METRIC HALO RELEASES MOBILE I/O VERSION 2.2

HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NEW YORK: Metric Halo has released the Version 2.2 update of Mobile I/O Console and driver software for Mac OS X.

This update provides increased performance across all Mobile I/O hardware models. Users of the Mobile I/O 2882, 2882+DSP, ULN-2, and ULN-2+DSP can now take advantage of the update with Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.4.2. This update is freely available to all registered users of Mobile I/O hardware.

Version 2.2 includes several maintenance fixes designed to resolve softwareand firmware issues, including an edge case problem scenario that resulted in intermittent failure of audio transport, channel swapping, and input and output artifacts. These issues have been completely resolved. Version 2.2 allows Mobile I/O users to take full advantage of Tiger's Aggregate Device support to run multi-box systems with higher channel counts than previously possible.

Metric Halo is also making available a Public Preview of version 3.0 for Mobile I/O. The Public Preview is available for download from the Metric Halo website, and includes several new features that are in the final stages of testing and qualification. Among these new features are the Record Panel, a streamlined multi-channel, multi-box recording environment optimized for live recording; external control surface support for MIO Console that allows users to control the parameters of the MIO WIDE Mixer with any control surface that supports the Mackie Control protocol (including the SAC2.2k and the Mackie Control); and substantial additions to the MIO +DSP environment, with over fifty new plug-in primitives designed to allow the user to create their own signal processing solutions.

More information about each release can be found in the accompanying documentation at the Metric Halo Drivers Download page .

Metric Halo provides the world with high-resolution metering, analysis, recording and processing solutions with award-winning software and hardware. As a proven industry leader, Metric Halo has developed a product line so powerful and versatile, its applications range from live sound reinforcement, CD/DVD mixing and mastering, film and broadcast production to airline safety investigation, medical research, and designing the next generation Ferrari and BMW automobiles. Metric Halo products have been used on a diverse range of projects, including music creation and playback for the 2004 Summer Olympics, a high resolution recording of the Space Shuttle Discovery liftoff at Kennedy Space Center, as well as continuing efforts involving homeland security, military and forensic intelligence gathering, and teaching the next generation of audio engineers at prestigious schools the world over.