Italy – Newton, the original, patented, FPGA-based signal processing powerhouse by Outline, the Italian premier manufacturer of professional audio solutions, is being promoted to address new and significant workflow improvements via the just-released firmware update.
In response to a steady request by its loyal users’ base, firmware update 98 implements a most significant workflow addendum that allows users to seamlessly save and recall whole-platform snapshots of all its functional parameters and settings right on its very board – onboard!
The possibility of saving and recalling a complete Newton operational status as snapshot turns in handy for addressing different usage scenarios in multipurpose rooms and venues, whereby different portions of sound system need to be activated (and/or optimised) at specific configurations of walls’ and floor partitioning, for example – or when specific event types in the same venue rely on different suppliers of technical services, each with their own production setups, to minimise setup times, and avoid any mismatch in routing, clocking, sub-systems balance and tuning.
Concert-wise, as well as in festival settings, of course, snapshots allow users to precisely manage guests’- and main artists’ injection setups, each of them starting off a perfectly clean slate at soundcheck, for saving the achieved operational balance at the end of rehearsal, just to load it back again by exact running order at showtime – regardless of whichever host is actually hooked to the system (as snapshots reside right within the very Newton machine).
Moreover, as firmware update 98 allows Newton users to choose which specific elements of its logic blocks get to be saved in each snapshot instance (and then be recalled at will), system engineers tasked with the alignment and optimisation of (even the most) complex PAs, will now be able to run checkup- and troubleshooting test routines in full compliance to previous service status.
For total signal dependability and peace of mind at operation, implemented in firmware update 98 are provided safe areas to protect outputs groups (which can’t be overridden by snapshot recall), as well as user-defined safety switch for whichever type of control function that can be locked to its current status as “recall safe”.
Add to this the inherent backward compatibility of firmware update 98 to all generations of Newton hardware, after which no Outline Newton’s too old to enjoy the new snapshot functionality, plus the fact that this significant improvement comes as a no-cost update, part of Outline’s policy in matters of lifecycle commitment… and you’ll probably now want to try it out pronto!
If we have succeeded in raising your interest, feel free to download the most recent version of Isaac, the multi-platform control application of Newton, available for both Windows and macOS architectures, from https://outline.it/software-app/ – because even downloading the new firmware update 98 prior to installing it onto your Newton device falls within Isaac’s many functions!
