New Embedded Loudness Processor Provides Cost-Effective Path to CALM Compliance

Chris Shaw, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Cobalt Digital, has announced the addition of a cost-effective embedded loudness processor to the Company’s 9000 series of COMPASS® cards for openGear®. The 9086 Embedded Audio Loudness Processor, introduced at NAB 2011, enhances the manufacturer’s growing complement of award-winning 3G/HD/SD conversion gear by offering broadcasters a cost-effective solution for compliance with the CALM (Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation) act.

The 9086 Embedded Loudness Processor provides an unmatched ease-of-use and integration for embedded audio environments requiring loudness processing. The highly cost-effective 9086-SD offers stereo loudness processing for embedded audio on SD-SDI, and can be field up-graded to 9086-HD functionality at a later date. Featuring Linear Acoustic® AEROMAX™ technology, the 9086-HD offers 5.1 channel or stereo loudness processing for embedded audio on HD/SD-SDI. When ordered with the optional Linear Acoustic UPMAX™ upmixing, the 9086-HD provides an elegant solution for adapting upconverted legacy stereo programming to full 5.1 channel, loudness processed content.

"The addition of the 9086 enables us to present a complete, cost effective loudness solution that offers multi-channel processing at the same time, all from a single 2RU frame," said Shaw.