Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth, Western Australia, has recently developed new broadcast facilities at its City Campus. The space is designed with the intention of functioning as an education-first environment while mirroring real-world production standards, as Lawo has claimed in a statement.

The project was delivered in collaboration with Lawo’s partner PAT and systems integrator Diversified, who were responsible for overall system delivery and integration, with Techniq Media acting as the principal broadcast consultant.

The installation centers on Lawo’s HOME management platform for IP infrastructures and the overarching broadcast control and workflow solution VSM (Virtual Studio Manager), working in tandem to deliver a fully integrated broadcast environment. The mc²36 audio production console completes the core control and audio ecosystem.

From the outset, ECU’s requirement for the new infrastructure was to create a studio environment that could be prepared quickly and reliably for teaching, rehearsal, and production use, while remaining accessible to users with varying levels of technical experience.

“The studio now resembles a NASA control room, delivering capabilities that will be the envy of our colleagues in professional news or production companies”, explains Andrea Burns, Academic Lead of Screen and Media at Edith Cowan University.

HOME serves as the foundation for the facility’s Audio-over-IP infrastructure, looking forward to providing centralized discovery, management, security, and resource allocation across the mc²36 console and networked audio devices. By managing AoIP resources — including support for ST 2110, AES67, and RAVENNA —it allows students to work with advanced IP audio workflows without needing deep technical knowledge

Building on the platform, VSM acts as the overarching broadcast control and orchestration layer. Video routing is handled by an Ultrix FR5, while IP video transport and timing are provided via Riedel Horizon and Riedel Micron. It also consolidates device control, routing logic, tally management, and studio state transitions into a single operational interface.

The mc²36 console provides an all-in-one audio production environment. Powered by A__UHD Core processing technology, the console delivers 384 DSP channels, 864 I/O channels, and native IP support for all major AoIP standards. It also features user-centric interface—including color TFT fader displays, touch-sensitive rotary encoders, Full-HD touchscreens, and loudness metering.

Throughout the facility, LUX (Lawo Unified Experience) principles intents to ensure a consistent, role-based user experience. VSM desktop interfaces and 50 panels are mapped to studio presets and operational modes—such as teaching, production, or reset—allowing lecturers to prepare the control room with a single action. This “push-button studio readiness” aims to reduce cognitive load, minimizes errors, and maximizes focus on practical learning outcomes.

Burns concludes: “It’s the fact the team worked with one eye on technical precision and the other on student potential that made this collaboration a real success. And they’re as excited as we are by the possibilities this system creates for our students”.