New DioAV A-Net Connectivity Module

Following the recent announcement at AES in San Francisco of a development partnership between digital mixing console company INNOVASON and Aviom, world leaders and pioneers in personal monitor mixing technology, INNOVASON unveils the first product resulting from the collaboration.

DioAV is an INNOVASON Dio module which is easily installed in one of the two locations available on the DSP board of the Sy48 and Sy80 consoles. Two CAT5 connectors offer direct digital connectivity to two 16-channel networks and Aviom’s signature Pro16 Personal Mixers via Aviom's proprietary protocol, A-Net.

The virtual patchbays within INNOVASON's proprietary operating software, Sensoft, enable you to assign quickly and easily any audio bus (direct input or mix bus) to these channels. DioAV offers the option to provide musicians, conference attendees and public speakers alike an extremely high level of foldback listening comfort thanks to the independence provided by Aviom's personal mixers.

INNOVASON's Xavier Pion, director of sales and marketing, regards the development as a highly positive move for all concerned. "This is all about offering choice to our users, and adapting to the ways in which they like to work," he explained. "A growing number of musicians like to have a personal monitor mixer on stage with them, and Aviom is the market leader in this field, so it made perfect sense for us to incorporate the A-Net protocol into our Sy48 and Sy80 platforms in the shape of a specially designed Dio module in order to offer simple and direct connectivity to Aviom's Pro16 Personal Mixers.

Furthermore, it also benefits users in the corporate environment as AV technology develops apace and corporate consumers have ever-higher expectations. It sits perfectly with our ethos of providing superlative audio quality, flexibility and ease of use."

Aviom's director of business development, Chandler Collison, is equally pleased with the collaboration. "INNOVASON is an outstanding addition to our growing list of industry partners,” he remarked.
“Having A-Net connectivity with Aviom personal mixers and INNOVASON’s consoles is a powerful combination of technologies for audio professionals to take advantage of and a formidable option for anyone in the market to consider."