ORBAN EXHIBITS AT NAB 2009 IN LAS VEGAS
Scottsdale, AZ April 8th, 2009 — Visit with your Orban representative at the National Association of Broadcasters 2009 Convention in Las Vegas, April 20th-23rd at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Orban will be in booth N2238 in the North Hall.
There will also be a complete display of Orban Optimod Audio Processors in Nautel's booth N7016 in the North Hall, as Nautel features their "Orban Inside Processing".
Products being features will include:
Optimod-PC 1101 – Overview
- Windows Audio for Professional Broadcasters/Netcasters.
- The most universal professional audio card with features not found anywhere else.
- Give your listeners the best user experience ever.
- Prevent the top listener complaints-loudness variation and program inconsistency.
- Now two sound cards in one, plus more...
From the ground up, Optimod-PC 1101 was designed for professionals. It has broadcast-quality digital signal processing on-board that's suitable for both live streaming and on-demand programming. OPTIMOD-PC's three on-board Freescale DSP56367 DSP chips provide a loud, consistent sound to the consumer by performing stereo enhancement, automatic gain control (AGC), equalization, multiband gain control, peak-level control, and subjective loudness control. Moreover, Optimod-PC is equipped with balanced analog inputs and outputs that can operate at professional +4dBu reference levels while resisting pickup of hum and noise.
Optimod-PC is available in two versions-the 1101 is for PCI bus systems and the 1101e is for PCIe (PCI Express). Optimod-PC's audio driver allows it to appear as two standard sound devices to the computer's operating system. This allows netcasters who need to replace selected content (such as commercials in a program originally created for radio broadcast) to do so with only one sound card.
Optimod-PC audio processing is appropriate for all digital transmission media and channels. It tailors your audio signal to help you compete in audio netcasting, HD Radio® (both primary and multicast digital channels), DAB, DRM, and other dedicated digital radio services, FMExtra™ and other digital subcarriers, mastering, audio production, and many others. Additionally, video-oriented presets use Optimod-PC's built-in CBS Loudness Controller™ to make Optimod-PC an unsurpassed choice for mono or stereo sound-for-picture applications, including HDTV, DVB-x digital television, and audio/video netcasting.
Orban Optimod 8585 for 5.1 and 7.1 Digital Surround Sound - Overview
For many years our television customers have been asking for OPTIMOD-quality surround sound processing along with the ability to process the local insertion of news, weather and sports independently. Our customers know that there is no substitute for the smooth, natural-sounding control that only OPTIMOD provides, particularly with speech material.
Orban's response is the 8585. This next generation OPTIMOD provides the function and control necessary for up to eight channels simultaneously. It can help you achieve the highest audience satisfaction in digital audio broadcasting, digital television and netcasting.
The 8585 features OPTIMOD-quality two-band and five-band audio processing for surround sound broadcasting and netcasting. Thanks to versatile compression ratio controls and a mastering-quality look-ahead peak limiter, the 8585 is also ideal for mastering audio in broadcast productions as well as productions intended for media such as DVD and Blu-ray.
The 8585 starts with the technology of Orban's popular OPTIMOD 6300 and takes it to the next level with surround processing that reflects the latest psychoacoustic research into loudness perception. The 8585's CBS Loudness Controller works in both two-band and five-band modes. Third generation improvements reduce annoyance better than simple loudness control alone, doing so without audible gain pumping.
The 8585 is two processors in one, offering surround processing for either 7.1 channels or 5.1 channels plus an independent 2.0 channel processor (equivalent to OPTIMOD 6300 processing) that can operate stand-alone with its own CBS Loudness Controller. Additionally, the 2.0 processor's output can be mixed into the left and right front channels of the surround processing so that the surround processing's Loudness Controller and look-ahead limiters control the loudness and peak level of the mix. Built-in CBS Loudness Meters indicate the subjective loudness of the surround and 2.0 channel processing.
The multichannel and 2.0 processors can operate with separate audio processing parameters like release times. For example, the 2.0 processing could be set up for relatively heavy processing to make a newsroom feed more consistent, while the main processing was set up more conservatively to correct network material and commercials unobtrusively.
For more information contact David Rusch at phone +1 (480) 403-8300, fax +1 (480) 403-8301 or e-mail: dru...@orban.com. Information is also available at www.orban.com and www.orban-europe.com.