Linear Acoustic, will showcase a line of innovative new products, new features, enhanced designs, and exclusive upgrades atBroadcastAsia2011. Most obvious will be the new 2RU versionof the company's signature TV audio processor, the AERO.air. Linear Acoustic also will introduce a new member of the AERO family. The products to be displayed include:
AERO.liteTM Transmission Audio/Loudness Manager:
AERO.liteTM is the new slimmed-down,
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AERO.airTM Transmission Audio/Loudness Manager:
The AERO.airTM continues to solve the newly regulated "commercial loudness problem" and now offers more features in a sleek, smaller, and lighter 2RU chassis. Many optional upgrades on last year's model are now standard features. HD/SD- SDI I/O allows for de-embedding and re-embedding of up to 16 channels of audio plus SMPTE 2020 (VANC) metadata. UPMAX-IITM provides a more spacious and stable 5.1 upmix from a stereo source. CrowdControlTM ensures dialogue is preserved even in rich stereo mixes. The new AERO.air retains all the features that have made it the proven choice for DTV audio transmission and loudness management.
AERO.fileTM File-Based Audio/Loudness Manager:
AERO.fileTM brings proven audio technologies to the file-based domain,
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