Lawo brought out the mc²56, a new member of the mc² series offering full mc² performance in a reduced surface with compact dimensions. Based on the existing mc² technology, the mc²56 offers the Lawo HD core with up to 512 DSP channels, 144 summing buses and a routing capacity of up to 8192 crosspoints. The complete functionality of the mc² series is available – including the transfer of snapshots within the mc² family, as well as dynamic automation and networking with other Lawo products.

The newly designed control surface offers direct access to essential operating elements while functions which are rarely used are handled via the touchscreen graphical user interface. This allows easy operation and a short learning curve. In addition, the new construction reduces fader width to 30 mm which allows efficient and economic working. Every 16-fader bay offers fully featured metering on high resolution TFT.