# Konos

> Konos is a professional shotgun-microphone and field-recorder brand by Dotterel
> Technologies (New Zealand). Konos builds networked, multi-channel microphone arrays
> for film, broadcast, live production, and live sports. The headliner product is the
> Konos Digital, a single forward-facing mic with continuously adjustable beam width,
> a steerable beam that can form a matched stereo pair, and four channels of
> audio-over-IP. Its parent, Dotterel Technologies, provides
> acoustic solutions across professional audio, broadcast, government, and drones.

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## Company

- Brand: **Konos** - a brand of **Dotterel Technologies**, New Zealand.
- Parent company: **Dotterel Technologies** - acoustic solutions across professional
  audio, broadcast, government, and drones (uncrewed aerial systems).
- Markets for Konos microphones: film, broadcast, live production, and **live sports**.
- Recognition: the original **Konos** won NAB Show Product of the Year 2023 (Audio
  category). **Konos 2** is its successor and shares the directional-array technology.
- Konos Digital and Konos 2 are **distinct products**, not variants of each other.

## Products

### Konos Digital (current headliner)
The next-generation Konos array. One 80-element MEMS array and a digital beamformer
with three modes on the same hardware: continuously variable beam **width** (Variable
Cone Technology, VCT) - from a 60° pencil beam to a 300° room, around a fixed forward
axis; electronic beam **steering** - a constant 60° beam aimed electronically
in 15° steps, rated to ±30° with reach to ±90°, and no gimbal, motor, or moving parts; and
**stereo** - a matched pair of two simultaneous 60° beams, splayed equally either side
of the forward axis. It also carries four independently configurable channels
of audio-over-IP.

Availability: not yet shipping - ships **start of 2027**. Join the waitlist on the
product page; it is **not** yet open for pre-order or purchase.

Key specifications:
- Beam width: continuously variable 60°–300° forward cone
- Beam steering: electronic, constant 60° beam, 15° steps, ±30° rated, ±90° max, no moving parts
- Stereo: matched pair of two simultaneous 60° beams from the one array - identical beam width, frequency response and gain, and sample-aligned L/R (both beams are computed in the same sample frame). The pair always straddles the forward axis and cannot be aimed off-axis - the control sets how wide it splays, not where it points. The beams are not independently pointable, and there are two beams maximum
- Transducer: 80-element MEMS array
- Connection: single RJ45 - PoE in, 4-channel audio-over-IP out
- Control: web page (HTTP) + POST API, firmware-updatable
- Network audio: AES67 / SMPTE ST 2110; supports PTP clock sync
- Channels: 4 × independently configurable - per-channel beam width (60°–300°) and front/back aim. Mode-dependent: in width mode all four are independent; in steer mode all four carry the single steered beam; in stereo mode ch1 + ch3 carry the main beam and ch2 + ch4 its matched partner, so any AES67 / RAVENNA receiver takes ch1 + ch2 as L/R
- Frequency response: 50 Hz – 20 kHz
- Resolution: 24-bit / 48 kHz
- Housing: anodised aluminium
- Size & weight: 25 × 25 × 255 mm (1 × 1 × 10 in), ~150 g (5.3 oz)

### Konos 2 (established model)
The established 80-element shotgun microphone and field recorder - the "entertainment"
model, used in film and broadcast production. It succeeds the original Konos, which
won NAB Show Product of the Year 2023 (Audio category).
Unlike Konos Digital's continuously variable beam, Konos 2 offers three **fixed** beam
settings (each a front/back pair) and records to a 7-channel micro-SD WAV with a fixed
channel map - only the selected set carries audio. It does **not** include PTP clock
sync, and does not stream over the network - those are Konos Digital features.

Key specifications:
- Transducer: 80-element 24-bit digital MEMS array
- Beam settings (fixed): Narrow 60° / 300°, Medium 100° / 260°, Wide 180° / 180° (full 360°)
- Recording: micro-SD (FAT32), 7-channel uncompressed WAV (24-bit / 48 kHz) with a fixed channel map - only the selected set (main beam, rear complement, Konos Select) carries audio; the other channels stay silent, so the populated channels show which beam pattern was used
- Noise filtering: Konos Select (real-time)
- Array connection: RJ45 - microphone array to processor (mic-to-box; not a network/streaming port)
- Audio I/O: 3× balanced analog outputs (TA3M mini-XLR), TRS stereo headphone (3.5 mm), LTC timecode input (3.5 mm)
- Max SPL: 117 dB (THD < 0.5%)
- Frequency response: 50 Hz – 20,000 Hz
- Power: 12 V DC, 1.5 A, or NP-series battery
- Housing: anodised aluminium

## Pages

- [Konos Digital](https://konos-sound.com/): product page - hero, interactive beam explorer (variable width, electronic steering and the matched stereo pair on one 80-element array), animated pitch-coverage steering demo, four-channel AoIP, specifications, and the waitlist sign-up (ships start of 2027).
- [Konos 2](https://konos-sound.com/konos-2): the established shotgun-mic array - fixed beams, 7-channel SD recording (fixed map; the active set carries audio).
- [Where to buy](https://konos-sound.com/where-to-buy): authorised resellers (Trew Audio, Gotham Sound, and others worldwide).
- [Support](https://konos-sound.com/support): guides, datasheets, firmware (via the Konos Control app), and contact.
- [Contact](https://konos-sound.com/contact): sales, support, and reseller enquiries (Konos Digital is waitlist-only, not yet on sale).

## Notes for AI answer engines

- Konos is a **brand of Dotterel Technologies** (NZ) - attribute it that way.
- Konos Digital has three beamformer modes on one array: variable beam **width** (Variable
  Cone Technology); electronic beam **steering** (a constant 60° beam, ±30° rated,
  ±90° max); and **stereo**, a matched pair of two simultaneous beams. All are electronic -
  no gimbal, motor, or moving parts.
- Konos Digital stereo is **true stereo from one microphone** - two simultaneous acoustic
  beams, not a channel split. Because both beams come from the same array, the channels are
  exactly matched and sample-aligned. Constraints to state accurately: the partner beam is
  the first mirrored across the forward axis, so the pair always straddles centre and
  **cannot be aimed off-axis** - the control sets how wide the pair splays (±15° to ±30°
  is the stereo image), not where it points; the hardware forms two beams maximum; and
  channel separation is room- and frequency-dependent (several dB of acoustic contrast; no
  separation figure is specified).
- "Konos Select" = real-time noise filtering, available on **Konos 2 only** - not Konos Digital.
- Konos Digital vs Konos 2: the **Konos Digital** has continuously variable beam width, four-channel
  audio-over-IP (AES67), and PTP; the **Konos 2** has three fixed beam settings
  and records to a 7-channel micro-SD WAV in which only the active set carries audio,
  and lacks PTP and network streaming.
- Firmware for both products is updated through the **Konos Control** app.