For Immediate Release

Soichi Hibi
Director General de Roland México
Roland Instrumentos Musicales México
+52 55 5255 1556
Soichi.hibi@roland.com

Amsterdam –January 31st, 2012  - Today at ISE, Roland Systems Group announced the release of the Mac version of their S-4000 Remote Control Software (RCS). This new software release has the same functionality as the S-4000RCS for PC which provides the setup and control mechanism for the popular Personal Mixing and Digital Snake systems. This software enables the award-wining M-48 Personal Mixer and other Digital Snake products to be used stand-alone or with any other digital mixing console.

The S-4000 RCS software for Mac controls all the various setup, configuration and monitoring parameters of the M-48 Personal Mixing System when connected via any Digital Snake head unit or the S-MADI REAC Bridge.  The S-MADI Bridge is a bi-directional signal converter between REAC and MADI that enables connectivity between MADI equipped digital audio mixers/systems to any of Roland’s REAC products.

When used with digital snake I/O units, the RCS is used to control the onboard preamp, phantom power, pad, etc.  The software also enables control of Roland’s REAC Merge technology. This technology allows up to four Digital Snake heads to be merged into a REAC stream where the master device recognizes it as single REAC slave unit. This important technology enables distribution of multiple input/output units around a location, venue or stage for flexible point-to-point configurations.  

The S-4000RCS Mac Version 2.200 will be available mid-February for download from the Roland Systems Group web site.  Visit proav.roland.com/support/updates_drivers/

About the M-48 Personal Mixing System
For the performing musician wanting the best possible sound quality and flexibility in their individual stage monitor mix, the M-48 offers control over 40 audio sources that can be easily managed in 16 assignable stereo groups.  The playing experience is enhanced with level/pan/solo/3-band EQ on each group, high quality built-in reverb for a more appealing sound, ambient mic for better communication with band members as well as physical inputs and outputs for multiple headphones, wedges and powered monitors, interfacing with iPods, metronomes and external recording devices.

About REAC
REAC (Roland Ethernet Audio Communication) is the audio transport protocol developed by Roland to meet the Pro-Audio market’s need for a point-to-point 24 bit/ 96kHz, low latency digital audio transport for live sound use and commercial applications.  The REAC protocol is capable of transmitting 40 channels of 24bit / 96kHz audio over inexpensive Cat5e cable and can be easily split using standard gigabit switches making it easy and very cost effective to have lossless all-digital splits of the stage audio for FOH, monitor, broadcast and recording locations. Products using REAC technology are installed today in many venues and have been used for high profile events worldwide.