(Urbana, IL) – Cobalt Digital Inc., a designer and manufacturer of conversion gear for the broadcast television industry, is teaming up with MediaCorp at the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) 2009 conference in Singapore. As Host Broadcaster of the event, MediaCorp will build the International Broadcast Centre, which will include the operation of broadcast quality cameras, a live video and audio feed distribution system, and master control room.
The audio feed distribution system at APEC is based on SDI embedded audio, and will rely on Cobalt’s award-winning 9000 series of cards for openGear™. Cobalt’s 9321 (HD/SD-SDI Audio Embedder) and 9322 (HD/SD-SDI Audio De-Embedder) will enable the feed to be easily distributed to a variety of media partners. more
Paris, France – November 2009… Lectrosonics, recognized the world over as a leading manufacturer of wireless microphone systems and audio processing products, is pleased to announce the combination of Lectrosonics SM Series Super-Miniature Digital Hybrid Wireless UHF beltpack transmitters and the SR Series Dual-Channel Slot Mount ENG Receivers have been awarded a trophy for Most Innovative Product during the recent SATIS (Show for Audiovisual Technologies and Solutions) tradeshow. Held at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles October 19-22, the tradeshow is a key event for contractors, broadcast professionals, and others involved in the A/V marketplace. more
John Casali Uses B-Format ST350 Microphone On Robert Downey, Jnr’s Sherlock Holmes
(Pictured right, John Casali with his SoundField ST350 on the set of his new project)
The end of 2009 is currently the planned release date for the latest filmed addition to the Sherlock Holmes canon, starring Robert Downey Jnr and Jude Law in an almost irreverent take on the story of Baker Street’s most famous detective. Downey Jnr’s clumsy, tousle-headed, slightly risqué version of Holmes is far removed from the calculating, ice-cool character portrayed by the likes of Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett in the past, and yet somehow, it all works brilliantly.
Exterior filming for the new Holmes film began in early 2009 in suitably old-fashioned locations in Liverpool, London, Chatham and Manchester, with Second Unit sound recordings being overseen by freelance Sound Mixer John more
European satellite broadcaster BSkyB, better known as Sky, has purchased eight of SoundField’s stereo-to-5.1 upmix processors for live use in their studios and outside broadcast facilities. The SoundField UPM-1 (pictured right) is a 1U, 19-inch rack processor which can create a convincing, phase-coherent 5.1 surround panorama from stereo audio in real time, without adding any reverb or unwanted additional phase shifts. It does this by adaptively analysing the two-channel stereo material, separating the content into its ambient and direct components, and placing any material from the centre of the original stereo mix, such as commentary or dialogue, into the Centre channel of the resulting 5.1 panorama. For HD broadcasters, the UPM-1 ensures that most audio can be broadcast in fold-down friendly surround sound, without obvious moments when the broadcast soundscape narrows to more
BURBANK, CALIFORNIA - Bexel, a unit of Vitec Group Systems Division, is pleased to announce the appointment of Helen Carr to the post of Bexel ASG Pro Audio Sales Manager. Carr, a 20-year broadcast veteran, joined Bexel in 2003 following a successful career in broadcast equipment sales for technology companies Quantel and Snell & Wilcox. She also has experience in the systems integration field. more
HAYWARD, Calif. — Nov. 17, 2009 — Wohler Technologies Inc. today announced that Belgium’s Flemish Radio and Television Network (VRT), the public broadcasting network of the Flemish community, is the first company to deploy the AMP1-16-3G. The 3G- and Dolby®-capable monitor is equipped with three high-performance, cost-efficient OLED display screens, capable of displaying source video and advanced monitoring of 16 channels of audio simultaneously in just 1 RU. The unit has been installed in VRT’s newly refurbished HD SNG van to simplify audio/video monitoring of multichannel productions. more
New Relationship Brings AERO.one™ DTV Audio Loudness Manager to WVUE New Orleans
LANCASTER, PA. – Linear Acoustic, the leading authority in loudness control solutions for digital television, is partnering with New Orleans based dealer, Crescent Communications, to deliver its full range of loudness control solutions to the Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee markets. This new relationship is already proving to be a successful one. As part of this agreement, WVUE New Orleans has purchased the Linear Acoustic AERO.one™ DTV Audio Loudness Manager to handle all of the station’s loudness control issues, providing a seamless surround sound experience for viewers at home. more
Radio France, France’s public service radio broadcaster, has purchased three SADiE LRX2 portable multi-track location recording systems and two PCM2 laptop-based editing systems. The units will be used for mobile production across France to provide content for the broadcaster’s seven national stations.
“There are things that make SADiE really easy to use, even by people with a poor knowledge of computers, especially the project, the clipstore and the slip modes in the playlist editing. For high-end users, the trim window is wonderful,” comments Philippe Destrebecq, DPA/DLP/Responsable du support production at Radio France.
The SADiE LRX2 Location Audio Workstation has been designed to fulfil the needs of an ever more complex recording environment and to serve a wide variety of remote recording applications. It combines SADiE’s proven high-quality professional audio input and output ’slither card’ I/O modules with a tactile hardware control surface and the ability to use a more
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: TransAudio Group, the U.S. distributor for ATC (Acoustic Transducer Company) audio reference speakers, introduces the U.K. manufacturer’s first ever compact active three-way studio control monitor – the SCM25A Pro. Designed for positioning on a meter bridge, or rack-mountable for broadcast applications, the ATC SCM25A Pro offers very high-performance in the most compact possible form factor.
The SCM25A Pro incorporates ATC’s proprietary short coil seven-inch carbon-paper woofer, a three-inch soft dome midrange driver and a one-inch silk dome tweeter in a ported enclosure that measures 10.4 inches (264 mm) (H) x 16.9 inches (430 mm) (W) x 16 inches (408 mm) (D). The integrated tri-amplifier generates 150 W RMS for the woofer, 50 W RMS for the midrange and 25 W RMS for the tweeter. The passively cooled amp pack also features FET limiting. The crossovers are all 4th order, more
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: TUBE-TECH introduces the new RM 2, a new two-slot rack that vertically accommodates any two TUBE-TECH M Series tube-based modules. The new two RU frame enables the user to own multiple TUBE-TECH modules and one small two-channel rack, offering the sound of TUBE-TECH in a smaller and less expensive package than ever before. The RM-2 is unique in that it is designed from the ground up for tubes. The power supply and internal voltage rails are specifically built for tube-based electronics, offering much higher supply voltages than the modular 500 racks can offer. This new two-slot RM2 rack, along with the existing eight-vertical slot RM8 rack, expands the flexibility of TUBE-TECH while lowering the per channel cost.
The PM 1A module combines an exceptionally smooth sounding microphone preamplifier and direct more
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