CA2000 Commercial Audio DSP Engine

Also available: CA1000 Commercial Audio DSP Engine

Advanced DSP engine with built-in presets, enabling AV system integrators and installers to improve audio playback, enhance speech clarity, and deliver superior sound quality in a wide array of Dante®-based AV installations.

Waves CA2000 dramatically improves audio quality and clarity in any space, solving common audio challenges in corporate, commercial, government, educational and house of worship installations. CA2000 integrates easily into new or existing AV installations using Dante® audio networking.

CA2000 is designed from the ground up to perform reliably and consistently under demanding circumstances, with maximum stability and rock-solid performance. The engine includes 19 professionally curated audio processing presets that solve challenges with playback quality, speech intelligibility, feedback elimination, voice processing without loss of tonality, and more.

These presets are based on over two dozen low-latency Waves premium plugins that can be further customized and stored by the integrator based on their unique room or zone requirements. The presets are designed to tame and control common problems that can occur at installations with media playback, wireless mics, meeting room/table mics, lectern/pulpit mics and broadcast/streaming.

Each of the CA2000 presets can be customized and locked-in by the installer for individual channels, groups or zones to deliver optimal results based on the complete installation solution and space requirements. The CA2000 can be configured by the system integrator to process up to 64x64 bidirectional audio channels over the Dante network.

Studio-grade audio processing quality for AV installation projects
Integrate quickly with your choice of vendor audio controllers, mics and amplifiers/speakers using Dante®
Over 16 professionally pre-configured and integrator-ready AV presets
Improves speech intelligibility without loss of tonality for many common microphones
Automatically suppresses mic feedback
Reduces background noise and improves sound quality for handheld, lavalier, head-worn and table stand microphones
Enhances and normalizes AV playback sources
Delivers broadcast-quality audio processing for online streaming
Dante network connectivity: 1Gb Ethernet port
Integrator configuration: USB and HDMI/DisplayPort
Operating environment: Windows 10 and Dante Virtual Soundcard (DVS) included
Half-width, 2RU rack or surface mount rugged chassis
1-year warranty

Solution Example: Government Community Room

Local and regional government members are engaging more with the public and meeting in community halls or auditoriums, as well as providing live online streaming of the meeting to their constituents. With a variety of people using microphones during the sessions, in addition to making the audio available to the online audience, it is important to minimize unwanted noise and feedback from the microphones that may be in use around the room.

The Waves CA DSP engine includes several processing presets for mic usage that the integrator can configure based on the needs of the facility. For example, each table mic can be routed to the Speech Mics w-Dugan preset in order to optimize each mic for use with panel speakers. This preset also features patented Dugan processing to automatically control the gains of multiple mics in real time to maintain a consistent output level across all mic channels and reduce feedback and cross-filtering effects from adjacent microphones. Audience Q&A mics can be routed to the Q&A Mic preset to address common challenges with “open mics” made available for use on the auditorium floor such as excessive low-end thumps & pops as well as feedback suppression.

If online streaming of the meeting is required, the audio meeting subgroup can be routed to the Waves CA engine for professional quality processing that includes built-in noise suppression and signal leveling to enhance and optimize the audio stream for remote, online listening.

Solution Example: Fitness Center/Gym

Waves CA products are uniquely suited to deliver the best quality audio to fitness centers and exercise rooms that aim to provide high-intensity workouts with concert-like sound to their clientele. These facilities typically have multiple instructors using a variety of playback devices and music tracks throughout the day. Oftentimes the AV system will rely on universal AGC settings for the playback inputs, and without adequate audio processing the amplified results can be disappointing with results such as a muddy bass and rhythm pushing overly compressed mid-range instruments into an undistinguishable wall of sound.

By integrating the Waves CA DSP engine into the AV design, selective routing of the playback source group and the main zone outputs can be configured to flow through Waves CA via the Dante controller. On the DSP engine, the Waves CA Playback Group preset, paired with the Main Output processing preset enables the playback audio to be a true full-range sound experience at consistent audio levels for the entire workout.

Solution Example: Commercial Restaurant/Bar

Restaurants and bars install AV systems for a variety of purposes, but always desire to have consistent sound levels that can be easily set depending on the room area/zone or purpose. A typical installation will setup a primary zone that provides ambient background music for table guests, with additional zones serving separate areas such as bars, private rooms and kitchen/prep halls.

By adding the Waves CA DSP engine to the AV system design, the integrator can offer pristine sound quality throughout the establishment, no matter the volume levels that are used. In addition to the consistent playback levels, the Waves CA Music Ducking Control preset provides for an announcement mic channel to be added that automatically overrides and compresses the background music if needed by the business (such as routine or emergency announcements).

Waves CA2000 Presets

Speech Mic
Speech Mics w-Dugan
Handheld Mic
Headworn Omni Mic
Lav Mic
Lav Mics w-Dugan
Q&A Mic
Podcast Chain
Handheld Group
Lav Group
Mic Group
Playback Group
Music Ducking Control
Main Out PA
Main Out PA w-Subs
Main Out Generic
Main Out Streaming 1
Main Out Streaming 2
Podcast Master