TSL PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS ACQUIRES
SURROUND SOUND MICROPHONE SPECIALIST, SOUNDFIELD:
TSL Professional Products Ltd. (PPL), a manufacturer of hardware and software audio monitoring, tally and power management solutions for the broadcast industry, announced at its IBC 2012 press conference in Amsterdam, that it has acquired leading surround sound microphone and audio processing technology manufacturer SoundField Ltd.
With the addition of the SoundField range, TSL PPL's product portfolio will further expand its support of 5.1 audio in the broadcast workflow. As HD broadcasting becomes the standard for televised content, viewers are demanding 5.1 audio to match their high-quality images. By adding the SoundField surround microphones and processors to its market-leading audio monitoring solutions, such as the renowned PAM series, TSL PPL can now offer customers solutions for use throughout the production process, from acquisition to delivery. Read more...
VIDEO INTERVIEW - IBC 2012: Watch a video interview of TSL PPL's MD, Chris Exelby and SoundField's Pieter Schillebeeckx at IBC 2012. Watch now...
UPM-1 UPMIX UPGRADE:
SoundField has announced the availability of a version 2 software upgrade for the UPM-1 stereo-to-5.1 upmix processor. Version 2 offers lower latency and improved channel separation. Read more...
SOUNDFIELD AT BVE 2012:
DSF-2 MICROPHONE REACHES LARGEST EVER AUDIENCE IN THE USA:
Jonathan Freed is an experienced US-based mix engineer with over 40 years of audio engineering behind him, 25 of which have been spent mixing audio for broadcast. "To my ears, the SoundField DSF-2 has a distinct sonic fingerprint - it sounds extremely realistic and spacious." Read more...
BVE 2012 EXPERT PANEL - SOUND FOR 3D:
Watch 'Immersive Audio Systems Explored - Sound for 3D' - a panel discussion at BVE 2012 featuring Pieter Schillebeeckx (SoundField), Chris Pike (BBC), John Dollin (BSkyB), Martin Black (BSkyB) and Mark Pascoe (Dolby).
NEW DSF-3 REMOTE APP INTRODUCED AT AES NEW YORK:
DSF-1 CAPTURES HEREFORD CATHEDRAL FOR CHORUM RECORDS: UK live recording specialists and CD label Chorum Records, run by recording engineer and producer Steve Swinden, used the DSF-1 digital microphone system to record a recent choral concert at Hereford Cathedral in the West of England for release on CD. Read more...
SOUNDFIELDSPS200 AT ABBEY ROAD: Nashville-based producer Mark Hornsby tested a SoundField SPS200 microphone on a recent orchestral session at Abbey Road Studios, London, and has used it and its associated Surround Zone plug-in to mix the audio from the sessions. Read more...
SOUNDFIELD GOES TO HARVARD: Harvard University's Media Production Centre has added a SoundField Mark V microphone to its existing inventory, which already includes a SoundField SPS422B mic and an SP451 surround sound processor. Read more...
SOUNDFIELD SURROUND MICS POWER SOUTH AFRICAN SPORTS: South African Pay-TV channel Super Sport has installed another SoundField DSF-2/DSF-3 surround-capable digital microphone system in its latest high-definition outside broadcast vehicle, constructed by Sony Broadcast Professional in the UK. Read more...
SOUNDFIELD INSTALLED IN NEW 3D TELEGENIC TRUCK: Telegenic, the independent UK outside broadcast services company, has installed a digital SoundField microphone and upmix processor in its new 3D OB vehicle. The 3D truck has been generating live coverage in 3D for BSkyB. Read more...
PIETER SCHILLEBEECKX PRESENTS THE UPM-1 PLUG-IN:
5.1 FOR DOLBY AT DISNEY PREMIERE: SoundField's UPM-1 stereo-to-5.1 processor provided invaluable live upmixing assistance to a team of Dolby sound consultants at the recent world premiere of Disney's summer blockbuster Prince Of Persia, held in London. Read more...
SOUNDFIELD ST350 RECORDS LIFE ON EARTH: Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson has purchased a SoundField ST350 Portable Mic System for location recording. His first project with the ST350 is a trial not by fire, but by ice: he's spending early 2010 in Antarctica recording David Attenborough's next BBC series, The Frozen Planet. Read more...
