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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 7 - Issue 11 | November 2017

InSound

Avid Boosts Pro Tools VR Capabilities
A

t AES NEW YORK, Avid announced
a new version of Pro Tools that
empowers users to take on virtual
reality (VR) projects with Facebook 360
Spatial Workstation.
Debuting at the show, the new
version includes updates to the
integrated Dolby Atmos workflows and
is more powerful than ever for users
at all levels, giving Pro Tools | First,
Pro Tools, and Pro Tools | HD users
new features and improvements that
accelerate workflows and expand
their creative toolsets.
"As part of our commitment to
providing our preeminent client
and user community with the most
comprehensive tools and workflow
solutions, we deliver a continual
stream of innovation with every new
version of Pro Tools - and this latest
release is no exception," said Rob
D'Amico, Director, Pro Audio Market
Solutions at Avid. "This latest version
of Pro Tools is packed with features
and improvements for everyone.
From MIDI enhancements that
accelerate music workflows, and VR
capabilities for post professionals,

to new collaborative capabilities
for aspiring pros, this latest version
delivers tangible value for users of all
backgrounds."
Audio professionals working on
virtual reality projects can now produce
immersive, full-sphere, surround sound
content from start to finish in Pro Tools
| HD.

Users can easily edit and mix audio
in a 3D space with support for first,
second and third-order Ambisonics
formats across Pro Tools | HD tracks
and busses, and then output and
deliver to the required formats for
playback.
Pro Tools | HD also includes Facebook
360 Spatial Workstation for enhanced

VR functionality. Also included in
this version of Pro Tools | HD are
enhancements to the Dolby Atmos
workflows enabling users to quickly
and easily mix and deliver immersive
experiences for theatres and homes.
Musicians and composers using
Pro Tools can now create faster with
enhanced MIDI functionality, work
smarter with MIDI input display,
and quickly find tracks with the new
Scroll to Track feature. A new batch
rename feature enables both post
professionals and music creators to
quickly rename groups of clips or
tracks instantly.
Aspiring musicians and aspiring
professionals using Pro Tools | First,
the free version of Pro Tools, gain
the same MIDI enhancements as Pro
Tools users.
In addition, they can now turn
session documents from earlier Pro
Tools versions into Projects that
are ready for Cloud backup and
collaboration.
Avid ProTools
empowers VR projects

Easy Loudness Joins Jünger
Audio's D*AP Family
J

ünger Audio has launched Easy
Loudness, a new and slim-line
addition to its successful family of D*AP
digital audio processors.
Aimed at stereo television and radio
broadcasters, Easy Loudness is a digital
audio processor that delivers Jünger
Audio's renowned performance with
an extensively redesigned web user
interface for maximum ease of use and
intelligibility.
Easy Loudness is available in two
versions - one with an integrated 3G
SDI interface and the other with a
DANTE/AES67 AoIP interface. Both
versions feature two independent
stereo programs which incorporate the
company's audibly transparent Level
Magic algorithm that can adjust audio
from any source, at any time, to the
right level with no breathing, pumping,
or distortion.
Easy Loudness is optimised to run
immediately with an established

audio connection and
requires only minimal
configuration.
The
Easy
Loudness
web interface has been
reworked so that the most
important parameters of the
operating system are directly
accessible from the home page,
thus making it very simple to use.
In addition to the main interface
the device is equipped with an AES/
EBU interface to receive a fall back
signal. Automatic fail over switching,
dual power supplies, SNMP system
monitoring, as well as full loudness
monitoring and a simple yet powerful
snapshot functionality are only
fractions of its comprehensive feature
set.
In keeping with all the products
in Jünger Audio's D*AP family, Easy
Loudness furthers the concept of
Smart Audio by allowing broadcasters

Jünger Easy Loudness digital audio processor

to invest in simple, reliable and
predictable equipment that can
automatically deliver controlled audio
content while maintaining the high
quality that consumers rightly expect.
Jünger Audio's Smart Audio devices
employ
the
industry
standard
Ember+ remote protocol, allowing
them to seamlessly integrate with an
increasingly wide range of compatible
equipment
including
playout
automation systems, logging and
monitoring processes.
Established in Berlin in 1990, Jünger
Audio specialises in the design and

manufacture of high-quality digital
audio dynamics processors.
It has developed a unique range of
digital processors that are designed to
meet the demands of the professional
audio market.
All its products are easy to operate
and are developed and manufactured
in-house, ensuring that the highest
standards are maintained throughout.
Its customers include many of the
world's top radio and TV broadcasters,
IPTV providers, music recording
studios and audio post-production
facilities.
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