56 Friday 13.09.13 theibcdaily Is this the missing link? JK Audio
By Paul Watson Interchange is the latest intercom phone bridge from JK Audio, which allows remote access to party-line intercom through the company’s Innkeeper series of digital hybrids. This professional half-rack interface provides a 4-wire audio interface and remote control connection for JK Audio
Innkeeper, Innkeeper 1x/1rx, or Innkeeper 2 digital hybrids for POTS lines.
Likewise, users can couple a JK Audio PBXport with an Interchange for PBX/VoIP lines; the front panel headset interface jack allows for the easy connection of a mobile phone, tablet, or computer, allowing remote access through a wireless phone or conferencing app.
According to the company,
Interchange contains “a sophisticated intercom hybrid in
a low noise pro-audio design”. Its ‘Listen-Always’ design also allows both the 4-wire connection and the cell phone headset interface to monitor the intercom, just like any other belt pack.
The Innkeeper 2 conference
feature allows two callers to share one intercom connection, or alternatively, Line 1 and Line 2 of the Innkeeper 2 can be connected to two separate Interchange units, allowing connection to separate intercom loops. 8.E71
Audio For Broadcast
When G8 summit met, word was spread by Delta
Yamaha Bridging the gap: JK Audio’s new intercom phone bridge Presenting DNS 8 Live Cedar Audio By Paul Watson
DNS 8 Live is a new tool from Cedar Audio which makes it possible for broadcasters to suppress ambient noise instantly, and with the minimum of fuss to produce clean multichannel programming, whether recorded or transmitted live to air. The first of its kind designed specifically for live use, the
DNS 8 Live boasts eight simultaneous channels of dialogue noise suppression (formatted as AES3 on XLR sockets plus DB25 using the AES59 pin-out). It offers more control than
any other previous dialogue noise suppressor, and hosts a 2-knob approach as well as a detailed editing mode, Cedar says. In addition, it apparently benefits from near-zero latency, which makes it suitable for the live market – and not just live broadcasting, but also live
sound in venues such as theatres, concert halls and conference centres. If there's no mains power
available Cedar has added a standard 4-pin 12VDC input for good measure. The manufacturer has also
recognised that many users will want to control the DNS 8 Live via a laptop or tablet, therefore has created proprietary web-based remote control software (DNS 8 RC), which will be released later this year. 8.C98
By Paul Watson The eyes of the western world were on the Northern Ireland town of Enniskillen in mid- June, as its Lough Erne golf resort hosted the 39th annual G8 summit. As the heads of eight of the world’s largest economies met to discuss ‘trade, transparency and tax’, Yamaha digital mixers ensured that not a word was missed. With eight of the world’s most powerful leaders involved – including Barack Obama, Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, and Vladimir Putin – media interest was exceptionally high. Satisfying a demanding brief was Delta Sound, which chose exclusively Yamaha digital mixing consoles to fulfil the summit’s audio requirements.
For the main meeting room
where the summit took place, a Yamaha CL3, fitted with Dugan-MY16 automixing card, was used to mix the feeds from all of the leaders microphones; a second CL3 on the Dante network supplied stems to a team of realtime translators, whose audio was then fed back via Dante to the leaders’ earpieces. The translated audio was also sent to the leaders’ assistants, who were present in
the meeting room.
On the terrace outside the Lough Erne Hotel a second system was installed on the same Dante network, where the primary UK post-summit press conference was chaired by David Cameron. A Yamaha M7CL console handled mixing duties, audio again being fed via the Dante network to the second CL3 and the
translation teams; this time the translations were fed back to the M7CL and streamed to the world’s media.
For both systems, seven
Yamaha R-series I/O units on the Dante network allowed the audio inputs and outputs to be placed exactly where they were needed. In addition, Yamaha LS9 consoles were used in three press briefing rooms, two at the hotel’s media centre and one at the nearby Killyhevlin Hotel. Here audio was mixed and fed to the world’s media at press conferences by all the leaders, as well as European Commission president, José Manuel Barroso. Although Delta’s engineers have a lot of experience with the M7CL and LS9, it was the first time they’d had the chance to use the CL3 and R-series units in the field and they were reported to be very impressed with their capabilities. 8.D10
Future-proof monitoring A return on your Capitol
Audemat By Paul Watson
Having enjoyed success with the Goldeneagle DVB-T and DVB-T2 signal monitoring platforms, Audemat has now combined these devices into one to enable a flexible and future-proof solution for broadcasters working, or potentially working, with both technologies.
The Goldeneagle DVB-T/T2 is capable of monitoring up to 20 channels via its RF receiver and one via an ASI input, and can be deployed either at a transmitter site or throughout the coverage area.
An abundance of features such as audio/video streaming, automatic scanning, MPEG services monitoring and T2-MI monitoring and analysis, provides ‘a truly comprehensive and professional solution’, according to the manufacturer. Users can introduce remote facility management on the signal monitoring platform using ScriptEasy software, which is said by Audemat to offer a full suite of site monitoring opportunities enabling comprehensive access to the configuration, parameter setting, alarms, notification and automatic actions of many different products at a remote site. 8.B50
AEQ By Paul Watson
New from AEQ is Capitol, a digital audio console which now benefits from the addition of audio- over-IP. The 8-fader control surface comes with an associated audio engine.
AEQ says that Capitol makes digital technology available to radio and TV stations where converting to digital has still not been feasible. The system was conceived with customers’ needs in mind, therefore versatility, power, ease-of-use, and cost-efficiency
A Capitol idea: AEQ’s latest digital audio console
were all paramount. According to AEQ, the Capitol digital mixer has been specifically designed to meet
the most rigorous demands of the radio and television broadcast industry, and its flexible design allows it to be readily adapted to any on-air application. In addition, the AEQ Capitol is said to incorporate all of the
features necessary at the majority of stations: automatic monitor speaker cut-off; cough muting; fader- start; control signalling; interface signalling for automation of external equipment; external
communications management, and intercom. 8.C55
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