instantiations of dSP-intensive production rig, these provide a
programs – such as convolu- fast, easy solution that’s truly tion reverbs – can have on plug-and-play. Answering the call of today’s broadc a host CPU. A more recent Taking the next step, an
IPTV Broadcast Production & Post Content Show Highlights Mobile TV Out-of-Home Media
BY DAVID AUSTERBERRY, EDIT
twist comes from a number increasing number of studio
of conventional-looking rack- monitors – both near-field and
mount effects devices that use large mains systems alike – are Folks have been talking about
USB interfacing to show up now incorporating built-in going tapeless for years, but at
within a dAW program, with dSP, software control and the NAB Show this year, there
onscreen control, like a stan- room measurement devices to will be less evidence of video-
dard software plug-in, while tackle the listening space itself. tape than ever before.
the actual I/O and number- NAB Show exhibitors showing Tape has stood the content-
crunching takes place within such systems include Genelec creation community well over
the outboard chassis itself. (Booth N3414) and JBL (Booth the decades; it works, and it’s
Products like this also offer 6724). While hardly a substitute familiar. But tape is linear, and
the added ability to function as for proper acoustics, systems the content-creation processes
stand-alone units when not tied that can measure room anoma- demand nonlinear media ac-
into a dAW system. lies and compensate for prob- cess to support collaborative,
lem nodes in the listening space parallel workflows.
audio monitors: can make a substantial and The use of an IT infrastruc-
Smaller, more accurate quite noticeable improvement in ture to handle video as files has Perhaps one of the last fron- the mix environment. spread beyond the original ap-tiers for software control, many plication islands of the nonlinear of today’s studio monitors are Today and tomorrow editor and playout servers to smaller, more accurate and Whether on the audio or video support all the processes from even smarter than ever. Rising side, production today has glass to glass. The IT infrastruc-in popularity are mini-sized become fast-paced with an ture uses low-cost IP networks systems combining two (or emphasis on getting more and commodity servers and PCs more, in the case of surround for less capital investment to replace the VTR, the video systems) satellite speakers and working in increasingly circuit and the physical delivery with a subwoofer. Ideal for smaller spaces. The market of tapes. desktop production scenarios has responded with tools offer- Today, a station can shoot or as a versatile update to edit ing more flexibility and power video to a solid-state Flash suites and smaller production from systems that are easier drive as a file and ultimately rooms, ultra-compact refer- to use and more affordable. air that content without ever ence monitors pack a surpris- Today, it’s a buyer’s market for using videotape. That file can ingly substantial punch into a the technology-savvy producer, be processed, edited and diminutive package. And with and the NAB Show this year reviewed without the need to their onboard amplification and provides the right showcase for copy a tape or courier a pack-control functions, combined making informed decisions for age, which all adds up to low-with a desktop (or laptop) 2009 and beyond. ● er costs, faster throughput
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