We're building QTP breakout cables in production today:

Finished product:

QTP is a system for moving channels of Analog or AES audio over CAT Networking cables (Cat5e, Cat 6 UTP, S/UTP, STP, S/STP).

Benefits of QTP:

- low-cost connectors and breakout boxes perform the same function as expensive and customized snake cables

- cut installation and cable costs significantly when compared to traditional individual pair runs

- you save time, money and installation space/weight by using a low-cost and flexible connection system, that can be easily replicated as your system grows.

Check out our cable lineup here.

Continuing work on populating the custom panels that our metalshop is building for a recording studio!

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QTP (Quad Twisted Pair) is moving 4 channels of Analog or AES audio over Category Networking cables. QTP routing solutions cut installation and cable costs significantly, when compared to traditional Individual Pair runs.

Explore how QTP connectors and cables can simplify your audio wiring: http://ward-beck.com/all/browse-by-product-brand/brand-qtp.html

Once in a while, we get questions from independent audio editors about how to hook up one of our audio meters to their home editing system. We had another such request only last week, so we thought we would put up an walkthrough of how to connect an audio level meter to a home editing system, laptop, cellphone, or amp. The principle is the same in hooking up any of the equipment, with minor variations in wiring.

Take, for example, our POD3A Stereo Audio Level meter with VU and Peak level information.

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The Ward-Beck team is going full speed ahead with our AMS Select series redesigns, and we are now tackling the AMS8-2A 2RU monitoring system!

The greatest challenge is that this redesign is constrained by the limitations of the old design. As much as we can, we are trying to integrate new design elements and technical improvements into the old design, rather than replace the old redesign entirely. This helps us to retain backwards compatibility as much as possible, and reduce redesign cost. In some way, this is more challenging than starting from scratch. For instance, the speaker grills on the front panel had to be designed into a position that is optimal for sound, but not interfering with any screwing/fastening locations from the old design. Likewise, the new speakers and tweeters had to be positioned so that they could co-exist with the circuit boards and LEDs on the front panel. Yet, at the end of the day, the newly redesigned system is already starting to sound good!

A preliminary speaker grill design:

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Ward-Beck's R&D team has a new project! We are working on modifying our AMS Select series of audio meters.

Over the past year, Ward-Beck has been working on perfecting the speaker design used in our audio meter/monitor solutions. The new speaker design has been perfected, and our first use of the new design was in our AMS2 Mini Cue Speakers. The AMS2's sound performance have been well-received by our customers, and we are now working to redesign the rest of our Select series to incorporate the new speaker design.

First up, the AMS4 Audio Monitoring System!

Our redesign is still in the preliminary stages, but take a sneak peek at some of the stages of redesign, and what we expect the finished product to look like.

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The office stereo now has a QTP enabled distribution amp to play with.

Here's a sneak peek.

POD8A-XLR

Trimmer adjusted Stereo XLR Line input Distributed to (12) XLR outputs as Stereo pairs, mono summed, or Left as mono. and Analog audio Distribution amp is a new part of the office network.

POD8A-QTP-2X16
Trimmer adjusted QTP analog in.  Adjusted QTP analog out.