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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
PSW Staff 06/28/11 08:45 AM, 0 CommentsFor the past two years, pro audio and broadcasting has been moving away from peak level normalization and towards new, loudness-based solutions. In April 2011, another important step was taken when ITU-R upgraded its BS.1770 standard to BS.1770-2. The first version of BS.1770 relied on ambiguous speech detection, which can have unexpected consequences trying to control the level of commercials or programs of certain genres. The improved 1770-2 recommendation incorporates a clever relative gate, making the measurement well-defined and practical… View this story
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Friday, May 20, 2011
Tony Andrews 05/20/11 10:19 AM, 2 CommentsWe “Men of Audio,” as my friend Clifford Henricksen put it in one of his frequent moments of levity, fight either the good fight for good sound or high fidelity. But let’s just take a look at the words high fidelity, or hi-fi. Taken literally hi-fi large quantities of faithfulness to the original sound; in other words we’re talking truth, or purity. Accordingly, the next concern is how shall you judge fidelity, and how do you maximize it? Criteria for… View this story
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Monday, May 02, 2011
PSW Staff 05/02/11 09:49 AM, 0 CommentsTCI will be the company’s exclusive distributor in mainland China and Hong Kong, opening up new sales channels for the RTW product line, further strengthening the manufacturer’s already robust global customer base. “We are very pleased to work with TCI and look forward that this new business relationship will help RTW to gain new coverage in the Asian market,” says RTW International Sales Manager Jochen Wainwright. “We first started working with TCI in 2010, when the company began to import… View this story
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Thursday, April 14, 2011PSW Staff 04/14/11 10:57 AM, 0 CommentsRTW is pleased to announce today the appointment of Group One Ltd. as its new distributor for sales in the U.S. market. Group One, a premier provider of global media technology solutions and systems integration services, will support the RTW product lines in the United States, further bolstering the company’s expanding presence in the area with important new customer contacts. Group One will be the premier U.S. distributor for RTW and will work with RTW’s existing local dealers including, GMA,… View this story
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
PSW Staff 04/13/11 02:15 PM, 0 CommentsRTW is proud to introduce a new firmware, version 1.14, for its TouchMonitor series of audio metering products at the 2011 NAB Show. In addition to various performance and stability optimizations, the update also includes new function enhancements and improved ergonomics. The firmware is available for download to all TouchMonitor users at rtw.de. After activating the radar license, the user can view two radar-display instances on the screen at the same time. Similarly, software-based Surround Sound Analyzer, offered as an… View this story
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PSW Staff 04/13/11 07:50 AM, 0 CommentsTC Electronic has announced the introduction of its DB4 MKII and DB8 MKII cross-platform broadcast processors to the 2011 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The DB4 MKII and DB8 MKII conform to new EBU, ATSC and ITU Loudness and true-peak level standards across all platforms and all formats. The broadcast world’s highest resolution, lowest latency and lowest distortion comes complimentary with DB4 MKII and DB8 MKII. The new MKII versions feature EBU R128 and ATSC A/85 compliant LM6 Loudness Meter,… View this story
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011
PSW Staff 04/05/11 09:18 AM, 0 CommentsTC Electronic is pleased to invite all audio professionals to a two-day seminar focusing on current loudness standards in audio production for broadcast, film and TV. Keynote speakers include: • Bob Katz • George Massenburg • Florian Camerer • Simone Corelli • Richard Van Everdingen • Dino D’ambrosio • Alessandro Travaglini • Thomas Lund Place: Rome, Italy Dates: June 9-10, 2011 Price: EUR 160 per person Attendees will learn all about the radical changes now happening in production and distribution… View this story
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Jon Baumgartner 02/25/11 08:24 AM, 0 CommentsOK. The band is well rehearsed. They have good equipment, and it’s properly set. They sing in tune. The balance between instruments and voices is perfect. The execution of the material is flawless. The guitars are perfectly in tune with the keyboard. The Front of House Engineer (you) is doing a great job mixing and every nuance is in place. So why doesn’t it sound like concerts we go to? There are quite possibly several reasons for that, but a… View this story
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Friday, October 22, 2010
PSW Staff 10/22/10 09:20 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: Not long ago I set out to start my own studio, and so far it’s been going well. Recently I was reading a list of essential tools for the studio and noticed it included the dB meter. I understand why these meters are useful for live engineers, but are they really that necessary for studio use? A: Our ears are finely tuned instruments, capable of perceiving an incredibly wide range of volume levels and frequencies.… View this story
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Pat Brown 06/01/10 03:21 PM,A good house sound reinforcement system starts with a controlled stage monitor system, and a controlled monitor system starts with managing the on-stage levels. Simply, excessive sound pressure levels (SPL) on stage can often lead to excessive levels from the house system. This leads to two suggestions. Monitor levels should be set after house levels, and monitor levels should be sufficiently low in order to not interfere with the house system. Let’s proceed with the assumption that the goal of… View this story
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