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The big news out of IBC this year was Hmmm, what a great question! Oh yeah, and at the very end of IBC, SMPTE ST 2110 parts 10, 20 and 30 were officially approved. What you ask? What about the rest of the standard or suite of standards? Don’t worry, they will be here in time for Xmas or sometime in the New Year in time for NAB LV 2018 or so they say.
It seems as time goes by, more audio interfaces come on the market. The choices are now more abundant than ever. Yet, finding the right interface for a given application is a far trickier issue.
Differing approaches to providing audio solutions are emerging in the broadcast world. Audio over IP is a given, but where to start and which vendors to choose are proving tough decisions to make, especially as the hardware investment can have a ten-year life expectancy. And moving from an analogue, MADI or AES system can be a daunting task for any broadcaster.
Over time, professional audio recording moved from large studios to homes and offices. Now, as electronics have become more miniature, pro audio has moved to a new location: the user’s pocket.
Although the loudspeaker business is dominated by moving coil transducers, the electrostatic loudspeaker has some advantages if used wisely. John Watkinson looks at this alternative technology.
The AES67 standard is sometimes misunderstood as the specifications on how all professional digital audio gear is supposed to work and interconnect. Not exactly. In fact, AES67 simply defines the requirements for high-performance AoIP (Audio-over-IP) interoperability. A manufacturer can implement AES67 anyway it wants, and there’s the rub.
As audio and video technology becomes more mobile, the size of high-quality digital audio components get ever more smaller and compact. A good example of this trend is the Tascam DR-10L, a $199.99 combo digital audio recorder and lavalier mic that’s so small it almost disappears.
A professional level portable microphone mixer is not part of every audio pro’s field gear. But to get consistent audio from a range of microphones under a range of tough conditions, a portable mixer is a must-have tool.
