90 Sunday 09.09.2012 In Brief
Eclipse fader Controller launch JLCooper is turning up the lights on its new top of the line motorised fader controller at IBC. Eclipse MXL features eight touch-sensitive, 100mm motorised faders and RGB high-resolution backlit LCD display buttons. The LCD buttons can display channel labels, colour-coded track arming status and other information with 64 colours and up to 32 characters of text and graphics. Optional USB, 10/100 Ethernet, RS-232 and RS-422 interface cards provide connections to host systems. The company has an established Developer Program to provide SDKs, protocol documents and engineering support, as its products can be customised. 6.B23
DNS tool Live Cedar Audio has announced the creation of a new tool geared specifically towards live sound and live broadcast. With eight simultaneous channels of dialogue noise suppression, the DNS 8 Live hosts a new DNS algorithm, boasting a simplified ‘two- knob’ approach, as well as a detailed editing mode. It retains the same near-zero latency of all its predecessors, making it suitable for use in a wide variety of live environments. To allow use of the tool where there is no ready access to mains power, Cedar Audio has added a standard 4-pin 12VDC input to the specification. DNS 8 Live is also able to respond to a web-based remote control interface, while the
forthcoming launch of DNS 8 RC software will mean that the tool is no longer tied to a DAW, says the developer. 8.A24
Intelligent wireless link
Designed for worldwide use in licence-free bands and offering a 500MHz programmable range (430-930MHz), the AWTC-1 timecode link is a new compact transceiver from Audio Wireless. Programmable via its front-panel LCD screen, the AWTC-1 also offers top-panel multicolour LED indicators for transmit/receiver status, battery condition and active timecode data. Power comes from a single AA cell and the unit feaures the same battery compartment, with captive, twist-action cover used on other Audio Wireless devices. 8A76
theibcdaily FIMS initiative gathers speed By George Jarrett
The wide adoption of FIMS will gather further momentum here at IBC today, when the collaborative group behind it collect the IBC Judges Award, and SMPTE and the EBU announce an acceleration of the standardisation process. Also today, FIMS will top the agenda at the annual joint meeting between the EBU, SMPTE, WBU, IEEE BTS, VSF, and AMWA.
Asked what is new for the
show, Jean-Pierre Evain, the EBU FIMS co-ordinator, said: “On one side, more members like Signiant and Dalet. From the specification point of view, we are working on repositories and cloud management in FIMS, and defining requirements for quality assurance.”
Jean-Pierre Evain: “From the specification point of view, we are working on repositories and cloud management”
Future work is defined by active user groups – under the joint FIMS chairmanship shared by John Footen and Giogio Dimino of RAI R&D – and a growing number of heavyweight
A celebration of approval
The many members of the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) here at IBC are celebrating the approval of FIMS 1.0, and the fact that AMWA and the EBU will be taking FIMS to SMPTE. “You are seeing many implementations of FIMS already, and the second layer of the message is that we have successfully shown that we can go from business requirements
to actual specifications in a short time,” said AMWA Executive Director Brad Gilmer. Asked what broadcasters
are looking for, he added: “Quality assurance. It is vital for broadcasters to automate facilities, and all this talk about workflow is important. But the more you automate, the more you really need to be able to validate any content being generated.
Smallest 3D mirror rig launched
Stereotec By David Fox
The new Stereotec Nano Rig is “the smallest, most precise and easy-to-use beam-splitter rig on the market”, according to Stereotec CEO, Florian Maier. The company has also launched a new Light Weight Rig, which is less than 8kg, with five integrated motors for ultra-compact and fully automated shooting.
It boasts accurate balanced camera movement and unique cable management, and can be seen on the Sony stand in a live 3D set-up with two Sony HDC-P1 cameras and MPE-200 stereoscopic processor.
Also on show in Hall 11’s
Production Village is Stereotec’s Mid Size Rig – as used on Paramount’s upcoming 3D feature Hansel & Gretel: Witch
Nano technology: Stereotec’s tiny stereo rig
Hunters – which now has live 3D playback. Stereotec offers modular and complete 11-axis motorisation (including alignment parameters: tilt, height and roll) for all of its carbon fibre mirror rigs. 11.C84/12.A10
broadcasters (BBC, Bloomberg, CBC, HBO, ITV, MLB, MTV, NBC, NFB, RAI, Red Bee Media, Turner and Viacom). “EBU Eurovision has
required a FIMS implementation “Without proper QA, errors
propagate throughout these systems in a very big way. So a high priority is to get QA as part of the overall process in workflow,” he continued. “With FIMS, part of our ability to deliver the spec quickly is being driven by user requirements. We have a FIMS business board, a bunch of large companies, who are talking about what they need.”
The users have spoken, and the high priority idea
from Dalet, and the latest broadcaster adopting FIMS is CBC Canada,” said Evain. “Bloomberg is doing implementations of FIMS and CBC reference implementations.” Yes, the EBU is discussing collaboration with SMPTE. “The field of investigation on metadata and MXF is immense,” said Evain. “There are many issues on the SMPTE and MXF sides. And there is another challenge on semantic metadata in production. “So far we have reached a satisfactory number of key players. And we know users have issued CFPs asking for FIMS,” he added. “But we can certainly do better and reach another level. The IBC prize is a fantastic opportunity to promote FIMS to a wider market.” 10.F20
is a repository service. What is next?
“Getting different
orchestration systems to work together,” said Gilmer. “When you talk about FIMS and orchestration, it is as if there is one overarching system. That might be true, but more likely you are going to have orchestration in playout, in post, and so on. There is work to be done in getting those efforts co-coordinated. That practice is called chorography.” – George Jarrett
New fluid head + tripods Sachtler
By David Fox
The Ace product range from Sachtler has been expanded with the new 75mm Ace L fluid head, which will come with a choice of three different carbon-fibre tripods, claimed to be 2kg lighter than rival tripods. The Ace L broadens Sachtler’s offering to HD DSLR filmmakers and camcorder users with payloads of up to 6kg. Features include seven steps of counterbalance; patented Synchronised Actuated Drag damping with three vertical and three horizontal grades of drag (+0); long 104mm camera plate sliding range; a tilt range of +90° to -75°; and illuminated bubble level.
What a drag: Ace L has three vertical and three horizontal grades of drag
There will be a 4.1kg telescopic tripod; a 3.9kg mid-level spreader model and a 4.1kg ground- spreader version. 11.E55
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