Jay Yeary

Audio for video is about to get more complicated

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

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

With immersive audio knocking on the door of broadcast television, it seems like a good time to investigate some ways to create content for the format.

Think about how we consume television now.

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.

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.

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.