Immersive Content and VR for Audio at Avid Connect 2018
Audio for video is about to get more complicated
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Lawo Appoints Jeff Smith to Head Up Sales in the Americas
Evertz' veteran's appointment signals company's emphasis on growing market
SMPTE ST 2110-30: A Fair Hearing for Audio
Getting the details on transporting audio via SMPTE ST 2110-30
Bexel Expands Audio Inventory
Rental company announces ‘major purchase’ of audio and RF intercom equipment
The New Reality of Wireless Frequency Coordination
The 600 MHz wireless spectrum auction has come and gone, taking some television stations off the air, forcing more than a thousand others to relocate, and causing repercussions that are starting to trickle all the way down to wireless device users.
Golf Channel Puts Lawo Faders in Its Bag
Multiple Lawo systems installed for live and post-production audio infrastructure
NAB Show Product Preview: Audio
New product introductions at the NAB Show will embrace immersive audio formats and the newly standardized audio networking protocols.
Shure Part of Audio Team at Super Bowl LII
ATK Audiotek and Professional Wireless Systems were the main companies behind the on-field audio, with the pair choosing to go with Shure wireless microphones and in-ear monitors to serve as its primary RF systems.
2018 Audio Prognostication—What Lies Ahead?
The beginning of a new year is an excellent time to reflect on life and ponder mysteries—such as why we make a big deal out of one year starting as another ends, and whether time is just an imaginary construct in the first place.
Guidelines for Streaming Loudness
As mature as the television industry is, it appears to be going through a very disruptive identity crisis right now.
Discerning Sound Defines Audio Pros
For the past 13 years, on a Saturday in mid-autumn, the AES Atlanta Section has held their workshop for students.
Making Sports Audio Immersive
Considering the costs of attending sporting events, it’s no wonder more consumers are investing in high-end home audio and video systems to follow their favorite teams.
The ‘Dematerialization’ of Audio Facilities
Recently I ran across an interesting piece from the Joint Taskforce for New Media (JT-NM) on the “dematerialized facility,” which envisions broadcast facilities built entirely from commodity IT equipment or with everything outsourced and no onsite equipment at all.
SNY Adds Solid State Logic’s System T to Production Team
SportsNet New York continues to build its team for its new studios at the World Trade Center with the addition of Solid State Logic’s System T networked audio broadcast systems.
Working With Fixed Monitor Levels
ATSC Recommended Practice (RP) A/85 is usually thought of as a loudness standardization document full of guidelines we must follow to ensure content loudness complies with the CALM Act.
IP-Networked Audio Consoles Gain Steam
New boards feature foster improved workflows, expanded capabilities
It’s Time for Audio Over IP
Audio over IP (AoIP) continues to gain traction with TV broadcast and production facilities for many good reasons.
Audio Education at the 2017 NAB Show
Every April, thousands of us make a pilgrimage to the desert to learn from gurus who pass along insight and direction, give us glimpses into the future, and help us make sense of it all.
NAB Show Product Review: Audio
Audio vendors released a slew of new products at this year’s NAB Show, especially IP-enabled gear, perhaps due to the boost given to the AES67 streaming interoperability standard by its inclusion in SMPTE’s ST 2110 standards suite, which is moving quickly towards publication.
Next-Gen TV Promises Immersive, Personalized Audio
When we look at where television audio standards stand today, it’s hard to reconcile the initial mono sound broadcasts from television’s infancy to where it has evolved with the capabilities of the next generation of broadcast standards, part of ATSC 3.0.