Linear Acoustic AERO.100 – DTV Loudness Processor Linear Acoustic

Linear Acoustic® AERO.100 is a 1RU loudness management platform capable of hosting one or two AEROMAX® processing instances (at least one is required) providing real time adaptive wideband and/or multiband processing including an advanced ITU limiter. Output levels are consistent and compliant without compromising audio quality.

The Hollywood-approved UPMAX®-II upmixing/downmixing algorithm creates engaging 5.1-channel audio from 2-channel sources and provides a downmix that is nearly indistinguishable from the original source.

Available configurations for each instance include AMX5.1 (one 5.1 channel and two 2-channel processing engines), AMX2.0 (three 2-channel processing engines, one with 5.1-channel downmixing) and AMX5x2 (five 2-channel processing engines). Flexible signal routing is provided for main and secondary audio programs plus EAS and local emergency audio insertion.

Features:

• Compact, space-efficient 1RU loudness management platform
• Capable of hosting one or two AEROMAX® processing instances in AMX5.1, AMX2.0 or AMX5x2 configurations
• UPMAX®-II upmixing/downmixing with automatic detection and automatic downmix replacement
• Advanced ITU limiter to ensure compliance with the strictest loudness regulations
• Support for SAP/DVS
• Local audio insertion/replacement for EAS and local emergency audio
• Available Dolby® Digital/Dolby Digital Plus transcoding
• Available Nielsen® watermark encoding including N2, N6, and CBET
• Supports 8 audio pairs via SDI I/O with SDI video delay
• Supports 4 audio pairs via AES
• Dual power supplies and failover bypass relays
• Extensive TCP/IP remote control and configuration via NfRemote or http

The first processing engine of any AMX instance can be optionally configured to include Dolby® Digital/Dolby Digital Plus transcoding. This provides decoding of Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus content to PCM for loudness processing and encoding to Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus for transmission. Nielsen® watermark encoding is also optionally available including N2, N6, and CBET.

Designed and built in the USA, the AERO.100 platform itself supports 8 audio pairs via SDI I/O with SDI video delay and 4 pairs via AES. Failover bypass relays maintain signal continuity and dual auto-ranging power supplies enable redundancy and worldwide compatibility.

The included NfRemote software provides comprehensive control over system settings and processing parameters remotely from any PC including access to the built-in http server for automated control or retrieval of loudness logs.