ENI Media invests in Level Magic
Published: ASIA
SINGAPORE: Jünger Audio has reported that its Level Magic technology is now being used by Singapore-based playout specialist ENI Media Asia Pte Ltd, in the shape of a B46 four-channel digital dynamics processor. The B46 is being used to ensure that there is no variation in the peak level and dynamic range of the wide variety of incoming audio signals that ENI Media accepts.
Based in Singapore’s ST Teleport building, ENI Media was established in 2010 to provide television playout services to broadcasters and channel owners. The B46 processor was selected by head of operations Andrew Ng, who used Jünger Audio technology for loudness control in a previous position.
‘I was already aware of the company’s products and knew they were very effective,’ explained Mr Ng. ‘This is why I chose the B46 audio leveller for ENI Media. The unit has been installed at the final chain of the baseband signal.
‘Before we installed the Jünger Audio unit we had some technical issues with our ingest editors who were manually handling the encoding from these feeds. To eliminate this problem I wanted a unit that could handle audio levelling automatically. The B46 fitted the bill perfectly – it has taken some of the workload away from our ingest editors and solved the high audio discrepancy from satellite feeds by automatically balancing the level between the satellite signal and the server playout.
‘We are now able to achieve much more consistent levels and solve the problem of highly fluctuating audio. We are so pleased with the performance of the B46 that we are now incorporating it into every new client proposal.’
The manufacturer’s Level Magic technology is based on an adaptive level control algorithm which is reportedly capable of using any kind of I/O (analogue and digital) source, as well as SDI, HD/SDI, Dolby 5.1 and its related metadata. It is based on a simultaneous combination of an AGC, a transient processor for fast changes and a ‘look ahead’ peak limiter.