Creative Audio - Noise Reduction With Bob Bronow September 13^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Dialogue is king in television. Let’s face it, you don’t watch an episode of your favorite police procedural or reality show just to listen to the sound design or the incidental music. But whether the content is scripted or unscripted, delivering intelligible dialogue can be a real challenge for…

Creative Audio - Broadcast Crowd Sound September 3^rd 2021 - 09:00 AM

When televised sports events began to return after the initial coronavirus lockdown in 2020, U.S. broadcasters faced a dilemma. With no spectators in attendance, what do you do about the lack of crowd noise? This is the fascinating story of how a team of award-winning creative audio engineers set about…

Microphones: Part 5 - The Variable Directivity Microphone September 1^st 2021 - 09:00 AM

The variable directivity microphone is very popular for studio work. What goes on inside is very clever and not widely appreciated.

Microphones: Part 4 - Microphone Technology - The Diaphragm August 6^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Most microphones need a diaphragm in order to follow some aspect of the air motion that carries the sound.

Microphones: Part 3 - Human Auditory System July 9^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

To get the best out of a microphone it is important to understand how it differs from the human ear.

Microphones: Part 2 - Design Principles June 7^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Successful microphones have been built working on a number of different principles. Those ideas will be looked at here.

Microphones: Part 1 - Basic Principles May 6^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

In this new series John Watkinson looks at all aspects of microphones to create a technical reference resource for professional broadcast audio engineers.

Improving Comms With 5GHz - Part 2 April 20^th 2021 - 09:30 AM

This is the second instalment of our extended article exploring the use of the 5GHz spectrum for Comms.

Improving Comms With 5GHz - Part 1 April 13^th 2021 - 10:30 AM

As broadcasters strive for more and more unique content, live events are growing in popularity. Consequently, productions are increasing in complexity resulting in an ever-expanding number of production staff all needing access to high quality communications. Wireless intercom systems are essential and provide the flexibility needed to host today’s h…

The Sponsors Perspective: Capturing Immersive Audio November 10^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Strategies for capturing immersive audio for scene and object-based audio.

Software IP Enabling Storytelling - Part 1 September 28^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Television is still a niche industry, but nonetheless, one of the most powerful storytelling mediums in existence. Whether reporting news events, delivering educational seminars, or product reviews, television still outperforms all other mediums in terms of its ability to communicate to mass audiences.

Digital Audio: Part 16 - Filters, Direct Implementation September 24^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

There are two approaches to digital filtering. One is to implement the impulse response directly. The other is to use recursion. Here we look at the direct implementation.

PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 2 September 21^st 2021 - 09:00 AM

In the last article in this series, we looked at how PTP V2.1 has improved security. In this part, we investigate how robustness and monitoring is further improved to provide resilient and accurate network timing.

NAB 2021 Cancelled September 15^th 2021 - 04:06 PM

NAB have announced the show scheduled for October 2021 has been cancelled.

PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 1 September 14^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Timing accuracy has been a fundamental component of broadcast infrastructures for as long as we’ve transmitted television pictures and sound. The time invariant nature of frame sampling still requires us to provide timing references with sub microsecond accuracy.

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