Inside Audio

The face of television audio has developed some interesting new wrinkles since we last looked at loudness—namely, immersive audio, objectbased audio and audio for personal devices.

Think about how we consume television now.

In my August column, “The Audio World Without ISDN,” we looked at the impending demise of ISDN and the options available for those who can no longer get service.

One of my missions at this year’s NAB Show was to take a deeper assessment of the state of interoperability of audio-over-IP devices in preparation for an upcoming project.

Anyone who has been an audio engineer for a substantial period of time does so because they love what they do, not because they can’t move on to something else.

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.

For the past 13 years, on a Saturday in mid-autumn, the AES Atlanta Section has held their workshop for students.

As mature as the television industry is, it appears to be going through a very disruptive identity crisis right now.