LAWO
Lawo is a global technology partner with a long history of delivering innovative solutions for live media production workflows. With a unified approach that combines workflow management and control, physical I/O, processing, and human interfaces, Lawo creates optimized solutions for productions including television broadcast and on-air radio, performing arts, houses of worship, and professional AV.
Customer value is driven through simplicity, agility, technical and commercial flexibility, and through its team of experts who are passionate about enabling the creation of world-class content. Lawo products are manufactured to highest quality standards in Rastatt, Germany. For additional information, visit our website.
Sonic Excellence for Houses of Worship
Lawo’s audio solutions have been selected by a large number of churches in the United States and beyond. The most important reason for this is their pristine sound quality. But there is more.
All users in the HOW space seem to agree that Lawo mc² mixing systems are straightforward to use and highly flexible, that the possibility to route signals right on the TFT screen is a brilliant timesaver, and that Lawo is a company that always takes care of its user base with unwavering support.
Below please find a few references:
Granger Community Church
Granger, IN
McLean Bible Church
Vienna, VA (DC Area)
Cornerstone Chapel
Leesburg, VA (DC Area)
Flatirons Church
Lafayette, CO (Denver Area)
New Birth MBC
Stonecrest, GA (Atlanta Area)
World Changers Church
Atlanta, GA
Brentwood Baptist Church
Nashville, TN
Calvary Chapel Chino Hills
Chino Hills, CA
Grace Community Church
Los Angeles, CA
Cornerstone Church
San Antonio, TX
What HOW Users say about Lawo
“No other company or manufacturer comes close to the customer service and relationship with Lawo.”
“We have been using Lawo gear for a number of years. To us, partnering with Lawo is an important factor in our future upgrade plan.”
“We chose Lawo based on the sound of the preamps. We have an mc²56 console for FOH and an mc²36 for in-ear and stage monitoring. We couldn’t be happier.”
“Any new console involves a learning curve, but I have to say the whole experience with the Lawo desks was extremely smooth.”
“What Lawo is doing IP-wise is nothing short of stunning. SMPTE ST2110 conveniently binds the audio and video together on a single, high‑performance network.”
Lawo Audio Solutions
Here are a few Lawo audio solutions that are particularly popular in the house-of-worship community:
mc²56 Audio Production Console
The 3rd generation of the mc²56 represents the next step in the evolution of a console that has dominated the audio production industry with hundreds of units in operation around the world. Designed to deliver unrivaled innovation, it provides not just pure and simple access to ultimate performance—it’s a global standard redefined.
The mc²56 incorporates several groundbreaking features from Lawo’s mc²96 flagship console, without sacrificing the identity of its predecessors. These include its compact size, state-of-the-art immersive audio mixing, and versatile design for applications ranging from studios to live performance, recording, and broadcast trucks.
For optimized performance within IP video production environments, there is full support for native SMPTE ST2110, AES67 and RAVENNA, while Lawo’s revolutionary LiveView™ feature enables thumbnail previews of video streams directly in the fader labeling displays.
Best-in-class performance in networking applications has been taken to the next level with the addition of unique capabilities such as HOME integration.
mc²36 xp Mixing Console
The Lawo mc²36 xp console is a welcome addition to Lawo’s top-of-the-line audio production console range. Physically identical to the mc²36, but without on-board processing, the mc²36 xp supports up to 256 DSP channels and offers Lawo’s acclaimed audio quality, IP network and processing redundancy, and eligibility for a multi-slice console array based around a single A__UHD Core processing unit.
The mc²36 xp caters to the expectations of sound supervisors who wish to benefit from a consistent user experience in all their production hub’s audio control rooms, FOH and monitor positions where space is often at a premium.
Available with 16, 32 and 48 faders in a sleek, ergonomic footprint, the mc²36 xp comes equipped with the same pro-grade controls and touchscreens as its bigger brothers, the mc²56 and mc²96. Its on-board I/O capability is identical to the inputs and outputs offered by its all-in-one mc²36 console sister: 16 Lawo-grade MIC/Line inputs, 16 Line outputs, eight AES inputs and outputs, eight GPI/Os, plus a local MADI port (SFP).
The mc²36 xp supports 48kHz and 96kHz operation, state-of-the-art immersive audio mixing and all relevant IP standards (ST2110, AES67/RAVENNA, ST2022-7). It is a HOME native and offers seamless production file compatibility with its mc² siblings.
mc²36 Mixing Console with Built-In DSP Engine
The mc²36 illustrates Lawo’s desire to shrink the console footprint in every way possible, while relentlessly upping its feature set. This proud member of Lawo’s successful mc²-series of control surfaces not only comes with a large chunk of an acclaimed feature set, it completely redefines what a compact mixing console (16, 32 or 48 channel strips) for houses of worship, theater, corporate, live and broadcast audio applications must deliver.
An all-in-one console at heart, the new mc²36 delivers the same superb convenience as its larger siblings: all industry-standard audio inputs and outputs are built-in, with native IP connectivity at its center.
Powered by Lawo’s A__UHD Core software-defined processing DSP technology, this console delivers the flexibility offered by IP technology —with intuitive tools that make setup and management as simple as in baseband days.
Meet an IP native that combines the power of Lawo’s A__UHD Core with its unrivaled sound processing quality, local I/O featuring Lawo-grade microphone pre-amps, and the most compact mc² console surface ever built.
A__UHD Core Next-Generation IP Audio Engine
The A__UHD Core is the next-generation audio DSP engine for Lawo’s mc² audio production consoles. Designed as a network-based, software-defined IP engine with unparalleled processing density, it catapults mc²36 xp, mc²56 and mc²96 consoles into the next dimension.
Its ultra-high processing density translates into 1,024 mc²-grade DSP channels, which can either be utilized by a single mc² console, for coping with even the most challenging productions, or be shared among up to 32 consoles for effective and space-efficient resource pooling.
Resource pooling and flexible allocation of DSP resources to multiple physical and GUI-based mixing surfaces maximize ROI for your audio infrastructure. Eight independent 1GbE network interfaces enable the use of redundant networks via ST2022-7 Class C seamless protection switching (SPS) in both LAN and WAN environments. Full hardware redundancy can be achieved using a second, hot-spare unit, which permanently mirrors all settings.
In addition to its pristine DSP processing, the A__UHD Core enables Lawo’s HOME functionality that makes IP setups for Lawo mc² consoles as simple as analog. Best of all: the A__UHD Core’s functionality is defined by its software.
A__line & A__stage Audio-over-IP I/O Nodes
Whether in a studio next door, on stage, on the other side of the campus, or in a venue thousands of miles away — direct, flexible access to audio signals is indispensable for today’s audio productions.
With Lawo’s A__line and A__stage nodes and their pristine sound, their fully standardized ST2110 audio streaming capabilities, and ST2022-7 class C streaming resilience, you are set for any job, from local to global scale.
The following models are available:
A__stage48, A__stage64, A__stage80: I/O stageboxes that support analog, digital AES, MADI, and ST2110 signal input and output.
A__mic8, A__digital64, A__madi6: Compact I/O stageboxes with only the specified kind of I/O: analog, digital or MADI
Power Core Gateway, Modular IP Audio I/O Node
for mc² Consoles
Power Core Gateway is a license that turns a Power Core edge device into a modular, networked I/O node for live-sound and broadcast applications. An ideal solution for direct connections to a network (LAN or WAN)—without the need for additional gateways—and to interface with Dante® islands in your setup, it accommodates all the diverse audio formats found in modern production environments.
Power Core Gateway provides 128 channels of standard I/O, with functions remotely controlled from an mc² console or Lawo’s mxGUI software for Mac and PC. In its standard form, Power Core Gateway supports 64 (model Rev.2) or 128 (model Rev.3) channels of MADI audio via its front-panel ports.
Its physical I/O count can be expanded via the eight rear-panel slots that accommodate extension cards for analog, digital, MADI, and Dante signals. Cards for 64 channels, such as MADI, MADI SRC (with sample rate conversion) and DANTE (with sample rate conversion) can also be connected. Users enjoy the freedom to mix and match card models in a highly modular fashion.
The new Gateway software update, which comes pre-installed on newly purchased Power Core Rev.3 models, offers support for the 96kHz/2 Fs sample rate. (Users who are happy with 48kHz and 128 RAVENNA I/Os are welcome to purchase Rev.2 models while they are still available.)
Support for 256 additional RAVENNA channels (128 at 96kHz) can be added with the optional RAV+ add-on license for Rev.3 models of Power Core.
Also a Cutting-Edge Video Processing Provider
Whenever people gather to watch football, soccer, skiing, athletics, and other block-buster tournaments that move the world, the video footage they see has most like been ingested, processed and/or distributed using Lawo solutions. They are equally in demand for theater, house-of-worship and install applications
Below please find two links to hardware or software solutions that would feel right at home in your church, seriously boosting your creative story-telling options while also protecting your investment.
.edge Hyper-Density SDI/IP Conversion and Routing Platform
The .edge SDI–IP gateway is your broadcast and AV genie, ready to perform its magic when summoned. .edge is designed with simplicity, flexibility, agility and economic efficiency in mind. Software-defined by nature, it can be used as a feature-laden replacement for traditional SDI routers, and expanded with flexible software licenses to provide the perfect mix of advanced features.
.edge’s compact 2RU housing accommodates up to 192 HD-BNC connectors for SDI interfacing and can be clustered to provide matrices well beyond 1152 x 1152 crosspoints. Your next large SDI router can be IP-native, 24RU small, consume only 24x 100Gbps network ports—a third of what other offerings require—and still be more powerful, scalable and future-proof.
Support for the SMPTE ST2110 suite of standards with SMPTE ST 2022-7 redundancy is built in, providing not only advanced essence-based handling but also ensuring seamless protection switching of audio, video and ancillary data streams in both local and wide-area network operations.
A one-of-a-kind Capex/OpEx solution, .edge allows you to add hardware and software functionality via software licenses—even for a limited time. Lawo Flex Subscription Credits can be used to unlock optional licenses on .edge while they are not needed for HOME Apps or HOME options.
HOME Apps, Server-Based Processing on Demand
The broadcast and media industries are changing faster than ever before. New delivery channels, a variety of source and destination formats, and ever tighter budget constraints are the new reality. Five- to ten-year purchasing cycles may be just a little long when planning your next infrastructure overhaul, especially since no-one appreciates a lot of hardware sitting idle for the best part of that period.
Chances are that new formats will emerge which are not supported by the dedicated hardware you own. Purchasing more bespoke hardware that may be obsolete faster than we like simply no longer makes sense. The only way out of this conundrum is a flexible, instantly scalable processing solution that can run anywhere.
So far, Lawo has released four video and one audio processing app. More applications will be announced at IBC 2024. The current line-up looks as follows:
- HOME Multiviewer (video)
- HOME UDX conversion with HDR processing (video)
- HOME Stream Transcoder (video)
- HOME Graphic Inserter (video)
- HOME mc² DSP (audio)
Designed for Lawo-grade processing quality in a nifty, containerized software guise, HOME Apps can be spun up and down instantly via HOME’s intuitive user interface, which will conveniently preserve your settings for future use.
Lawo’s HOME Apps seamlessly interface with all widely used protocols, allowing operators to adapt their processing tools to the production at hand: ST2110, NDI, SRT, JPEG XS and H.26x are just the beginning.
