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InSound

Audio Monitoring cont'd...
taps directly into the
networked audio world of Dante
and AES67," said Andreas
Tweitmann, CEO of RTW. "It is
our mission to give all audio
engineers the opportunity to
keep their eyes on their audio at
all times and thereby deliver the
best-sounding results possible.
Since more and more broadcast and
post-production facilities are moving
toward a Dante/AES67 network
infrastructure, it makes sense to
add this connectivity for the latest
incarnation of the TM7 and TM9 units."
At IBC 2019, TSL Products
highlighted
new
features
and
capabilities for its SAM-Q audio
monitors. Launched in April, SAM-Q
is now shipping the first edition to the
range, the SAM-Q-SDI.
The company says SAM-Q represents
"a new approach to audio monitoring",
allowing customers to determine how
they wish to control and visualise their
audio content based on application,
environment or simple personal
preference. TSL showed new modes
of operation, specifically for sound
engineers who need to measure and

TSL Product's updated its PAM-IP line of
2022-6 / 2110 compliant audio monitors

guarantee audio delivery. These
include audio phase, loudness
monitoring and peak latch modes.
In addition, TSL also unveiled the
ability to add MADI monitoring to the
SAM-Q-SDI by way of a licence. New
and existing SAM-Q-SDI customers can
add MADI functionality at any time,
enabling SDI, AES, analogue, and MADI
sources to be monitored and mixed
simultaneously.
The company also featured updates
to its PAM-IP line of 2022-6 and 2110
compliant audio monitors, including
new functionalities beyond audio
and video monitoring. Along with
the ability to subscribe to both audio
and video essences, the PAM-IP also
provides 'in-band,' 'out of band'

and manual control methods for
managing flow subscriptions. In all
cases, comprehensive status
monitoring is provided both on
the front panel and remotely
using the PAM-IP webpage.
And finally, Barix' Silence
Monitor is a web-accessible,
analogue-input audio monitoring
device that "delivers high levels
of quality assurance, monitoring
audio streams 24/7 and sending realtime alerts when an outage or silence
is detected".
Silence Monitor also captures and
sends a 10-second pre-alarm audio clip
that users can listen to and analyse to
determine what might have happened
before the error occurred. In addition,
Silence Monitor offers optional LTE
4G/ 3G/ NB-IoT transmission for RF
out-of-band connectivity. This backup
communication link ensures alarm
detection signals are transmitted,
even in the event of an IP network
outage. Other products with
silence detection send alarm
notifications over the same
network where the audio should
be transported - a definite
limitation. Silence Monitor allows
the use of both local and out-of-band

connection technology at the same
time for robust reliability.
Users can monitor the status of
the network and transmission online
through a cloud-based management
portal. Silence Monitor devices and
alarms can be easily managed through
the portal, and a full overview history
of logs and audio clips is available
for all connected sites. Users can
also listen live to the audio at each
monitoring site through the webbased interface, with specific location
designations identifying points quickly
and easily.
"Silence Monitor is designed to offer
a cost-effective, quality assurance
monitoring tool for broadcast
transmissions," said Reto Brader, CEO,
Barix. "Broadcasters need affordable
monitoring and prefer a decoded
audio signal so they can receive
alarms at an affordable cost."

Barix' Silence Monitor is a web-accessible,
analogue-input audio monitoring device

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