CP Communications has teamed up with Linear Acoustic and SVG for a blind auction to support the Ron Scalise Memorial Fund.

Ron Scalise, one of the audio industry's true pioneers, was killed in a car accident in December of 2007. The fund supports the future educational needs of his three children.

Please support this worthy cause with a bid that will help both Ron's children but also improve your facility's audio capabilities!

All proceeds will be donated to the fund.

The bids will be compiled on October 1st, and we will let you know if you won.

Good luck on the bidding!

L.A.M.B.D.A. Professional Digital Audio and Metadata Monitor

Designed to enable audio and metadata monitoring throughout the entire broadcast chain, the Linear Acoustic LAMBDA professional digital audio and metadata monitor displays and reproduces up to 16 audio channels from AES or embedded HD/SD-SDI input. The system accepts audio metadata via 9-pin serial input or extracts it from the VANC space of an applied HD-SDI input. Audio and metadata are displayed in combination to allow for accurate monitoring. Included loudness monitoring per ITU BS.1770 enables operators to verify program loudness quickly and accurately.

Any channel, channel pair, or downmix can be monitored through the powerful digitally amplified two-way aluminum alloy subwoofer and HF speakers, a front-panel headphone connector, rear-panel balanced analog and AES digital output. Optional Dolby E/AC-3, decoding can be performed internally on any discrete AES input or any embedded audio channel. All encoded metadata can be displayed and applied to the decoded audio and metering signals.

FEATURES

• Unique audio and metadata monitoring through the entire broadcast chain
• Accepts baseband and HD-SDI audio plus metadata
• Ethernet remote monitoring
• Optional Dolby® Digital (AC-3), Dolby® E and Linear Acoustic e2 (e-squared™) decoding

AERO.air™ 10-channel Transmission Loudness Manager

Engineered on the foundation of the company's supremely successful first and second generation digital television audio processors, the third generation AERO.air enables broadcasters to deliver compelling 5.1-channel surround sound while saving time, money, and space. The AERO.air also represents the world's first TV audio processor to feature built-in Dolby® Digital (AC-3) encoding.

The comprehensive AERO.air is equipped with multiple loudness controllers, dual upmixers, metadata management, as well as full-time two-channel downmixing to support legacy stereo or analog paths. Built-in AutoMAX-II™ processing detects incoming audio and automatically upmixes only when necessary, producing a full-time compelling 5.1 channel output. The processor accepts 5.1 channel network audio, two-channel local audio, SAP/DVS, and digital or analog auxiliary/EAS audio for processing.  Available options include HD/SD-SDI input for de-embedding any of the possible sixteen audio channels and vertical ancillary (VANC) metadata, internal 5.1+2 dual Dolby Digital (AC-3) encoders, and CrowdControl™ dialogue protection.

The AERO.air is available in three configurations to support needs ranging from simple dual stereo to 10 channels.  Customers can purchase with confidence knowing that their investment can be upgraded to the fully featured version by purchasing an update that can be installed via the front panel in just minutes. 

FEATURES

• Complete audio processing and encoding for local, network and EAS broadcasting
• Includes AutoMAX to fix two-channel audio mistakenly signaled as 5.1
• High quality multiband dynamics engine and metadata control
• Optional internal 5.1-channel emission encoding for Dolby Digital (AC-3)