Cadac Announces New Strategic Initiatives Cadac Holdings Ltd. announced a number of strategic initiatives at this year's Prolight + Sound exhibition with major significance for its on-going business development. The company announced the appointment of Vincenzo Borrelli to the newly created position of sales development manager. Borrelli has previously worked for Harman, Mackie, Sound Technology and, most recently Stage Electrics. Commenting on the appointment, Cadac's director of sales, Bob Thomas, said, "Cadac is actively developing a retail focused distribution network as a major element in its future growth strategy, in support of its new compact analogue and digital product lines. Vince brings invaluable experience and knowledge of that market to the new role, and it's my pleasure to welcome him to the Cadac team." On the product development front, Prolight + Sound saw the unveiling of the Cadac DM1600. The all-new proprietary DSP mix platform is a powerful, cost competitive modular design that addresses both traditional Cadac sound installation applications and potential new markets where compact high quality audio reproduction, control and processing are required at an affordable price point, the company says. Optional FireWire and MADI interfaces combine with a 32-in / 12=out stage box to enable system expansion up to 48 mic channels. Operational features include 16 motorized faders and scene recall of all functions. A total of four 4th-generation 32/40-bit floating-point SHARC processors provide a massive reserve of processing power and quality headroom, the company says, while I/Os feature 24-bit / 96kHz Delta-Sigma AD/DA converters. The DM1600 is spec'd with wide dynamic range, low noise mic pre-amps featuring premium input ICs with outstanding CMRR, and advanced EQ algorithms, employing proportional-Q technique, the company says. Commenting at Prolight + Sound, Thomas said, "The DM1600 is a unique premium offering at its price point; nothing currently available offers the expandability, or this level of quality and control. Furthermore, the control surface and user interface are designed to ensure the mixer is as easy and as fast to operate as a compact analogue device. Each function has a discrete control with no doubling up or menu scrolling, and the stereo output section has fully dedicated EQ and dynamics controls. "It's hard to overstate the significance of the launch of the DM1600 for the Cadac product range. In one move it takes us into so many different new market applications and offers an unrivalled compact digital offering across our traditional customer sectors. This was reflected in the number and unprecedented range of potential new distributors who we met with at the exhibition. "The market should be aware that the DM1600 is a first; we will be showcasing further digital console developments at PLASA." 
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