Newton and Isaac updated

Outline has released a firmware upgrade for its Newton FPGA-based signal processing platform. Firmware update 98 allows users to seamlessly save and recall whole-platform snapshots of all its functional parameters and settings. The possibility of saving and recalling a complete Newton operational status as a snapshot addresses different usage scenarios in multipurpose rooms and venues, where different portions of the sound system need to be activated or when specific event types in the same venue rely on different technical suppliers, each with their own production setups.

The update allows Newton users to choose which specific elements of its logic blocks can be saved in each snapshot instance. System engineers tasked with the alignment and optimisation of complex PAs will now be able to run checkup and troubleshooting test routines in full compliance to previous service status. Safe areas have also been implemented to protect output groups which can’t be overridden by snapshot recall plus a user-defined safety switch can be locked to its current status as “recall safe”.

In Isaac 1.2.0, a new offline and virtual provision of Newton devices allows users to modify the operating parameters of a disconnected unit, which will be synchronised as soon as it is online again. The user manual is now built into the application itself, while an extended set of keyboard shortcuts means that customers no longer have to only rely on cursor-logic pointing peripherals when they are setting the configuration parameters in Newton’s DSP channels.