Arkona Amplifies BLADE//runner’s Audio Capabilities

FRANKFURT, Germany—At the 2024 NAB Show, arkona applied sciences GmbH has introduced plans to broaden its BLADE//runner platform with new audio capabilities. 

The supplier of IP core infrastructure options for tier-1 broadcasters mentioned that the growth is geared toward audio workflows, particularly mixing and sign processing. At NAB in sales space SU 6037, arkona shall be demonstrating each an audio mixer accessible as an choice, and a devoted audio mixer and DSP occasion powered by the corporate’s AT300 FPGA Programmable Acceleration Care (PAC). 

Designed round a extremely versatile and modular software program framework, BLADE//runner contains a set of reside broadcast manufacturing software program and {hardware} instruments for skilled productions together with audio/video routing, compression and processing. The platform, designed for the fashionable broadcast facility, the place flexibility and scalability are important, operates on arkona’s AT300 FPGA PAC. It permits for the creation, management and deletion of all processing capabilities on the fly by the Company’s web-based UI, open APIs, in addition to by NMOS IS-04/-05. 

At NAB 2024, arkona is introducing AMIX, an audio mixer accessible as an choice on the Company’s IP Gateway and Router (IPGR) software program software. AMIX offers as much as 64 mono and 64 stereo combine cases in addition to the power to simply create combine minus (N-1) feeds. AMIX can simply exchange sub-mixers for any measurement manufacturing whereas concurrently performing IP and SDI video processing equivalent to routing, shade correction, HDR-SDR color-space conversion and extra. 

In addition, arkona is cranking up BLADE//runner’s audio capabilities to a fair larger degree by making a brand new IP Audio Engine (IPA) software comprised of a devoted audio mixer and DSP accessible on the AT300 PAC. With a complete capability of as much as 16,384 mono audio inputs and 12,288 outputs the IPA affords compression and multi-band equalizers with true peak monitoring and loudness metering along with mono, stereo and multi-channel mixes. Capable of dealing with as much as 8192 faders it’s highly effective sufficient to assist mixing for probably the most demanding reside broadcast occasions.

“With the introduction of AMIX and IPA we’re turning up the quantity to 11 on the audio performance of the BLADE//runner ecosystem. With simply assignable mixing and DSP cases, BLADE//runner now offers a completely built-in audio and video infrastructure for probably the most demanding reside productions.”

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