CIS Conference 2015 tours South East Asia
Published: ASIA
ASIA: Supported by Audinate for the first time, Yamaha’s ASEAN pro audio and business division recently hosted a series of seminars taking place at four locations across South East Asia – Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Focusing specifically on the latest Dante audio networking technology and the launch of the Japanese manufacturer’s MRX7-D open architecture signal processor, the seminars were presented by Andy Cooper and Karl Christmas of Yamaha's pro audio global technical marketing group, alongside Audinate vice president of sales and marketing, John Rechsteiner, Audinate Asia Pacific sales director, Ben Wong, and senior technical solutions engineer, Alvin Cheung. Over 100 systems integrators, live sound and broadcast engineers were present at each session in the respective countries, ranging from seasoned network engineers to those working with audio networks for the first time.
‘Yamaha is leading the global market in networked audio and we organised these four seminars to satisfy the increasing demand for education and support throughout the ASEAN region,’ explained Motome Tanaka, assistant general manager of Yamaha’s ASEAN pro audio business division. ‘Yamaha is continually expanding its range of products for the installation market, and our subsidiaries in the ASEAN region can supply complete solutions through the entire range of Yamaha networking products.'
A morning presentation of Audinate’s product portfolio was followed by Mr Cooper’s presentation on networked systems using Dante and Mr Christmas demonstrating Yamaha’s Commercial Installations Solutions (CIS) products, including the latest processors and the ProVisionaire Touch wireless control app. According to the two companies, the seamless integration of Dante in CIS products was a key element – demonstrating the ‘many advantages of how even basic networking can have a major beneficial impact on installed audio systems’.
‘Yamaha and Audinate specialists can also assist with one-to-one system design, post-sales support and training throughout the world,’ added Mr Tanaka. ‘One of the purposes of these seminars is to highlight that support, as well as demonstrating that Yamaha CIS is a reliable, flexible and cost effective solution.’