Steve Harvey

The FCC’s Auction 73 in 2008 drastically changed the landscape for professional audio operators working with wireless equipment, ultimately taking away one-third of the available spectrum.

With loudness control, monitoring and logging equipment now installed almost industry-wide, the focus for new product releases turns this year to wired and wireless digital audio interconnectivity.

Beginning Dec. 13, U.S. television program providers will be required to not only meet loudness limits but also to demonstrate compliance through accurate logging and reporting of levels.

As the industry awaits the introduction of AVB, audio engineers improvise

Experts share tips on mixing for the center channel

Should loudness rules apply to all?

Rackmount monitors tout improved audio quality, flexibility

Commission mandates ATSC Recommended Practice A/85

Four main topics dominated

Biggest hurdles are ease of use, infrastructure

Digital television drives design

Passage of CALM Act spurs broadcasters, vendors

How CTV managed a complex challenge

The Audio Engineering Society will bring its “big tent” approach to all things sound-related when the annual U.S. convention rolls into the Javits Center in New York City, Oct. 17–20.

Audio equipment manufacturers continue to benefit from advances in technology that allow them to release products with faster operation, better resolution and more flexible configurations.

Shotgun microphones have long been indispensable in capturing the action at sports events.

As the broadcast television production environment becomes increasingly more complex, audio monitoring product manufacturers are releasing innovative devices to meet the challenge