Audio-Techica Launches New ATND1061 Ceiling Array Microphone

Audio-Technica has launched its new ATND1061 Beamforming Ceiling Array
Microphone, designed as an ideal solution for conference rooms,
boardrooms and other meeting spaces.
The Dante-enabled ATND1061 has six individual output channels, with up
to 32 user-defined pickup zones delivering the flexibility to cover a
wide variety of room sizes and meeting types. Zones can be configured to
ensure coverage of priority participants in known locations, or
unplanned and non-priority parties (exclusion zones can also be set in
software to avoid sources of unknown noise such as air-handling
systems).
Output Channel 1 can be configured with 16 user-defined Coverage Zones,
within which a meeting participant may be seated or moving while
speaking.
The beam will track and keep the microphone focussed on the speaker’s
voice, minimising any room noise. Only one of the 16 Coverage Zones can
be open at a time, with the microphone automatically selecting the zone
with the strongest signal identified as speech. Audio-Technica’s voice
activity detection (VAD) technology enables the microphone to discern
between a voice and unwanted noises such as paper shuffling.
Room configuration, zone setup, and other settings are handled through
the user-friendly Digital Microphone Manager software application. For
integrations without external digital signal processing (DSP), the
ATND1061 features powerful onboard DSP, including automix, acoustic echo
cancellation (AEC), noise reduction, automatic gain control (AGC), and
4-band EQ.
The Dante-enabled ATND1061 has two network ports which can be configured
to fit any installation requirement. In “Single Cable Mode,” Dante
audio and microphone control data are sent together over a single
standard category cable. In “Split Mode,” Dante audio and microphone
control data are sent separately over two category cables.
The ATND1061 can be flush- or surface-mounted in a drop ceiling or hard
ceiling, or mounted in open architecture spaces via a standard VESA
mount. The ATND1061 is UL 2043 compliant for installation in plenum
spaces. All mounts, safety wiring, mounting hardware, and accessories
are included.
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