LAWO mc² 56 Audio Production Console (Used gear)

Based in Europe! Handling time 3 weeks! 

Made in 2020

The package includes everything shown on the photo. The condition of equipment on the photo corresponds to reality

This 3^rd generation of the mc² 56 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 mc² 56 incorporates several groundbreaking features from Lawo’s mc² 96 flagship console, without sacrificing the identity of its predecessors – retaining virtues like compact size, flexibility and versatile design for applications ranging from broadcast trucks and studios to live performance and recording.

For optimized performance within IP video production environments, there is full support for native ST2110, AES67, RAVENNA and DANTE, 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 IP Easy^™ simplified network setup and DSCA^™ Dynamic Surface to Core Allocation. All of this and more, simply reinforces this console’s place as the number one choice within complex IP-based production infrastructures.

Push the envelope and take your audio production capabilities even further than you imagined with the new mc² 56. Now more than ever, the global standard in audio production consoles.

• Control Panel

  • Frames from 16 to 144 faders*
  • Remote stand-alone frames of 16 faders
  • 6 banks each with 2 layers
  • 100 mm fader + 4 freely adjustable rotary knobs + Input-Gain controller + channel display for each fader with sense-triggered change of module display
  • TFT metering: mono, stereo or up to 7.1 including bus assignment, gain reduction for dynamics, AfV status, VCA assignment, Mix-Minus, Signal Patching, Meter selection, Automix state
  • GUI page output, e.g. metering, on an external monitor
  • 8 user buttons, 4 talkback buttons and 4 user buttons per fader with 16 functions each
  • Optional: two integrated user panels (TC automation panel, 40 user button panel, reveal fader panel, RTW TM7 or TM9 goniometer), script tray

  Signal Processing

  • 40-bit floating point
  • 1,024 DSP channels (768 inputs and 256 summing buses)
  • Up to 768 inputs with A/B input, up to 128 aux buses, up to 96 groups, up to 96 main sums, 32 Automix groups
  • Rapid channel and bus switching to mono / stereo / surround
  • Up to 32 surround channels, 128 VCA groups with metering, 256 GP channels
  • Surround formats: DTS & Dolby ® Digital 5.1, Dolby ® Pro-logic 4.0, DTS ES &  Dolby ® EX 6.1, SDDS 7.1, DTS-HD 7.1,diverse panning characteristics, surround aux bus
  • 2x AFL: 1 surround 8-channel, 1 stereo
  • 2x PFL stereo
  • Audio-follow-Video with 128 events, control via Ember+, GPI or matrix connection, envelope up to 10s fade time
  • Solo In Place
  • Various meter pick-up points, adjustable as INPUT, PF, AF, DIROUT
  • Loudness Metering according to EBU R128, ATSC A/85 and ARIB, momentary or short term in every channel, integrated measurement on summing channels with display of integrated LUFS value in headline
  • Modules: INMIX with MS decoder, digital amp, 2-band fully parametric filter, 4-band fully parametric EQ, 2-band fully parametric side chain filter, insert, delay up to 1800 ms – switchable units: meters, milliseconds, frames
  • 4 independent dynamic modules: expander; gate; compressor (incl. parallel compression); limiter; image; meter; direct out
  • AMBIT Upmix, available on every 5.1 channel, fully Downmix compatible
  • 32 Automix groups available for mono/stereo/surround channels with unlimited contributing channels each
  • Fully-equipped surround channel with coupling of all channel parameters and hyper-panning

  Audio Handling

  • IP Easy – Routing with dynamic support of network resources
  • Internal matrix for RX and TX audio
  • Up to 512 RX & TX streams
  • Stream sizes from 1 up to 128 audio channels
  • Up to 96 kHz*, 24-bit
  • Level adjustment for all inputs and outputs
  • Downmixing from surround (up to 7.1) to stereo
  • Integrated monitoring devices for remote locations,
    e.g. director’s room
  • 1,016 internal loop-backs
  • Full snapshot and production portability independent of
    DSP size

  Interfaces

  • Mic / Line, Line Out, AES3, 3G SDI, HD-SDI, MADI, GPIO, Serial, MIDI, ST2110 / AES67 / RAVENNA / DANTE ® Audio-over-IP
  • Stereo and surround monitoring systems
  • Headphones