SALSA Initiative Looks To Automate Live Audio Mixing Process June 1^st 2016 - 08:00 AM

Fairlight is collaborating with DTS and the University of Salford, located in Manchester, UK, to develop a new approach to assist sound engineers with live sports productions.

Understanding the Terminology Behind IP Standards May 27^th 2016 - 09:00 AM

I was due to write another terminology article and thought doing one that explains the terms, alliances, and standards might be helpful. There is no shortage of new terms, so let’s get started.

Advantages of Centralized Hardware Solutions May 10^th 2016 - 08:00 AM

Beginning with IBC 2015, the broadcast and production industries have seen an increasingly large investment in IP-centric solutions being offered by vendors. While that is encouraging, customers need to be sure that the performance of a centralized solution is not compromised by a low-bandwidth network.

Open Control and Monitoring Standard is Now AES70 February 16^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

The standards committee for the Audio Engineering Society (AES) has created AES70, a new standard for the open control and monitoring of professional audio and AV media network devices.

Viewpoint: The Potential and Reality of AES67 October 30^th 2015 - 09:00 AM

Interest is growing in the broadcast industry about the AES67 standard, and its potential benefits as users transition from wired to networked audio systems.

AES67-2015 Revision Confirms Stability of the Audio Network Interoperability Standard October 27^th 2015 - 08:00 AM

The Media Networking Alliance has issued a maintenance revision to AES67-2013, the AES standard for high-performance streaming audio-over-IP interoperability.

It is Time to Adopt IP for Audio October 13^th 2015 - 08:00 AM

The inevitable merging of computer networking technology and audio distribution has arrived. Now is a good time to re-examine the assumptions and concerns that are holding some professionals back from choosing audio over IP solutions, as decisions made today will affect their facilities and clients for years to come.

Professional AoIP for Broadcast June 22^nd 2015 - 01:00 PM

Today’s standard industrial IT infrastructure has already overtaken the technology of AES/EBU, MADI and TDM routers in terms of performance, cost and flexibility. The rate of development of IT systems, fuelled as it is by a multi-billion dollar industry many times the size of the broadcast industry, is c…

Wide-Area Networking & Remote Production March 31^st 2015 - 10:43 AM

The use of wide-area audio networking makes possible the remote production of live TV events, where large geographical distances separate the production facilities and the events that are being televised. There is growing interest in this area from broadcasters, both in the potential for significant reductions in production costs as…

Super Bowl Audio—World Class February 2^nd 2015 - 04:00 PM

The Super Bowl is as much about sound as it is the specular images generated by millions of dollars in video gear.