Linear Acoustic AERO.8000 Audio Processing Platform

AERO.8000 Features

• Very high channel capacity software runs real-time on AERO.8000 Processing Engine
• I/O independence via Livewire+/AES67 Audio over IP
• Linear Acoustic AEROMAX loudness/dynamics control
• UPMAX II automatic upmixing and downmixing with AutoMAX 5.1 surround/2.0 detection and switching
• New Advanced ITU (AI) Limiter
• AMX5.1, AMX2.0 and AMX5x2 Instances available
• ITU-R BS.1770-3 compliant metering
• Extensive remote GUI over IP control enables metering, control, and local audio monitoring (up to 5.1 channels)
• Internal logging of all program outputs: 24 hour, 48 hour, 7 day logs of 3s, 10s, 30s integration, TP and
  DN, and 1 hour/100ms logs
• Available Dolby® Digital/Dolby Digital Plus transcoding
• Nielsen watermark encoder option including N2, N6, and CBET

AERO.8000 In Depth

Livewire®

Since 2003, broadcast facilities have been using Axia Livewire AoIP (audio over IP) technology to route hundreds of audio channels using standard Ethernet switches, cables, and other components. With thousands of devices on the air every day, reliability is proven.

Livewire is lightning fast, simple to implement, easy to manage, and now as Livewire+, fully compliant with the AES67 standard and ready to incorporate new standards as they are developed. It significantly reduces the number of cables and wires needed to transport and share audio throughout the broadcast plant.

Nearly any audio source – analog or AES, and now SDI – and myriad equipment from phone systems to codecs to satellite receivers – can be a part of the AoIP network.

AERO.8000 Specifications

Processing

• AEROMAX multistage adaptive wideband and multiband loudness and dynamic range control with ITU-R BS.1770-3 loudness metering
• UPMAX II two-channel to 5.1 channel upmixing and downmixing, automatically bypasses discrete content
• Includes extensive support for SAP/DVS, voiceover, downmix auto replacement of SAP/DVS and optional Audio Description (warble tone) functionality
• 16 Livewire+/ASE67 pairs of I/O

Remote Control

• Dedicated TCP/IP remote control application provides extensive metering, control, system management and remote monitoring of one or many instances; http server included for log access and also for control of all parameters using commands over the network

Options

• Any combination of eight AMX instances:
  • AEROMAX AMX5.1 instances with dual UPMAX II upmix/downmix
  • AEROMAX AMX 2.0
  • AEROMAX AMX5x2

• Up to 8 Dolby® Digital/Dolby Digital Plus transcoders (one per AMX instance)
• Up to 8 Audio Description Engines (warble tone) (one per AMX instance)
• Up to 8 Nielsen watermark encoders including N2, N6, and CBET (one per AMX Instance)