NAB Show Preview
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Check out the hottest products to be unveiled at the show.
TRANSMISSION LOUDNESS MANAGER
Linear Acoustic AERO.air
Now supports internal Dolby E/Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus decoding as well as insertion of Nielsen audience measurement information; utility confidence decoding of the output signal ensures continuous insertion of audience measurement data and produces GPO alarms to alert station personnel of issues; accepts any Dolby encoded or PCM audio that provides upmixing, loudness control, and audience measurement, and outputs both PCM and Dolby encoding for transmission.
+44 20 31706 155
www.linearacoustic.com
Booth: SU8125
AUDIO MONITORING
TSL PAM2-3G16
A multistandard, multiformat audio monitor that simplifies multichannel audio monitoring via preset menus and shortcut keys for rapid and intuitive access to critical elements of complex broadcast audio systems; flexibility is offered in terms of user-selectable scales, ballistics, range of standard input/output signals supported and the ability to intelligently dissect and monitor any multichannel audio signal structure from mixed mono, stereo and 5.1 make.
+44 1628 676 200; www.tsl.co.uk
Booth: N6515
MODULAR AUDIO/VIDEO MONITOR
Wohler AMP2-16V
3G/HD/SD-SDI 16-channel audio/video monitor is a new dual 4.3in OLED version of the company's AMP2-16 series monitor; features Dolby Zoom, which dynamically switches between the standard overview of monitored channels and monitoring of the decoded channels of an available Dolby stream without entering any menus; full trim, pan and routing controls of the Free Mix feature are designed to reduce dependence on mixing consoles.
+1 510 870 0891; www.wohler.com
Booth: N3023
Audio mixers, on-air, portable, studio, playback
AUDIO CONSOLE
Calrec Audio Apollo
Relies on Bluefin2 for processing; at 48kHz, Bluefin2 gives Apollo up to 1020 channel processing paths, 128 program busses, 96 IFB/track outputs and 48 auxiliaries; at 96kHz, Apollo affords 510 channel processing paths, 64 program busses, 48 IFB/track outputs and 24 auxiliaries; features a second dynamics section in each channel, more than 70 minutes of assignable delay and three independent APFL systems for multiple operator use.
+44 1422 841310; www.calrec.com
Booth: C1746
AUDIO AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL DECODER
Ensemble Designs LevelTrack
Corrects mismatched audio levels between different program sources or segments within a program, addressing the latest audio compliance requirements for broadcasters; based upon the history in each channel, gradual changes are applied to prevent the audio level from dropping below or exceeding user-programmable thresholds.
+1 530 478 1830
www.ensembledesigns.com
Booth: N1929
DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER
Lawo V4.8 software
A new interface for the mc2 series and the Nova73 HD systems; the new channel display features additional color and textural information for the VCA and link displays; now it is possible to interconnect any number of channels, even with an almost unlimited number of link groups; each link group can be linked with different modules, such as fader, mute or EQ; a color and name can be assigned to each group, which guarantees the ability to differentiate the various link groups in a channel with absolute certainty; each channel can even meter one of the first eight linked channels, comparable to a VCA master.
+49 7222 1002 0; www.lawo.de
Booth: C2217
AUDIO CONSOLE
Logitek Electronic Systems Pilot
Modular, scalable console provides up to 24 faders; audio sources may be routed as desired to each of the faders; each fader has access to a program bus, three aux busses and cue speaker; bright, wide-angle displays below the faders have room for 16 character source names and support Unicode characters for display of text in multiple languages.
+1 713 664 4470
www.logitekaudio.com
Booth: C2636
COMPACT DIGITAL BROADCAST CONSOLE
Studer Vista 5
The 32-fader unit consists of 20 channel strips and 12 additional versatile strips for operating output and input channels.; up to 240 channels can be accessed from the desk, and the total I/O capacity may exceed 1700 inputs and outputs, depending on the additional cards and configurations.
+1 818 895 3496; www.studer.ch
Booth: C2619
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