Grass Valley’s Kula AV – a multi-format video and audio mixer – was one of the most high profile of several combined AV production systems launched at IBC 2019. Oriented towards more streamlined and space-restricted applications, including remote production, these solutions look set to presage a new generation of integrated systems with extensive video and […] More
IBC 2019 confirmed that an increasing number of manufacturers are taking steps to help broadcasters who wish to avoid using a physical audio control surface for certain productions. Calrec and Lawo were among the companies exhibiting systems offering one form or another of virtualisation – a trend that is largely attributed to the need to […] More
As the number of broadcast trials and services offering an immersive audio component continue to grow, there is an understandable emphasis on the multiplicity of configurations and formats being used to produce them. Suffice to say without embarking upon a lengthy roll-call, broadcasters and OTT content providers do not face a shortage of options when […] More
By any estimation the last three years have been hugely eventful in the world of broadcast audio – the most dynamic, it might be argued, since the transition from analogue to digital audio began in earnest. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has been highly engaged with these developments, and in recent days has updated SVG […] More
Expectations placed on the latest broadcast audio processors are many and varied. Not only do they have to enable flexible IP-based operation using multiple network technologies, they also need to accommodate current and possible future next generation audio (NGA) production. The increasing number of broadcast and OTT platforms that are typically supported in modern workflows […] More
The 146th AES Europe Pro Audio Convention comes to Dublin next week and with it the newly-elected president of the Society, Austrian audio engineer Nadja Wallaszkovits. In January the quarter-century association of Wallaszkovits with the AES entered a new phase with her ascension to president — the fourth female to hold the office. In this […] More
The latest edition of the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Amsterdam (5 to 8 February 2019) witnessed a strong creative showing by many of SVG Europe’s audio sponsor companies. Once again, there was no doubting the centrality of ISE to the annual industry calendar, with post-show figures revealing the total number of registered visitors […] More
A new report from Futuresource Consulting reviewing the worldwide audio market in 2018 estimates that soundbar shipments grew by 6%, finishing the year at 18m units. More
The recent news that Gearhouse Broadcast had appointed Ollie Bianchi to serve as its lead audio engineer underlines the significance that the facilities supplier continues to place on sound quality and progress. By any standards Bianchi has been a pivotal figure in broadcast audio – primarily for sports, but also in news and entertainment – […] More
Despite being behind the broadcast audio desk for many of the world’s leading sports events over the past 20 years, sound supervisor Pete Mercer readily admits that it was never his intention to become a sound mixer for TV. “I wanted to be a guitarist and work in music as a recording engineer,” he says. […] More
