Peavey Architectural Acoustics Digitool multiprocessors

The new Digitool® digital audio processors from Peavey® Architectural Acoustics® bring world-class NWare™ processing and network control to mid-market contractor and live sound reinforcement applications.

The new Digitool Series is a trio of multi-channel, full featured, digital audio processing and control systems—the Digitool MX16, Digitool MX32 and Digitool Live—that provide stand-alone or network-based audio control in 8×8 or 16×16 I/O formats. The new Digitool processors can be networked with NWare, the proprietary programming and control application of the renowned Peavey MediaMatrix® DSP system. more

Peavey MediaMatrix NION nE

Jan. 19, 2011 — Peavey® announces the new MediaMatrix® NION® nE, a powerful DSP platform designed for cost efficiency in mid-market applications. The NION nE brings the world’s most efficient high performance audio algorithms, the most powerful configurable DSP core ever built for the commercial, engineered systems marketplace, and the revolutionary MediaMatrix nWare™ control software to a broader array of designers and contractors. more

Crest Audio Pro-LITE 2.0 and Pro-LITE 2.0 DSP

Jan. 19, 2011 — Crest Audio® proudly debuts the Pro-LITE™ Series power amplifiers with the Pro-LITE 2.0 and Pro-LITE 2.0 DSP, featuring an incredibly lightweight, efficient design with high power and stable performance into 2-ohm loads.

Crest Audio Pro-LITE Series amps are built on an advanced, high-speed class D design with a switch-mode power supply that reduces weight while increasing reliability, thermal efficiency and output power. more

Architectural Acoustics Digitool

Jan. 19, 2011 — Architectural Acoustics by Peavey® proudly debuts three new models of the venerable Peavey Architectural Acoustics Digitool™ multiprocessor series.

The Digitool is now available in the following models: the MX16, featuring eight inputs and eight outputs; the MX32, featuring 16 inputs and 16 outputs; and the LIVE, featuring eight balanced XLR inputs and outputs for live-sound FOH applications. more

Music and audio innovator Hartley Peavey participated in “Mississippi Night at The GRAMMY Museum,” a preamble to the 52nd GRAMMY Awards held January 28 in Los Angeles to celebrate the state’s vast contributions to popular music.

Peavey, founder and CEO of Peavey Electronics Corporation, discussed career opportunities in music with Los Angeles-area high school students before delivering an inspiring address during the evening program, which featured performances from some of the state’s brightest musical lights—a reflection of the great diversity of Mississippi music. more

Temple Theater stage

Hartley Peavey’s mission to restore the sound of the historic Hamasa Shrine Temple Theater in his hometown of Meridian, Miss., is more than just a professional challenge. It’s personal.

Joseph Lane Peavey, the Peavey Electronics Corporation founder and CEO’s grandfather, was very active in the Hamasa Shriners—his name is even engraved on the Moorish Revival theater’s cornerstone. Like Hartley, J.L. Peavey was an entrepreneur and an inventor with many patents to his credit. Hartley inherited his collection of hand tools when he passed in 1955, and two years later used those tools to build the first Peavey amplifier. more

JACKSON, Miss. — The Auditorium is a new performance hall and restaurant located in the historic Fondren neighborhood of Jackson, Miss., an area that is experiencing a new-urbanism rebirth with shops, entertainment, cafés and living spaces.

Situated in the actual auditorium of the former Duling School—original construction circa 1927—The Auditorium is the centerpiece of Fondren’s renaissance, a crossroads where the South’s best food, music and culture intersect. Following a two-year renovation process, The Auditorium opened in May with an intelligent pro-audio system from Peavey that transforms this casual-dining commons into a world-class live performance hall. more

MediaMatrix by Peavey (InfoComm 2009 exhibit #5649) has redesigned its popular ControlMatrix® integrated hardware and software system for streamlined configuration and installation.

ControlMatrix is an extremely powerful paging control system for MediaMatrix digital audio systems, and can be designed as either a centralized, distributed or hybrid system. The new ControlMatrix supports up to 16 stations per host, and the number of hosts can be scaled according to the total number of stations needed. more

MediaMatrix by Peavey (InfoComm 2009 exhibit #5649) proudly releases the new NIO-4×4 eight-channel input/output card for the NION® digital audio signal processing platform.

The NIO-4×4 card features four microphone and line-level inputs and four line-level outputs, and is compatible with all NION processing nodes, including NION n6, NION n3 and NION nX. The NIO-4×4 card installs into a rear slot on all NION nodes via DIN connector and expands the I/O options of the MediaMatrix NION DSP platform. NION is built on an embedded Linux operating system architecture designed for stable, efficient and robust performance. more

MediaMatrix by Peavey (InfoComm 2009 exhibit #5649) proudly releases its new advanced Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) eight-channel input card for the NION® digital signal processing platform.

The NIO-AEC card is compatible with all NION processing nodes, including NION n6, NION n3 and NION nX, and is supported by MediaMatrix NWare software. The NIO-AEC card can also be used in projects along with the CABâ„¢ 4n and CABâ„¢ 8i CobraNet bridges or other CobraNet sources. NION is built on an embedded Linux operating system architecture designed for stable, efficient and robust performance. more