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Contour processor

Lake Technology · 2003

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

The Lake Contour is a 2-in, 6-out loudspeaker processor with 40-bit processing and 24-bit/96 kHz converters. It grew from the 'Clair iO' project begun in 1997 by Bruce Jackson, David McGrath and Clair Brothers, and introduced linear-phase crossovers with slopes over 100 dB per octave and Mesa EQ.

Introduced
2003
Category
Loudspeaker processor
Intended use
Crossover, EQ, delay and dynamics for touring systems
Production
Lake Technology with Clair Brothers

Equipment photographs · 2

Lake Contour loudspeaker management units, and their touchscreen GUI

1 / 2 · Lake Contour loudspeaker management units, and their touchscreen GUI

Lake Contour loudspeaker management units, and their touchscreen GUI·Binksternet·CC BY-SA 3.0

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    Linear-phase crossovers improved line-array behaviour.

  2. 02

    Proven inside Clair's stock, it became the Dolby Lake Processor.

    Pictured in this passage
    Dolby Lake Processor in a touring rackDolby Dolby Lake ProcessorTiago Cassol Schvarstzhaupt · CC BY 2.0

Engineering record

Signal path
2 in / 6 out, 40-bit internal, 24-bit/96 kHz[2]
Crossovers
Linear-phase brick-wall slopes over 100 dB/octave[3]
Origin
Clair iO project from 1997[1]

Original pricing

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2026 equivalent

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Use in the field

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Manuals & original documents

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Sources

  1. 1Inside The Design Of The Lake Contour ProcessorProSoundWeb · case study · 2011-02-02
  2. 2Lake Technology Lake ContourSVC · archive · 2003-09-01
  3. 3Inside The Design Of The Lake Contour Processor (page 3)ProSoundWeb · case study · 2011-02-02

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