is our premium near-field monitoring range, and is coupled with two Sub One subwoofers. They have a very slim profile and are very shallow, so you can put them under a desk and still have space for your feet!\u201d<\/p>\n

With Apple Music championing Dolby Atmos, and companies like Netflix making it standard, Vincent is convinced it\u2019s here to stay. \u201cI think Atmos is not just \u2018yet another format\u2019. It is a new creative tool for artists, producers, and mixers. If you use it as a tool to express yourself in the creation of a work, you can get results that are really stunning. Also, while Focal are renowned in the stereo world, with Atmos, we are now present from the genesis of the content, all the way to your lounge room; we just released an all-in-one immersive speaker called Mu-So Hekla that features the Dolby decoding algorithm as well as our own, which is called Focal Sphere.\u201d<\/p>\n

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RME<\/p>\n

GTX 2026 marked the first time German audio interface manufacturer RME had exhibited, with GT acquiring distribution back in April 2025. RME\u2019s Max Holtmann showed us the new HDSPe AoX-M, a 512 channel PCI Express Card with Milan and optional MADI.<\/p>\n

\"\"RME\u2019S MAX HOLTMANN WITH THE HDSPE AOX-M<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two network ports can be extended with two MADI ports,\u201d says Max. \u201cYou can have a total of 256 MADI channels in addition to the 256 channels via the network ports. Via the ports, it can handle 512 channels of Dante or Milan. In AVB configuration it can accommodate larger stream sizes of 32 channels per stream.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"FOCAL DOLBY ATMOS STUDIO<\/p>\n

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NST AUDIO<\/p>\n

It\u2019s always lovely to catch up with NST Audio\u2019s founder and chief engineer Dan Cartman, and he showed me their new DM88 System Processor.<\/p>\n

\"\"DAN CARTMAN NST AUDIO<\/p>\n

\u201cThe DM88 is our new matrix processor for live sound and installation,\u201d Dan explains. \u201cIt\u2019s intended to go between a mixing desk and an amplifier rack. It\u2019s a desk switcher, it\u2019s a signal router, it\u2019s a house EQ, it\u2019s a format converter; it\u2019s a total toolbox for a FoH system engineer.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DM88 comes standard with eight analog ins and outs, eight AES\/EBU ins and outs, and 16 Dante inputs and outputs. \u201cYou can route inputs and outputs however you want,\u201d continues Dan. \u201cYou can use processing, or you can not use processing. It\u2019s a semi open architecture format; if you want to use it as say, a four in, eight out loudspeaker processor, you can do that. Or if you just need to get two AES channels onto the Dante network, you can just plug those in and use it as format converter, configured using the same D-Net software that we use with our other products. There\u2019s a ton of new features that we\u2019ve added, including grouping and linking channels, and multiple device grouping. You can have a whole system group where you can delay, gain, and EQ the entire system via a single object, rather than individual channels. You can also layer different subgroups, so you can have a subwoofer group, a delay group, and so on. It makes administrating a large system much more efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n

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AUSTRIAN AUDIO<\/p>\n

Austrian Audio sent no less than their CEO himself, Martin Seidl, to GTX, carrying his very own OC-B6 kick drum mic.<\/p>\n

\"\"MARTIN SEIDL (CEO OF AUSTRIAN AUDIO) WITH THE OC-B6, GRILLE OFF<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is absolutely brand new, and I\u2019m really proud to say it\u2019s the first kick drum mic that has a capsule designed especially for the kick,\u201d says Martin. \u201cIt\u2019s a large diaphragm condenser, so it\u2019s a full one-inch condenser capsule. We have made the capsule capable of coping with SPL in excess of 170dB. I have just announced the challenge \u2013 \u2018bring me the drummer who plays a kick drum that loud\u2019. The mic\u2019s sound character is designed to be the same as a normal condenser. In a drum mix, for example, if you just turn up the overheads and kick drum, you very often have a sound mismatch. The OC-B6 is not EQ-shaped like a traditional kick drum mic in any way. It is a very flat frequency response. You can use it in any position; it works brilliantly in front of the bass drum, at the port, or in the drum.\u201d<\/p>\n

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L-ACOUSTICS<\/p>\n

In addition to the L-ISA Auditorium, L-Acoustics PAs are now hanging in Group Technologies excellent Live Space, a huge room in which you can listen to just about any loudspeaker in their portfolio.<\/p>\n

\"\"L-ACOUSTICS IN THE LIVE SPACE<\/p>\n

I caught the demo, which really showed off just how much punch their extremely flexible and affordable A Series medium throw line arrays have.<\/p>\n

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RCF AND TT+ AUDIO<\/p>\n

At the opposite end of the Live Space, RCF and its flagship brand TT+ Audio demoed the new RCF EVOX J three-way column arrays speakers and TT+ Audio GTX line arrays.<\/p>\n

\"\"RCF AND TT+ AUDIO IN THE LIVE SPACE<\/p>\n

EVOX J comes in three models, the largest being the EVOX J11, with one 1.75\u201d Neo compression driver, 12 3\u201d full-range Neo transducers, and a 12\u201d RCF subwoofer. While light, portable and brilliantly easy to set-up, both the smaller EVOX J9 and the J11 absolutely filled the Live Space with punchy sound, and would both be at home handling live band gigs up to 500 pax.<\/p>\n

I talked to RCF\u2019s Executive Sales Director Alberto Ruozzi about the distinction drawn between the RCF brand and TT+ Audio. \u201cRCF is RCF,\u201d explains Alberto. \u201cWe created a division within RCF which we branded as TT+ Audio. What does TT+ Audio mean for us? It is where we give our best with absolutely no compromises. With RCF, we pursue excellence in performance while balancing attention to price and value. TT+ Audio is more like our Formula One team, representing the best possible product we can manufacture.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"RCF\u2019S ALBERTO RUOZZI<\/p>\n

We heard two TT+ Audio line arrays, GTX10 and the brand new GTX7c. \u201cThe GTX10 is a conventional dual 10\u201d two-way system,\u201d continues Alberto. \u201cThe GTX7c is a cardioid compact line array with dual 7\u201ds in the front, a compression driver, and two 5\u201ds in the back for the cardioid cancellation.<\/p>\n

The uniqueness of this system is that our system is active; we have a separate channel for the front and back. Because of this, we have better control of the cancellation at the rear, and can vary the setup; conventional cardioid cancellation, or hypercardioid, or another setting for ground stacking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both systems absolutely shone, and as is becoming more and more common with cardioid line arrays, going behind the speakers to hear what wasn\u2019t coming out of the back was just as important as hearing what was coming out of the front!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Group Technologies\u2019 GTX event featured 20 visiting product experts from their brands, travelling from as far afield as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,269318,63,269319,269320,16539,269321,105,269322],"class_list":["post-543525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-audio-technology","tag-australia","tag-av-distribution","tag-meet-the-manufacturers","tag-networking","tag-product-demos","tag-technology","tag-visiting-experts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}