In the 1990s, Audio Recording Changed Forever June 13^th 2017 - 01:50 PM

For those who began work in the audio industry before the 1980s, the experience of “going digital” is clearly remembered. Many of us questioned everything we knew and wondered whether all the experience we had gained in the analog era would carry forward. Fortunately, in hindsight, that experience paid off and…

Loudspeaker Technology Part 8: Crossover Networks June 7^th 2017 - 11:00 AM

John Watkinson looks at how crossover networks don’t work.

Understanding IP Networks - Audio Integration June 6^th 2017 - 12:05 PM

In the previous articles, we investigated IP from a broadcast engineers point of view as it helps us understand IP. In this article, we start to look at audio integration, and how we make IP work with audio signals, and the challenges we need to overcome.

Getting a “Live” Sound in a Tiny Studio June 6^th 2017 - 11:00 AM

As recording has gradually moved away from large studios to small spaces, the difficulty to getting a big “live” sound has become more difficult to achieve. There are, however, some tricks that allow the expansion of small rooms to sound much bigger than ever expected.

Seizing the Opportunities of Immersive Audio in Storytelling May 31^st 2017 - 12:05 PM

The stars are aligning for a new era of immersive audio in storytelling. Audiobook sales are steadily growing, the popularity of non-musical audio in personal podcasts is exploding and immersive audio technology is making compelling audio cheaper and easier to produce.

Ribbon Microphones Make a Full Circle in Audio History May 24^th 2017 - 01:05 PM

What’s old is new again. An ironic confluence of interrelated events — one that brought ribbon microphones to the front and center of broadcasting in the 1930s and to seemingly lose favor in the 1960s — is back again after 85 years.

Understanding IP Networks - Why Do We Need Interoperability? May 24^th 2017 - 11:00 AM

Point to point connections with well-designed standards have given broadcaster engineers piece of mind for many years, knowing when they connect one AES-3 audio output to an AES-3 audio input, the two will connect seamlessly and audio will pass without incident. The same can be said of MADI and analogue…

Production Engineers - Understanding Your CEO’s Business Needs May 22^nd 2017 - 03:00 PM

As broadcasting moves to highly efficient production lines of the future, understanding business needs is key for engineers, and recognizing the commercial motivations of CEOs and business owners is crucial to building a successful media platform.

Broadcasting Center Europe Goes Live with SAM’s End-to-End IP Infrastructure for RTL City Facility May 19^th 2017 - 01:50 PM

Snell Advanced Media (SAM) has announced that Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE) has gone live with its end-to-end IP infrastructure at RTL Group’s new Luxembourg headquarters, RTL City.

Understanding IP Security - Are You Really Safe? May 17^th 2017 - 08:00 AM

With recent events in mind, IP-Security has jumped to the top of the queue once again. The world’s biggest cyber-terror attack wiped out hundreds of thousands of computers and many more critical files, causing chaos in train terminals, the health service and institutions alike.