Controlling Loudness in Broadcast TV
10.29.2008
There is no reasonable way to get loudness to be entirely consistent, if only because of variability between the way listeners perceive sound and the backgrounds in which they listen. So our goal has to be to just get close. More...

Thinking About Loudness, JJ's Way
10.01.2008
As I've repeatedly discussed in these columns, in broadcast television we have a real problem managing the level of sound, and in my simplistic journalistic way, I've referred to that problem as a problem with audio levels. More...

The Zen Behind Audio Levels, Lip-Sync
07.09.2008
But that in turn raises a really good question—what is the value of really good surface production quality? Does HD with 5.1 surround sound make a difference, relative to content? More...

Serial Multichannel Audio Digital Interface
10.15.2008
So why not multiplex a bunch of AES3 channels together to make it easier to wire among studios, control rooms, and central equipment rooms for digital audio consoles and routing switchers, and between stage boxes and mixing More...

The Function of Channel Status
08.20.2008
The channel status bits provide a wealth of information about its associated audio channel, which can be used by an AES receiver/decoder for subsequent processing. More...

Demystifying AES3 Digital Audio
02.20.2008
We casually speak of digital audio, often referring to it as AES audio, perhaps AES3 (for the number of the AES standard), or by an older term AES/EBU. But what exactly is this AES3 signal? More...