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The global standard 

for digital processing in live sound

Two decades, three continents , one goal 

In the early 1990’s, three Australian engineers – David 
McGrath, Brian Connolly and Marcus Altman – formed 
a new enterprise to develop advanced digital signal 
processing applications. The Lake name was inspired 
by  a  modest  pond  near  their  offices  in  Adelaide.  Lake 
quickly expanded, and following relocation to Sydney, 
soon developed the Huron Digital Audio Workstation. The 
DSP architecture of Huron contains advanced proprietary 
algorithms that were adapted for sound reinforcement 
applications in future generations of products.

In the mid-1990s,

 the late, great Bruce Jackson – 

renowned technical innovator and tour sound engineer 

(Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand) 
– joined with Lake’s David McGrath to develop a new 
digital processor for sound reinforcement applications. 
They set up shop in Santa Monica, California. Renowned 
tour sound company Clair Brothers, headquartered in 
Lititz, Pennsylvania decided to back development of the 
promising new technologies. Clair Technologies LLC 
was formed in 1997 by Clair, Jackson, McGrath and 
Ed Meitner to produce the new live sound processors, 
initially built exclusively for Clair.

In 2001,

 Lake re-acquired the technologies, made further 

refinements, and introduced them to the wider industry 
as Lake Contour Pro 26™.

In the history of live sound reinforcement, few products stirred as much industry excitement as did the original Lake 
Processors when they were first introduced more than a decade ago. Simply put, both the core digital processing 
technology and the graphical user interface represented a quantum leap beyond other systems available at the time. 
Today, the legacy continues, with Lake Processing incorporated into Lab.gruppen PLM Series Powered Loudspeaker 
Management Systems as well as two LM Series stand-alone Lake processors.

Adelaide

Sydney

San Francisco

Santa Monica

The distinctive front panel of the 

Dolby Lake Processor

Clair iO team (L to R): Bruce 

Jackson, David McGrath, Marcus 

Altman, Stewart Bartlett

Kungsbacka

Lititz, PA

Dolby Laboratories (San Francisco, CA) acquired 
Lake Technologies 

in 2004

. Backed by the company’s 

worldwide resources, the Dolby Lake Processor was 
soon established as the premier DSP platform across the 
full range of live sound applications.

In 2006,

 Dolby and Lab.gruppen announced an 

agreement to incorporate Lake processing into the 
forthcoming PLM Series of Powered Loudspeaker 
Management  systems.  The  first  Lab.gruppen  product 
to incorporate Lake processing, the PLM 10000Q, was 
introduced in 2007.

Early in 2009,

 Dolby decided to exit the commercial live 

sound market. Lab.gruppen of Sweden acquired both 
the Lake trademarks and exclusive rights for use of Dolby 

Lake Processor technology for the touring and permanent 
sound reinforcement markets. Both divisions are now 
headquartered in Kungsbacka, where intensive research 
and  development  efforts  have  produced  refinements 
to Lake Processing as implemented in the PLM Series 
as well as two new products, the LM 26 Digital Audio 
Loudspeaker Processor and more recently the LM 44 
Digital Audio System Processor.

Today,

  the  pairing  of  Lab.gruppen  amplifier  platforms 

with Lake Processing opens new pathways for the 
development of completely integrated systems for 
powering loudspeakers. At the same time, Lake is 
committed to continued development of stand-alone 
products that can be seamlessly integrated into any 
sound reinforcement system.

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Summary of Contents for LM 44

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Page 2: ...a quantum leap beyond other systems available at the time Today the legacy continues with Lake Processing incorporated into Lab gruppen PLM Series Powered Loudspeaker Management Systems as well as two...

Page 3: ...to offer as standard analog AES digital and dual redundant Dante networked connectivity There are no separate versions requiring choice of analog or digital and no extra cost optional cards to order W...

Page 4: ...sion system to and from FOH and stage L stage R The LM 44 provides a four input four output analog configuration that is suited for a variety of system signal processing and routing applications The L...

Page 5: ...Item no LAKE FLC 2011 L A K E S weden internationa L contact info lakeprocessing com N O R T H S O U T H A M E R I C A C O N TA C T info T C G americas com w w w l a k e p r o c e s s i n g c o m...

Page 6: ...TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS DIGITAL AUDIO LOUDSPEAKER PROCESSOR LM 44 DIGITAL AUDIO SYSTEM PROCESSOR LM 26...

Page 7: ...176 4 192 kHz Termination Selectable Dante Audio Network Inputs and Outputs 4 inputs 8 outputs Supported sample rates 48 96 kHz Supports redundant paths Yes Flexible topology Yes Network latency 0 5 0...

Page 8: ...oise 0 00002 at 96 kHz and 0 00006 at 44 1 kHz sample rate Dynamic Range Base48 140 dBFS Base44 125 dBFS Clocking Clock selection Manual or automatic according to priority scheme Oscillator type Synch...

Page 9: ...so Float Contour Pro 26 Mesa Quad EQ and LimiterMax are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories All other trademarks remain the property of their respective owners Copyright 2011 Lab gruppen AB All rights re...

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