Music on Sports Broadcasts Goes Global ⎯ and Younger
Sports and music remain as intertwined as ever, from the theme songs that create aural branding for live shows and packages to the increasingly complex underscores that move the narrative […] More
Recent Posts by Dan Daley, Audio Editor
Review: New E-Book on Location Audio Is Must-Read for Aspiring A2s
According to the ancient wisdom, those who can, do; those who can’t, teach. But then there those who are adept at both when it comes to a specific topic, in […] More
UFC on Fox Has a Sound All Its Own
Ultimate Fighting Championship made its announced move over to the Fox family of sports nets on April 21. The franchise will also become the first sports broadcast of any type […] More
Audio Routers: Increasing Integration With Video Routing
Audio routers have gotten far more sophisticated in the past year. They had to: convergence with video-signal routing is making the move to the fully integrated multisignal router an inevitability. […] More
Audio Routers Grow in Importance in Production Trucks
The goal of signal-routing systems is to simplify the process of getting signal A to point B, but achieving that goal keeps becoming more complicated. Even as the use of […] More
Fuel MediaLab Gets Big-Net Results Without a Big-Net Budget
The era of the regional sports network is upon us: broadcast entities with far fewer resources than those of the major networks can produce major-league–level programming. But numerous producers have […] More
SSL Launches Live-Sound Console
It didn’t happen at NAB 2013, officially, at least. But SVG was tipped that Solid State Logic, whose recording-studio consoles dominated the music industry for three decades, has entered the live-sound arena. SSL’s prosaically named Live console debuted today at the Musikmesse show in Frankfurt, Germany. However, SSL CEO Piers Plaskitt buttonholed us on the […] More
Audio Postproduction Captures the Spotlight
Audio postproduction is getting enhanced attention at NAB 2013. Two new products aimed at that sector have been announced within days of each other. Yamaha debuted its Nuage digital-audio–postproduction platform. Billed as a collaboration between Yamaha and Steinberg, the supplier of Nuendo digital-audio–workstation (DAW) software that Yamaha acquired in 2005, it’s buttressed by a Dante […] More
AVnu Alliance Launches Broadcast Advisory Counsel
AVnu Alliance, the industry forum that certifies Audio Video Bridging (AVB) products for interoperability, has announced formation of the AVnu Alliance Broadcast Advisory Council (AABAC), launched today during the NAB Show. Serving as a forum for network technologists and AVnu Alliance members, the AABAC aims to advance the broadcast industry’s AVB requirements and promote adoption […] More
Many Roads for Audio-Console Developers
The NAB Show is bit like speed dating: you get to know a little more about a lot of individuals in a short time. That was the case after a whirlwind tour of several console manufacturers, which are conveniently clustered in the Central hall. With the transition to multilayer work surfaces virtually complete now, the […] More