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DirectOut celebrates its 2025 Distributors of the Year
DirectOut has recognised the outstanding contribution of its global distribution network with the 2025 Distributor of the Year Awards.
This year, we wanted to recognise both the top-performing distributor worldwide and the best-performing partners across key regions.
PRODIGY.MP Powers Mixing and PA Drive at Waking Life
Fernando Rodrigues (Nando), a Sound Engineer and System Engineer with a background in d&b audiotechnik, has managed audio production for multiple stages at Waking Life since 2019.
During a conversation with his close friend and fellow sound engineer Georges Abiaad, one question changed the direction of his entire workflow: "Why not use a PRODIGY.MP as a mixer for electronic music festivals?"
DirectOut Announces Yamaha DM7 and New DM5 Console Compatibility for PRODIGY Platforms
DirectOut is pleased to announce compatibility between its powerful PRODIGY ecosystem and Yamaha's acclaimed DM7 Series consoles, as well as the brand-new DM5 digital mixing consoles. This new integration enables engineers to directly control analogue gain settings and essential preamp functions from the Yamaha console surface, delivering a streamlined workflow for live sound, broadcast, theatre, and installed audio applications.
DirectOut Presents ACE, USB.MADI and New RAVENNA Features for Broadcast Workflows at IBC2026
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8 September 2026 – DirectOut will present a broad range of innovations at IBC2026, highlighting how its Smart Audio Platforms evolve to meet the changing demands of modern production. Making their first appearance at a broadcast event, ACE and USB.MADI will join the established PRODIGY and MAVEN platforms, extending DirectOut’s flexible and scalable approach to professional audio workflows. The company will also introduce new RAVENNA features, including Sync To Stream for challenging remote and distributed production environments, as well as NMOS BCP-008 support for standardized receiver status monitoring in ST 2110 infrastructures.
Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai integrates PRODIGY.MP as part of major investment in audio infrastructure
Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, one of the most iconic live entertainment venues in the Middle East, has recently undertaken a significant upgrade of its resident audio infrastructure. The arena is the first multi-purpose, fully air-conditioned indoor arena in the Middle East operating all year round.
Driven by the need to meet the increasingly demanding technical requirements of internationally touring productions—while seamlessly integrating with the venue’s complex, multi-use service ecosystem—the arena invested in a new state-of-the-art audio system. As part of this major upgrade, unveiled in September 2025, the venue introduced a brand-new d&b line-array system alongside the integration of DirectOut PRODIGY.MP platforms. The result is a flexible, future-proof audio environment capable of supporting the highest-level live performances, broadcast workflows, and event production standards.
RCF and DirectOut Announce Strategic Technology Partnership
RCF and DirectOut today announced a strategic technology partnership aimed at developing tightly integrated audio solutions for RCF’s professional sound systems portfolio. Under the agreement, DirectOut will bring its extensive expertise in audio networking, signal conversion, processing, and redundancy technologies to support and enhance RCF’s system architectures. The collaboration is designed to deliver fully integrated solutions aligned with the RCF ecosystem, ensuring high performance, reliability, and seamless operation across a wide range of professional audio applications.
