Calrec has announced a new compact version of its Argo platform, with a 24- or 36-fader footprint.
The Argo M is a plug-and-play SMPTE 2110 native console, featuring integrated DSP processing and no networking or PTP sync required for independent operation, said the company.
It also has 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.
The platform supports 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 is 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, added Calrec.
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.
“The introduction of Argo M not only delivers Calrec’s renowned heritage and feature set at incredible value, but it enables more broadcasters to take advantage of Argo’s award-winning flexible IP technology,” says Sid Stanley, general manager at Calrec.
“All our broadcast customers are looking for more flexible workflows while still having the right monitoring and metering tools in front of them without the need for ancillary equipment. Argo M helps them to redefine their production models and retain all that in a cost-effective way. It caters for a variety of workflows; cores and surfaces can be geographically diverse to enable remote and distributed production, as well as supporting interoperable networking and stage-box interfacing via AES67/ST2110-30 with ST2022-7 dual-network/packet merging redundancy with either 1G or 10G connectivity.”
