History
2020
- René Harder and Sascha Khelifa are appointed as managing directors
2020
2019
- Official product launch of AVATUS
- First „ST2110 JT-NM Tested“ Label for NEXUS AoIP interfaces
- CRESCENDO-T with Waves integration available
- Waves integration available in all AURUS systems
- Presentation of AVATUS as theatre console with detachable screens
2018
- Parallel compression (New York compression) as a new feature for AURUS and CRESCENDO platinum
- 3D audio mixing in AURUS platinum
- Stage Tec celebrates 25th anniversary
- Yamaha microphone control in the NEXUS system
- Presentation of the theater console CRESCENDO-T
- NEXUS Fiber and IP-Interface (XFIP) with DirectOut AES67.IO-Modul
- Stage Tec becomes Ravenna partner
- First AVATUS delivered to customers
2018
2017
- Router InterFace AES67 (RIF67) with DirectOut AES67.IO module
- New features for AURUS and CRESCENDO platinum: internal Automixer by Stage Tec, a de-esser as a channel module, loudness metering in sum and group channels
- First presentation of the IP-based AVATUS
- NEXUS audio network now with 63 Base Devices possible
- AURUS platinum with new features: individual setting of blend curves and times for each individual channel in scene automation, loudness metering also available in the group channels
2016
- Stage Tec joins AIMS Alliance
- AURUS platinum with new features (software release 4.2): 7.1 mixing with 128 summing busses at 96 kHz, loudness metering according to EBU R128, de-esser in each input channel, delay of up to 2700 ms per channel
- Platinum DSP: new audio processor for AURUS and CRESCENDO with more computing power for over 800 channels (AURUS) and many new functions
- new XFOC: with integrated routing with a capacity of more than 2000 signals
2016
2015
- New XACI control board: NEXUS Advanced Control Interface; 800 MHz clocked processor power package for demanding control tasks
- CRESCENDO Update: Adoption of the new platinum design; A/B switching or summing at the input of each channel strip; integration of the ROSS control protocol; revised scene automation
- Integration of ON AIR flex control logic into NEXUS via XACI board
- Reorganization: Dr. Helmut Jahne becomes sole managing director and Stage Tec with independent sales
2014
- New features for AURUS platinum: a clear matrix mixer, DAW controllability, parallel use of Meterbridge screens for external video signals, a touch pad replaces external input devices (keyboard, mouse)
- Presentation of the NEXUS Monitor Control: convenient monitoring of signals in NEXUS networks, independent of the mixing console
- Presentation of the XDSP 06 with quadruple computing power and new features: higher crosspoint capacity in level delay matrices, larger RAM; ISOSTEM upmix algorithm optional
- René Harder takes over the field of work from Dr. Scholz and joins the management of Stage Tec
- Introduction of NEXUS board XRT with more than 8000 audio channels and 12 fiber ports for a decentralisation of the NEXUS network
- New AES/EBU cards: the XETR with four AES/EBU inputs and outputs, XLR or BNC connectors; HXETR - the compact solution for fixed installations with eight AES/EBU inputs and outputs each on D-Sub or RJ45 connectors.
- Introduction of ON AIR flex, an IP-based individual broadcast mixer with a new three-part mixer structure.
2014
2013
- Dr. Klaus-Peter Scholz, one of the founders and pioneers of Stage Tec, is retiring
- Stage Tec celebrates its 20th anniversary
- NEXUS supports the Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP for system monitoring
- AURUS offers a control interface for the Pyramix digital audio workstation
2012
- Stage Tec celebrates topping-out ceremony of its extended facilities, which expands the total usable area to 4,100 sqm.
- Connection of the NEXUS internal loudness measurement to the PINGUIN lndServer
- AURUS controls the DAWs ProTools, Cubase and Nuendo
- Stage Tec roll out the XDIP (NEXUS Dante IP) supporting up to 64 bidirectional audio channels
2012
2011
- Presentation of the touch-screen operation at the ON AIR 24 mixing console, with six switchable parameter windows, one window for eight aux paths and eight N-1 paths.
- Integration of Loudness Metering and Spectral Analysis on the New NEXUS Control Board
2010
- Presentation of On AIR 24, a compact, intuitive broadcast console for self-propelled operation
- The virtual channel extension TREM simulates physically non-existent control strips on a remote PC connected to the console via Ethernet
- The NEXUS XHDI02 board supports all currently standardized SDI formats up to the fast 3G SDI format
2010
2009
- With the completion of the new Dolby E® XDEE encoder board, NEXUS is the first audio router to offer an end-to-end, integrated Dolby E signal workflow
- CRESCENDO replaces AURATUS XL and positions itself between AURUS and AURATUS with 300 audio channels, a freely configurable bus structure and a maximum of 128 summing buses.
- Development of a new OMUX fiber optic switch with four independent ports and an additional external 19'' variant
- AURUS Generation III with DAW control, RAS Remote Control Protocol
2008
- The new NEXUS XDED decoder offers freely available processing of Dolby E® encoded signals
- NEXUS STAR router: The RSYNC board supports integrated synchronisation with HDTV support. The RMF02 MADI board provides BNC ports and SFP optical modules as well as an integrated signal processor for gain adjustment.
- The "virtual surface" wireless channel expansion unit is networked to the AURUS via WLAN and adds eight fader strips
- The XCMC card for AURATUS contains the console's audio processing and control
2008
2007
- 24 AURATUS consoles ordered by WDR
- Development of AURATUS XL, a compact mixing console with 140 channels
- The completely revised latest-generation NEXUS STAR offering full redundancy
2006
- Presentation of the digital small mixing console AURATUS
- AURUS sales record - 44 orders in the first half of the year (more than 100 ordered since 2003)
- AURUS wins the golden iF product design award
- Production of NEXUS as a Basic Device in the 1U mini rack
- AURUS Generation II with Virtual User Interface
2006
2005
- AURUS proves its worth as a tour console
- Development of a new software version for AURUS with many new features
2004
- SDI Interface Board for NEXUS with New Audio Sampling Rate Converter for Asynchronous Video Streams
- First AURUS installation in an OB truck
2004
2003
- Delivery of the first AURUS to the customer (E.T.A. Hoffmann Theater Bamberg)
- AES Convention in Amsterdam: Presentation of the NEXUS STAR digital audio router with additional functionality and new hardware options (e.g. programmable GPIs)
2002
- Presentation of AURUS, "the Direct-Access Console" at the AES Convention in Munich
- Cantus III presents with important software enhancements and hardware changes
2002
2001
- 150th CANTUS Installation (Belgium, Belgian Radio and Television of the French Community RTBF)
2000
- 100th CANTUS installation (ABC Stage 59, Los Angeles)
- Tonmeistertagung: Presentation of NEXUS STAR - a powerful router for extensive audio networking
2000
1999
- First NEXUS installation in the USA (20th Century Fox)
- Move into the new company building in Berlin Köpenick
1997
- The first 28-bit microphone converter XMAD is handed over to the BBC
- Presentation of the first digital microphone beyerdynamic MCD 100 with TrueMatch convertern
- Installation of the first digital film console CINETRA at Geyer Synchron, Berlin
- Presentation of CINETRA at the AES Convention in New York
1997
1996
- Presentation of the TrueMatch RMC at the Tonmeistertagung
- First CANTUS installation in Japan, Wakayama
1995
- First CANTUS Installation (Bayerischer Rundfunk)
1995
1994
- First radio installation of NEXUS (SFB, Berlin)
- Introduction of the digital console CANTUS at the Tonmeistertagung
- Innovation promotion by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
1993
- Presentation of NEXUS at the AES Convention, New York
1993
01.07.1993
- Company foundation
