NAB Show Preview
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Check out the hottest products to be unveiled at the show.
This year's NAB Show is using the strapline “evolve, innovate, grow smarter.” Evolving comes naturally to engineers; consider the move from 270Mb/s to 1.5Gb/s and on to 3Gb/s. Innovation could mean many things. It could be time to revamp station branding, or to move more processes from videotape to file-based operations. Growing smarter needs a long, hard look at operations and processes. Can the latest tools for business process management be leveraged to run the station in a more agile fashion?
Although the buzz might be around 3-D, it's still a niche for broadcasters, with more buzz from the cinema sector. I'm sure that for most folks at the show, it's still the mundane, like digital glue or storage, that will be just as much of interest as those polarized glasses.
Budgets seem to be easing this year, so once more we could be seeing orders placed at the show. This is no time to stand still as competition fails to abate, whether from other broadcasters or from new media sectors.
I'm assuming that you have planned your trip to NAB to optimize that short time on the show floor. The following pages list some of the new products that will be launched at the show. Have a look to see if there is something you can add to your wish list.
Do you want to keep abreast of the latest news on NAB? Broadcast Engineering is running the “NAB Update” e-newsletter to keep you in touch with the latest news and product launches. For weekly updates, subscribe to the newsletter on the Broadcast Engineering Web site at www.broadcastengineeringworld.com.
If you can't attend the show, Broadcast Engineering will again be shooting BE TV: brief interviews recorded right at the booths. We will feature product demos and company news, and the interviews will be uploaded to the Broadcast Engineering Web site during the show.
Whether you are preparing for a visit, or catching up on what you may have missed, Broadcast Engineering can assist.
Audio accessories
AUDIO ANALYZER
Audio Precision APx series
The BW52 ultra-high-bandwidth 1MHz FFT option for the APx525 family of audio analyzers delivers bandwidth (DC to 1MHz) and 1 million points; offers 24-bit resolution when measuring out-of-band noise in Class-D amps, sigma-delta converters and other modern audio devices; the v2.5 software update includes custom reporting options, allowing automatic, direct export of APx test and measurement data into customizable Word documents, .wav file analysis (allowing testing of digital recorders, PC sound cards, etc), and the ability to stream Dolby's TrueHD lossless audio compression format through the APx HDMI option.
+1 503 627 0832;
http://ap.com/
Booth: C2023
AUDIO PROCESSOR
Dolby DP600 Program Optimizer
Provides a file-based workflow solution for loudness correction, audio creation, conversion and upmixing; version 1.4 software provides support for Dolby Pulse; version 1.5 software supports the LXF file container format (used with Harris/Leitch servers) and the MP4 media container format (used in online applications).
+44 1793 842100;
www.dolby.com
Booth: SU7917
DIGITAL AUDIO PROCESSORS
Lectrosonics ASPEN
DSP matrix mixers; Ethernet, RS232 and USB offer connection for control; the 1Gb/s port connects units over a single Cat 6 line; feature unlimited input expansion, addressable TCP/IP Ethernet and seamless auto-mixing with PGA; offer a 48-channel mix bus with full output matrixing; include simultaneous multipoint third-party and native control; have ultra-low 1.33 ms near-side latency for real-time audio.
+1 505 892 4501
www.lectrosonics.com
Booth: C1717
TRIAMPLIFIED DSP MONITORING SYSTEM
Genelec 8260A
Three-way DSP system provides more accurate imaging and improved sound quality on the acoustical axis and off-axis; combine a coaxial driver with modern waveguide technology, ensuring drivers to couple coherently over their full operating bandwidth and creating coincident midfrequency/high-frequency point source; features signal processing responsible for all loudspeaker functions including crossover filters, driver equalizers, driver position alignment, room response alignment, calibration, equalization-related features and distance-compensating delays; housed in a die-cast aluminum Minimum Diffraction Enclosure immune to vibrations.
+358 17 83881;
www.genelec.com
Booth: C2239
AUDIO LOUDNESS CONTROL
Junger Audio Level Magic
The automated audio loudness control system for production and broadcast features new additions that offer an integrated workflow solution for managing Dolby coded 5.1 audio signals in production, ingest and playout; adjusts the level from any source at any time, with no pumping, breathing or distortion; based on a simultaneous combination of an AGC, a transient processor for fast changes and a peak limiter for continuous unattended control of any program material, regardless of its original source.
+49 30 677 7210
www.junger-audio.com
Booth: SU7206
MULTICHANNEL LEVEL CONTROLLER
Ward-Beck Systems MLC8
Handles AES, Dolby E, Dolby AC3, analog audio or HD/SD embedded signals; equipped with eight LED bar graph level displays, individual channel and master level control with mute function, level status LED indicators, presets and toggling between 5.1 and stereo listening, and 7.1 and 5.1 to stereo mix-down capability.
+1 416 335 5999
www.ward-beck.com
Booth: N3425
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