Linear Acoustic Introduces AERO.soft
At the recent IBC 2015 exhibition, Linear Acoustic showcased its latest innovation in television audio processing: AERO.soft. This enterprise-class audio processor is designed to provide a scalable and flexible standards-based real-time approach to audio processing.
AERO.soft features identical processing engines to those found in the company's existing AERO products, with optional Dolby coding and support for the ongoing transition to Audio over IP (AoIP). The system also includes trusted Linear Acoustic loudness control, upmixing, and metering and logging capabilities, supporting ATSC and EBU standards.
AERO.soft: A Scalable Solution
AERO.soft is designed to be a highly customizable solution that can be tailored to a facility's changing needs. The system can host eight processing instances and features fully customizable I/O, making configuration and maintenance easier than ever before.
The AERO.soft Engine can be supplied pre-configured and dropped into an existing AoIP network or used as the basis for a new one. Control is via the extensive Linear Acoustic Nf Remote application or via the built-in HTTP server. Expansion is possible at any time via purchased software keys or by adding additional xNodes for more I/O.
Supporting the Transition to AoIP
The company's AERO.soft solution supports the ongoing transition to Audio over IP (AoIP), which is accelerating in television broadcast plants around the world. The system uses the established Livewire+ AoIP format to interconnect with nodes used to convert AoIP to and from SDI, AES, and even analog signals.
A typical AERO.soft implementation would include an AERO.soft Engine, an AoIP-grade switch such as the Axia xSwitch, and one or more nodes, such as the Linear Acoustic SDI xNode or the Axia AES or analog xNodes to support connectivity to baseband signals.