Smart AV and Klotz Digital announce VADIS interface alliance

Smart AV has announced a joint sales and marketing agreement with Klotz Digital, a German manufacturer of audio/media platform technology.
The agreement will allow Klotz Digital to seamlessly integrate Smart AV's family of production consoles with its VADIS (Variable Audio Distribution Interface System) audio/media platform, offering customers the option to tie Smart AV consoles into any new or existing VADIS system.
To provide this solution, Klotz Digital Australia developed a TCP/IP-based interface, establishing an open- connection protocol between the different hardware.
The VADIS platform acts as an engine for Smart AV's control surfaces. VADIS brings large audio matrix and multiple audio format capabilities to the Smart AV products and provides a unique yet efficient approach to audio routing, fibreoptic distribution and format conversion. The platform also includes machine control and a wide range of DSP functions. Multiple control locations can share sources, wide area logic control, signal routing, splitting, and more.
In addition, VADIS also permits flexible system designs with remote input and output capabilities that can be connected easily via fibreoptic cabling.
"This partnership is another stage in the VADIS strategy of an open audio platform concept. Klotz Digital is providing its customers with access to a select range of high- quality third-party equipment," said David Spargo, General Manager of Klotz Digital Australia. "Our customers undoubtedly benefit from the unparalleled flexibility our systems provide."
Joseph Narai, Managing Director of Smart AV, said: "We are very excited about the partnership with Klotz Digital. It offers us a significant opportunity to work together with a leading and renowned manufacturer of enhanced digital audio/media routing solutions - a necessity for improved workflow in today's evolving production environment."
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