Forming an orderly queue: The new Queue Control in AudioTools Server
Peak performance from audio tools
Minnetonka By Carolyn Giardina
Minnetonka Audio Software is demonstrating new versions of several key products including AudioTools Server and SurCode for Dolby E. The 2.0 release of
AudioTools Server includes updated loudness control and quality control technology for file-based audio. It also adds load balancing and framerate conversion plus smart MML/STL processing. Minnetonka Audio reported that its TruCorrect smart loudness processing ‘eliminates perceived loudness changes and
degraded intelligibility associated with traditional methods of correcting content containing extreme dynamic range’. Measurement algorithm Dolby Dialogue Intelligence has been integrated in the 2.0 AudioTools Loudness Measurement module. This measurement
approach provides dialogue anchoring as a dynamically chosen option within ATS workflows based on the actual content. MXF processing performance has also been enhanced, along with true peak measurement via Accelerated TruPeak, which also uses the actual content to determine whether a True Peak measurement is
required.
The addition of two utilities, a unified Queue Control and a Job Wizard client application, round out the improvements to the 2.0 release.
Also on display are the latest SurCode software releases including SurCode for Dolby E Stream Player 2.0, which was purpose- built for Apple’s Final Cut Pro, and SurCode for Dolby E Encoder and Decoder version 2.1. Broad support for Avid’s
product line, including Pro Tools, NewsCutter, Media Composer and Symphony, is said to be a key feature of the new SurCode Encoder/Decoder release. 7.G43
Inmarsat BGAN remote broadcasting means journalists can operate almost anywhere
BGAN to matter Inmarsat By Heather McLean
Inmarsat services to be launched in 2013 include higher speed streaming on BGAN and Global Xpress, a global Ka-band service designed to offer considerable satellite broadband coverage and flexibility. Inmarsat’s lightweight, backpack-sized BGAN terminal and vehicular BGAN solutions offer journalists: the flexibility to conduct live
interviews with a news anchor for up to the minute updates; send back prerecorded edited or unedited video; email news stories and features back to the subs, or upload and publish them directly online. At IBC 2012, Inmarsat is demonstrating the increase in video quality expected with the introduction of higher streaming speeds due to be launched next year and will demonstrate solutions showing how BGAN can complement 3G connectivity. 2.C28