CADAC Debuts CDC eight Production Platform in the US

CADAC is exhibiting and demonstrating its new CDC eight digital production console to the US theatre sound industry as a sponsor of the Live Design Broadway Sound Master Classes, May 19-20, in New York City. It will also be the first showing of the new 32 fader frame variant in the US.

Cadac's US theatre sound distributor, RF Productions, Inc., will be showing the new console to theatre design professionals and students during manufacturers' showcase sessions in the intimate confines of the 99 seat Abe Burrows Theatre at New York University. Cadac's participation is part of the New Technology Presentation, with RF Production's Tom Bensen and Cadac international sales manager, Ben Millson, in attendance.

While the launch of the CDC eight has focused on the console's role in spearheading Cadac's move into the wider sound touring and installation sectors, according to the company, the CDC eight's configurability and feature set provides Cadac a uniquely competitive, high-performance digital offering for theatre sound applications.

The CDC eight offers a mix solution, supporting a high input count on a desk with such a compact footprint. Feature wise and sonically, the CDC eight compares with a Cadac J-Type. It has 40 configurable output busses which can be programmed as groups or matrixes, and additionally there are 16 internal VCA groups. The console boasts up to 128 input channels, and using the input selection on each channel to sum two inputs together, that can be expanded to a potential 256.

The CDC eight offers a user interface with two 24" 16:10 HD touch-screen control surfaces; a third smaller LCD touch-screen is dedicated to system control and automation.

Commenting on the ongoing CDC eight development program, Cadac senior development manager Peter Hearl, states, "The CDC eight was devised as a console to address the widest possible range of applications to the highest standards of performance and with CADAC's heritage, theatre sound was always going to be an important market for this console. The theatre development program for the desk is addressing a number of issues and applications, including looking to the potential compatibility of the CDC eight with the J-Type SAM theatre automation software, enabling the recall of all SAM settings on the new console. The program objective is to make the CDC eight a great CADAC theatre sound desk."