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Calrec And Grass Valley Integration Unlocks Exceptional Choice And Flexibility For Broadcasters

The integrated ImPulseV and AMPP workflow will be demonstrated on the Grass Valley Booth At the 2026 NAB Show.

The integrated ImPulseV and AMPP workflow will be demonstrated on the Grass Valley Booth At the 2026 NAB Show.

Calrec and Grass Valley have announced a long-term broadcast audio technology partnership at NAB Show 2026. The companies are combining their industry expertise to deliver a software-defined production environment that will see Calrec’s ImPulseV virtual DSP software integrated with Grass Valley’s AMPP cloud-native live production platform. The deployment will provide broadcasters with a unified environment for managing live broadcasts.

Coupling Grass Valley’s leadership in video production with Calrec’s trusted broadcast audio expertise, ImPulseV, strengthens audio workflows within Grass Valley’s AMPP Ecosystem. The partnership provides all the benefits of close integration and orchestration with proven applications from renowned broadcast partners on a single platform. Calrec’s pathway into AMPP OS will start with AMPP Control integration and evolve towards a fully native ImPulseV application running on AMPP. 

The collaboration strengthens AMPP's tier 1 audio capabilities alongside its tier 1 video production strengths, creating a single platform for high-end live productions. The partnership reinforces the industry’s direction for software defined production, open standards and collaboration as the drivers of innovation. As hybrid workflows continue to develop, the partnership gives broadcasters the confidence to define and scale their own infrastructure requirements, and to fully utilise their resources.

Freedom without compromise
As media organisations increasingly look to consolidate their technology stacks and reduce operational complexity, audio has remained one of the most challenging workflows to virtualise – without compromising quality, latency or the operator experience. 

The cohesive Calrec ImPulseV and Grass Valley AMPP integration is designed to meet these challenges, delivering:

  • Common orchestration
  • Shared control
  • Scalable infrastructure
  • Cloud and on-prem flexibility
  • Elastic resources aligned to live production demands
  • A modern, software defined architecture designed for long-term flexibility

Virtualisation with purpose – zero limitations
Calrec's ImPulseV creates flexible workflows across COTS hardware, public and private cloud, existing processing hardware and distributed resources, contributing to an efficient, flexible hybrid production environment. ImPulseV is part of Calrec's Ecosystem, powered by True Control 2.0, which unifies the company's high-end control surfaces with remote production capabilities. Broadcasters can use True Control 2.0 to manage up to five Calrec consoles or processing cores simultaneously. 

By integrating ImPulseV with AMPP, broadcasters' flexibility to manage their assets is further expanded. One control surface can adapt – without loss of quality – to local, cloud and remote productions. 

Both ImpulseV and AMPP provide OpEx based deployment models, enabling broadcasters to expand event coverage. The integration delivers audio capabilities that scale, without compromising the operator experience.

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