Audio-Technica has released the ATND1061, its beamforming ceiling array microphone.

The microphone is suitable for conference rooms, boardrooms and large and small meeting spaces where it can be used singly or in multiples depending on the size of the room.

ATND1061 is enabled with VISCA over IP to control PTZ cameras and other video equipment over a network and sync with microphone audio.

Other features include voice lift technology to allow people in a large meeting space to hear equally well, powerful onboard DSP and user-friendly digital microphone manager software.

The microphone has six individual output channels with up to 32 user-defined microphone pickup zones to cater to a wider variety of room sizes and meeting types.

Proprietary voice activity detection technology enables the microphone to discern between a voice and unwanted noises such as paper shuffling, and exclusion zones can be set in the software to avoid known sources of more unwanted noises.