In Broadcast - February 2016 - 14


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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 2 | February 2016

InNews
TV2's Live
In-Car Debate
DEN: TV2, Denmark's main
commercial television station, is
using DPA d:screet 4080 cardioid
lavalier microphones to transmit
a series of live in-car political
interviews for its 24-hour news
channel. The interviews are all
conducted inside a Tesla electric
sports car and this usual mobile
studio is operated remotely from
the TV2's studios in Copenhagen.
To capture the conversations,
four d:screet 4080 lavalier
microphones
are
used
in
conjunction with a Wisycom
wireless system.

Quantum Xcellis
Storage Award
USA: At the 2016 Storage Visions
Conference, Quantum picked
up the 2016 Storage Visions
Award for Visionary Products,
Professional-Class System. The
award was for the company's new
Xcellis high-performance shared
workflow storage solution. The
Storage Visions Awards recognise
companies advancing the state
of the art in storage technologies
and showcase visionary digital
storage products. Hosted by the
Entertainment Storage Alliance
and Coughlin Associates, the event
took place at the Luxor Conference
Center, Las Vegas.

TELUS Nexidia
Dialogue Search
USA / CAN: Vancouver, British
Columbia-based TELUS Studios has
installed Nexidia Dialogue Search
software as part of a migration to
a new Digital Asset Management
(DAM) system.
The software helps users locate
content in TELUS Studios' large
content library more efficiently
and find assets that might
otherwise have gone unused.
Nexidia Dialogue Search works
in the background to index the
proxy storage in the DAM, creating
metadata that enables users to
find specific sound bites quickly.

The Chain Relies
On iZotope RX
I

ndie short film The Chain
has
ultised
iZotope
RX to maximise its use
of production audio and
preserve the best on-set
performances to stay on
budget.

Shot in New Hampshire,
the film directed by Noël
Dow Barlow is based on
a short story of the same
name by Tobias Wolf in
which revenge unleashes
a series of unintended
consequences.
As with most independent
films, sound editor and mixer Michael
Gross needed to make the most of the
audio he had from the set.
"I used pretty much every noise

Sound editor and mixer Michael Gross

reduction tool in RX," said Gross.
"I needed to Declip audio that was
distorted, Decrackle lavalier mics

rubbing against clothing,
get rid of hum from
mercury street lights,
and there was plenty of
Spectral Repair for bumps
and other extraneous
noises."
iZotope's RX suite of
intelligent repair and
enhancement
modules
enabled Gross to clean up
production dialogue to a
point where very little ADR
was required.
For an independent film
on a limited budget, this
represented a huge savings in time
and effort for both cast and crew.
The Chain has already screened at
multiple film festivals around the U.S.

Yamaha Launches SWP1 Series
Y

amaha's latest innovation is the a network's potential for handling
SWP1 series of advanced, plug- StageMix or other smart device
and-play network switches designed functions. The SWP1 series includes
specifically for installed and live sound three VLAN presets that are selectable
networking.
via DIP switch. There is also a User
The switches offer simple DIP mode that allows for fully customised
switch Dante optimisation and a VLAN setup.
comprehensive graphic interface, via a
A dedicated Yamaha Audio Network
Windows application.
Monitor application for Windows
The switches simplify configuration computers provides a comprehensive
by having settings for QoS, IGMP view of the parameters required for
Snooping and other
parameters
preconfigured for optimum
Dante performance.
It is straightforward
Yamaha SWP1 network switchers
to set up independent
VLAN
domains
to
take full advantage of

Dante network management.
Users can snapshot the normal
network status and set an alarm to
warn if any parameters change.
The SWP1 series is compatible
with Dante-enabled products from
both Yamaha and other audio
manufacturers.
SWP1 network switchers will be
available in March in three versions
- SWP1-8 (eight Ethercon ports), SWP18MMF (eight Ethercon
ports plus Multimode
fibre connector) and
SWP1-16MMF
(12
Ethercon ports, four
standard RJ45 ports
plus Multimode fibre
connector).

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