Chowmain Software & Apps has released the URC HDA Connect driver for Control4, delivering a high-fidelity audio solution offering uncompromising quality and premium sound to residential or commercial spaces.

URC’s HDA Connect is designed for use with other control systems, combining HDA’s smart amplifiers, speakers and Control4 to create a concert experience in your home or commercial environment.

Helping to solve audio installation challenges with easy-to-program solutions, the HDA Connect allows the installation of multiple eight-zone amplifiers without having to install interconnects with all inputs on all hardware available to all outputs on all hardware.

The HDA Input/Output Stream Adapter can either take a local source and stream it over the HDA network or act as a local receiver for a source streaming from it.

The HDA Connection also provides streaming for all inputs on all devices to the HDA-1600 70V amplifier. On top of that the drivers allow for microphone integration with zone ducking and paging solutions.

The main features of the driver include bi-directional IP control for all HDA Connect hardware (HDA-8100, HDA-4100, HDA-1600, HDA-130, HDA-I/O), up to 24 configurable sources (any input of a HDA Connect device on the network) and zone configuration (stereo or mono) identification, along with driver events of the HDA Connect offering inputs –one-to-eight audio sensing starts/stops events for programming and balanced and mic inputs audio sensing starts/stops events for programming (HDA-1600 only).

In addition, the driver caters to a range of driver actions with discreet zone lip sync correction level, increase/decrease zone lip sync correction level, Set Mic Limiter Threshold (HDA-1600 only), Set Mic Limiter Attack (HDA-1600 only) and Set Mic Limiter Compression Ratio (HDA-1600 only).

Other driver actions include Set Mic Limiter Release Time (HDA-1600 only), Set Mic Limiter Volume Level (HDA-1600 only), Set Mic Noise Suppressor Threshold (HDA-1600 only), Set Mic Noise Suppressor Release Time (HDA-1600 only), Set Mic Input Level (HDA-1600 only) as well as Set Mic Phantom Power (HDA-1600 only) and Reboot unit.

Lastly, users can also take advantage of the HDA Connect driver programming which includes discreet zone volume, bass, treble, balance, mute settings, increase/decrease zone volume, bass, treble, balance settings, Start/Stop zone Ducking event, Start/Stop zone Paging event and Set Zone preset EQ.

The driver programming also covers Cycle through zone preset EQ, Mic Mute control (HDA-1600 only), Zone ducking event input mute control, Set zone Do Not Disturb (page events) and Preamplifier output control (when output is set to Macro Controlled/Programmable).