Sound Devices Expands Astral Wireless Products for Live Sound Markets

Sound Devices, now part of the Audiotonix group, has been a major player in field recording and location sound for 25 years. The latest products that Sound Devices launched in its wireless Astral range have features that serve not only film and television applications but propel the company into the global live sound market. Group One Limited will now carry the distribution of those live sound products in the United States.

Introduced in November 2022, the Sound Devices A20-Nexus true diversity wireless receiver pushed beyond the capabilities in the category by offering advanced features like a 470-1525 MHz tuning range with SpectraBand, remote control of transmitters via NexLink, real time spectrum analysis, and a full eight channels in a half-rack unit. The A20-Nexus receiver is also unique in its ability to be increased to 12 or 16 receiver channels with the new A20-Nexus 4-Channel Expansion License, which is now available for purchase or for rent.

Sound Devices has announced a new expanded range of compact true diversity digital wireless audio/microphone receivers for professional production applications, introducing a sophisticated design with full color displays and the most current technology. The new A20-Nexus compact 8, 12 or 16 channel, true diversity digital wireless receivers with SpectraBand offers an unprecedented tuning range and superior RF filtering for worldwide usage, expanding Sound Devices' Astral Series of wireless transmitters and receivers.

Sound Devices is shipping a new two channel, true diversity receiver with industry-exclusive SpectraBand technology. SpectraBand gives the new Sound Devices A20-RX receiver and A20-Mini transmitter an unprecedented tuning range, from 470 MHz to 1525 MHz. The A20-RX also features high-discrimination front end filtering for better performance in noisy RF environments and Frequency AutoAssign for faster setup.