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Radio to Ask Court for ASCAP Reduction In the ongoing battle over ASCAP's radio license fees and its demand for a sharp rate increase, the All -Industry Radio Music License Committee has decided to take the offensive. It will ask in court that the fees be reduced to equal BMI's since ASCAP cannot prove, the committee says, thatits tunes are aired more than BMI's. In detailing this new strategy, Bob Henley, the chairman of the committee and president of WGNR/WCTC in Sacramento, CA, told BM/E he is "extremely hopeful" that the court will actually reduce ASCAP's rate. Henley said ASCAP is justifying its fee hike with the argument that since it has had more songs on the hit lists put outby Billboard and others, it is entitled to a higher rate, but the committee is pointing out that most radio stations do not play just hits. Since no proof exists that radio stations play more of either organization's songs, he continued, the rates should be equal, but BMI's license fee is lower than ASCAP's, despite the 8.8 percent increase BMI won last year from radio broadcasters. Both copyright institutions base their rates for most radio stations on the stations' income, and so receive more rev- Where West Palm Beach Gets Its Views enue automatically when radio profits Johnny Carson, eat your heart out. Each 12 -foot -wide scene was cre- go up. The increase ASCAP has asked WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach isated from two slides and is com- for would amount to an 18 percent rise highlighting its morning and evening posedofsix panels measuring 72 in license fees, the committee calcu- news shows with two specially en- inches by 108 inches. To get high lates, or about $60 million over five larged backdrops displaying the local quality enlargements of that size, the years. The new rate would be retroact- skyline. The panels also help deco- lab work was done by LaserColor ive to 1983, when the last contract rate the station's lobby since thoseLaboratories of West Palm Beach, ended. not in use face out, and the areaswhich uses lasers to scan a picture ASCAP, however, came under fed- and then enhances it by computer. eral court supervision in 1950 when it share a common wall. was ruled to be a monopoly, and oneof the terms of the consent decree under which the fee collector operates is that Portable Ku Uplinks McMichael's Newshawk Fly -away, a it is responsible to prove the burden of portable Ku -band uplink. Separately, rate hikes. As part of the rapidly developing field an agreement in principle has been An attorney for the All -Industryof satellite newsgathering, (SNG- see reached with M/A Com MVS of Committee expects that the case may following story and NAB satellite re- Burlington, MA fordistributing last a year or longer if an outside settle- port in this issue), GEC McMichael, a Newshawks to broadcasters. ment is not reached, but time is work- British company with offices in CBS is said to want the portable tering in the radio group's favor. When Scottsdale, AZ, says it has signed minals for a new program it is devel- end of 1982, an interim arrangement agreements with CBS Operations and oping called Rapid Deployment Earth was set up based on the old rate, with no Engineering and NBC to develop and Terminal, or RADET. CBS would not time limit. buyunspecifiednumbersof describe its plans for RADET, but ac-

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cording to one source the network will The agreement with M/A Corn MVS probably equip selected domestic news had not been signed at press time, but the last five-year contract expired at the Eric Schechter, McMichael's director bureaus, O&Os, and eventually its in- of operations for the U.S., said that ternational bureaus with the highly M/A Corn had agreed to sell $3 million portable antenna. worth of Newshawks, equivalent to NBC, which has already installed a about 18 units. Schechter observed that Ku system connecting its news bureaus the U.S. company's microwave divi- and affiliates, is expected to provide sion is in good position to provide tech- Fly -away units for its O&Os in order to CBS will reportedly use McMichael's port- nical assistance and service to smaller extend the range of direct satellite able Ku -band uplinks for a new Rapid than network -sized broadcasters. feeds. Deployment Earth Terminal program. Hubbard and RCA to Give Away Ku Dishes In an ambitious bid to set itself up as a national news and syndicated programming distributor, United States Satel- BATTERY liteBroadcasting, a Hubbard Broadcasting subsidiary, has leased four Ku transponders from RCA Americom and arranged for RCA to in- PROBLEMS stall 3.7 m TVRO antennas at minimal- to -no costfor any commercial broadcaster in the continental U.S. within the next year. Conus Communications, in which Hubbard owns a controlling interest, will sell time on the transponders and SOLVED also use them to distribute a national news service each night to its member by CASP stations and stations in other markets Charger Analyzer Sequencer Power Supply who will reportedly be able to buy material at the rate of about $75 for a five- CASP is a mystery solver to a myriad of battery problems, minute story. a virtual Sherlock Holmes. CASP, like Holmes, pursues Charles H. Dutcher III, Conus VP the case until the last battery problem has disappeared. and GM, said he expects most televi- THE CASE: Do you want to murder when your battery goes dead sion stations, except those with space unexpectedly? limitations, to be interested in ob- Are you entangled in a web of different types of taining the free antenna. NBC affiliates batteries and their associated chargers? will be able to add another dish if they Is time escaping you during lengthy charge, discharge, want, he noted, to the main and backup recharge and analyze sequences? Are your batteries haunted by memory? Ku dishes they are already using for network feeds. CASP solves these mysteries and many more. CASP is a super sleuth in solving battery problems. With GASP, RCA Americom reports that the cur- battery problems have been banished forever. rent agreement with USSB is worth over $85 million, and that USSB holds Christie Electric Corp. an option for six more transponders for Communications Support Div. 20665 Manhattan Pl. a total cost of over $300 million. The Torrance, California 90501 Satcom K-2 satellite is scheduled for 213-320-0808 800-421-2955 launching next December. FCC's New Fees Meet Less Resistance The FCC's revised list of fees on its permit -granting activities, which met CHRISTIE with widespread criticism from the ELECTRIC CORP. broadcast industry when first introduced, is receiving a less harsh reception, especially since the annual Circle 107 on Reader Service Card 12 BM EJUNE. 1985 DPS-185

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Circle 108 on Reader Service Card NEWS charges on broadcast licensees have passage in Congress. since such fees always rise. been dropped. The NRBA, however, is still voicing As for the new list of fees itself, At the NAB, the opinion apparently its objection to the fees. Abe Voron, which the FCC would have a year to is that the fees are inevitable in some senior vice president of the radio asso- implement, the majority of the reve- form. The association had not stated its ciation, described the revised version nues raised from Mass Media Bureau official position on the new charges as as "certainly an improvement in that activities would come from construc- of press time, and a spokesman said the new fee schedule is an attempt to tie tion permit applications, hearings, and that it is not raising objections to the the fees to specific activities and costs, licenses. License renewal fees, the only new fee structure. The FCC's bill, and the fees are modest enough not to vestige of the deleted annual charges, which is generally seen as part of the be onerous to most broadcasters." The would run $30 for all stations, instead federal government's belt tightening, NRBA is opposing the charges though, of the controversial "tax" of $9000 to was headed for the Senate floor and ap- since broadcasters "contribute sub- $200 each year, depending on the sta- peared to have a good chance of stantially already to the treasury," and tion's class and market size. All bureaus and services included, the FCC expects to raise $44 million in FY 1985 and $52 million the next year, equal to about half of its budget. Of these totals, 44 percent would come from the Mass Media Bureau in 1985 and 41 percent in 1986. THE ONLY Besides containing the schedule of charges shown below, the FCC's bill FULL CAPABILITY links fee levels to the Consumer Price Index, allows late payment penalties of VIDEO NOISE METER 25 percent, lets the Commission waive Model UPSF2 FCC's Proposed Schedule of Charges 12 !MI p for Broadcast Stations PIM Commercial TV Stations-New and ti r.. El Major Change CPs:

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The FCC is investigating interference drome in aspirin advertising . U.S. winners of the international between broadcasting and VHF aero- The NAB's Radio Audience Meas-Parigraph Computer Animation nautical services. Existing FM sta- urement Task Force held its firstAwards in Paris were Judson Rose- tions would be grandfathered against meeting and reported it can "offerbush, formerly of Digital Effects in new protection criteria, which would some suggestions" for the radio ratings New York City, for best demonstration

also require airplane receivers to be bet- industry . . . .The RTNDA is selling a tape, and Jim Kristoff of Cranston/ ter able to reject broadcast signals, the cassette on the use of sound in radio Csuri Productions. . . .Entries are be-

major cause of interference. news . Cost is $3 to members; call ing taken for the 1985 World Hunger The European Broadcasting Union (202) 737-8657. . . .Cable penetra- Media Awards, founded by Kenny has put its weight behind the 60 Hz tion has reached 44 percent of U.S. and Marianne Rogers. Categories in- HDTV standard recommended by households, says Arbitron. clude best radio and best television cov- SMPTE and the ATSC . . . . WTBS A license renewal hearing has been erage. To submit broadcasts appearing has started broadcasting and distribut- scheduled for KTTL although the FCC between July 1, 1984 and June 30, ing its cable signal in stereo . rejected petitions to deny renewal, say- 1985, write World Hunger Year, 350 The FCC has extended nighttime ing that the Babbs station's broadcasts Broadway, New York, NY 10013. operations on 14 I -A frequencies. in the winter of 1983 and 1984 had not The National Federation of Com- Daytimers on 540, 690, 740, 860, 990, incited violence though they were racistmunity Broadcasters will hold its 1010, and 1580 kHz Canadian Clear and urged listeners to break the law. tenth annual conference on July 22 to Channels, 540, 730, 800, 900, 1050, Commissioner Rivera said the broad- 28 in Madison, WI. For information, 1220, and 1570 kHz Mexican, and casts may have violated the Fairness call (202) 797-8911. . .. TheRTNDA 1540 kHz Bahamian will be able to op- Doctrine but the petitioners had im- will hold its fortieth annual convention erate at night with up to 500 W once properly stated their case. The stationin Nashville on September 11 to 14. they receive notificiation. may still lose its license for failing to The SBE has elected the following The Federal Trade Commission has meet community service requirementsnew officers: Richard Rudman of denied a petition to ban alcohol ads on and for not paying taxes. KFWB as president; Jack McKain of

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James A. Lippke TV AND VIDEO DEVELOPMENTS Editor Emeritus VTRs: Yet Another Format Debuts on Way to Digital 25 Robert Rivlin Machine Control Bridges Automation Gap 33 Editor BM/ E Less Glitter but Lots of Substance in NAB Camera Market 36 Special Effects Steps Closer to the All -Digital Studio 47 Gerald M. Walker Digital Graphics and Text Explore the Options 55 Editor World Broadcast News Editing Excitement Continues 62 Image Processing Mirrors Other Industry Developments 75 Eva J. Blinder Producing in the Component Environment 76 Senior Editor Tape Inches Toward New Dimensions 87 Judith Gross Production Essentials Head for the Field 88 Associate Editor Bryan D. Boyle RADIO AND AUDIO DEVELOPMENTS Contributing Editor Am Stereo Targets Listener Support 107 Center Track Time Code Takes Center Stage 110 Douglas Damoth Audio Editors Emerge 114 Assistant Editor Enormous Activity in Stereo TV 118 Michael Starr Variety Spices Up Console Market 122 Copy Editor Automation Takes Control of TV Consoles 127 Intelligent Intercoms and RF Systems Speed Communication 131 Glenn Calderone The Disappearing Microphone, New Modular Equipment Dominate Photographer Audio Production 136 Audio Processing Strives for Perfection 142

BM/E also wishes to thank the following for having supplied INDUSTRYWIDE DEVELOPMENTS support services for the editors at New Suppliers Emerge Eager to Fill Broadcast Airwaves 153 the show: Mark Wiskoff, Motorola Sophistication Becomes Standard in Routing 156 C&E, for two-way radio communi- Ku -band Hits the Road and a New Buzzword is Born 164 cations equipment; and Andy Complex Designs Keep Equipment Simple 171 Innis, O.G. Innis Corp., for the Mobile Vehicles on New Routes 180 Otona transportable computer. Newsroom Computer Systems.. 183

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history, butitwas clearly the best-despite what one magazine called, in its one -page rundown of new technology at the show, "no major TV &VIDEO technological breakthroughs."BM/E's editors found plenty of break- DEVELOPMENTS throughs-in every major product area. There was an anxious moment at the were-Sony in an even -larger version And we have devoted the entire June is- beginning of NAB this year. Looking of its flying saucer booth, and the oth- sue to covering them. through the NAB's convention guide, ers in their appropriate places, along On the TV side (developments in Sony wasn't listed. Nor was Montage. with a total of 700 exhibitors-the Radio/Audio products and Industry- Nor Studer, nor Dolby, nor several oth- largest NAB show to date. (The miss- wide developments are covered else- er major forces in the industry. Hading names in the guide were just an where in the report), there were at least they forgotten to pay their bills and oversight on the part of the NAB show 10 different events of significance, been dropped from the exhibit? But staff.) discussed in detail in the individual when the show opened, there they all Not only was the show the biggest in stories which follow.

Slow and Jog. Dynamic tracking is VTRs: Yet Another Format incorporated for clear pictures in the Slow and Jog modes. The AU -600 also includes automatic editing fea- Debuts on Way to Digital tures. An interface board connects to A funny thing happened on the way to with existing M format tapes; the one -inch, 3/4 -inch, M -format (Recam), the all -digital video studio: an analog higher performance requires a colorand Betacam VTRs. component half -inch "transition" for- time compression multiplexing system Panasonic's announcement was mat popped up. Designated the MII for- (CTCM) with a tape speed of 67.693 greeted with some diffidence by other mat by Panasonic, this full broadcast mm/sec.Buttheresultsare VTR and tape manufacturers who ques- quality approach developed in collabo- impressive-picture quality is equiva- tioned the ready availability of reliable ration with NHK of Japan, has a sepa- lent to that of one- and two-inch VTRs long -life metal powder tape. And if MII rate luminance (Y) bandwidth of 4.5and tenth generation tapes show no caught on, it could upset any orderly MHz and a chrominance (C) bandwidth degradation. Size, weight and cost is march towards the quick replacement of 1.5 MHz. Moreover, 65 minutes of less than that of Type -C machines. of analog VTRs with the anticipated recording time is achieved on a Labeled the Model AU -600, the new digital versions. But some people, par- conventional -sizedVHScassette. format is a here -and -now full featured ticularly those watching the growth of There is one hitch, however. A new system (NHK already has over 90 in- analog component devices in other are half -inch metal powder cassette tape is stalled and operating). Three speed as (switchers, processors, monitors, required. And there is no compatibilitymodes are offered: Shuttle (at 32x), test equipment-see other sections of

BM/E JUNE, 1985 25 The shape that digital VTRs meeting the 4:2:2 CCIR standard are taking was apparent at the Sony demo. The transport accepting the SMPTE D-1 cassette was indeed compact, even though the cassette holding an hours worth of 19 mm tape (which plays at 286.5 mm/ sec) was considerably larger than U-matic cassettes. As Sony reported, the tape width (19 mm), material (co- balt doped gamma ferric oxide) and thickness (16 mm) have been set, as have been the cassette dimensions and the mechanical footprint and control track configuration. The only remaining items, which are expected to be finalized by the middle of this year, include channel coding, a shuffling sequence and mechanical tolerances. Panasonic MI1 decks in editing setup. Silverlake MERPSdeck from RCA. this show -in -print report) saw it as a manufacturer Odetics, was an octago- "natural development" fully compati- nal tower in which seven sides were ble with the evolvement of SMPTE's used to store 43 individual cassettes S -MAC interface standard which is de- each. The eighth bank held the VTR signed to accommodate signal proc- transports which could be four, five or essing in either an analog component six in number. The computer portion format or digital format (in conform- not only controls the play list but keeps ance with CCIR 601.) Indeed, Merrill track of the cassette's content as well. Weiss, in reporting SMPTE's progress Cassettes are identifiable by a perma- towards S -MAC standards (NAB's TV nent bar code number which is keyed to Engineering session and earlier the database. Thus, unlike the Betacart, SMPTE meetings), has made NTSC Demo of Sony 19 mm DVTRdeck the information is in the system and not encoding and decoding (particularly on the cassette. Initial delivery will be- encoded chromakey) sound like such Digital VTR capability was also gin in 1986. an unnecessary horror that many broad- shown at NAB '85 by Hitachi, but only Sony enhanced the Betacart this year casters are eager to embrace any prod- as a part of a high -definition TV system by adding off-line playlist software, uct that can process R, G and B (or its and not a 4:2:2 standard cassette available on a 3.5 -inch floppy disk derivatives) separately. The Betacam DVTR. HDTV, at 1125 scanning lines, which is compatible with the system's and M formats were a step in the right requires a bit rate of 460 megabits/sec. HP -150B microcomputer. Operators direction, but their limited bandwidth Hitachi divided this high data rate into can key in an entire day's events, leav- restricts their use to ENG/EFP applica- five recording heads using a modifieding the Betacart free to operate on -air tions. MII opens the door to any and all Type -C tape transport. The resulting continuously. Another refinement is broadcast applications. bandwith is 20 MHz for luminance and the ability of the new BVR-20 remote Clouding the picture as to whether5.5 MHz forlinesequential monitoring switcher to call up specific the industry should opt for a further im- chrominance. signals for monitoring. Further, a par- proved analog VTR or wait to see how With no automatic cassette player in allel controller, such as a master control the developments toward a worldwide the offing capable of matching Type -C switcher, can operate the Betacart standard digital VTR pan out, was on -air quality (a MERPS committee through a new IF -10 serial -to -parallel Sony's showing in a hotel suite of a wish identified at NAB last year), M interface card. A manual bar code read- "nearly there"digital VTR and and Betacart players got a second hard er is also now available to enable manu- Ampex's quiet announcement that it look at NAB '85. Grabbing the spot- al shuffling of cassettes. would have a digital automatic cassette light was RCA, which unveiled Asaca, which last year introduced player replacing the venerable ACR-25 Silverlake as a "giant step in TV station the ACL-3000 Automatic Random Ac- at next year's NAB show. Ampex did- automation." The Silverlake TCR-500 cess Cart system (for either M or n't say, but presumably the cassette coupled a IBM PC/AT as a master con- Betacart), demonstrated a unit which would be in conformance with the 19 troller to a 281 cassette robotic player to doubled the capacity to 600 cassettes, mm SMPTE D-1.90 and D-1.30 come up with a system with considera- the ACL-6000B. The unit uses sophis- standards shown by Sony. Ampex's ble on-line capability -93 hours to be ticated programming and bar code cas- statement seemed worded simply to exact. The system's database handles a setteidentificationtoprovide head off any desperate move on the part library of 65,000 cassettes (M format) continuouscontrol.Panasonic's of broadcasters to buy less than ideal M and the programming can manage MVP -200 remained unchanged. or Betacart automatic players. In reali- 21,000 hours of recorded material ran- For those who missed the usually- ty, Ampex confirmed what Sony was ging from five -second spots to com- packed demonstrations on the floor, hinting: the digital VTR will be here in pleteprograms.Silverlake's Sony held a one -day intensive seminar 1986. mechanical portion, built by robotics on the day following the show in which 26 BM/E JUNE, 1985 TEK'S NEW 1710B: THE BRIGHTEST IDEA IN WAVEFORM MONITORING.

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Circle 116 on Reader Service Card Type -C VTR, it was reincarnated at the Merlin exhibit as the ME -8000 "tough VIDEO CARTSYSTEM bird." Convinced that there was still a lot of life in the 3/4 -inch market, JVC announced a major new product, the front -loading CR-850U. Among its principal features are built-in SMPTE time code, built-in editing control functions and new circuits (15) which help produce 47 dB S/N ratio pictures. Sony, too, offered a new U-matic-a portable recorder, the VO-6800. It is 35 percent smaller and 30 percent lighter than the VO-4800. The unit contains a video confidence head and a remaining tape warning. New disc developments In the direct -read -after -write category, Panasonic added an eight -inch 16,000 -frame (eight minutes) high - resolution black and white optical memory disc recorder (OMDR), the Newly reconfigured Asaca MERPS transport. TQ-2025F, to complement its color unit, the TQ-2023F. At 450 lines of res- the Betacart system was presented in some ad hoc groups to further look into olution, a sharp picture is formed. detail. More important than the product the differences between the BoschOMDR devices are becoming ever- demonstration itself, however, was the Lineplex and the Hitachi proposed more -popular as a means of reducing detailed presentation of the interface compromise. Rumors abounded that editing time when doing commerical protocol necessary to drive Betacart Ampex was keenly interested in 8 mm, insertion and sequence assembling, be- from a computerized automation sys- but they remained unconfirmed. (Two cause of their low access time. tem. Since the product is entirely weeks after the show, Sony produced Optical devices (analog) compete microprocessor -controlled, and all the a home 8 mm system but gave no hint with hard magnetic discs (digital) for microprocessor functions are remoted, that a professional version was being post -production applications, although it is possible to achieve precise, frame - considered.) Meanwhile, Bosch came the latter have less record time. Abekas accurate timing and control sequences. up with a complete editing system for featured the A62 Winchester disk drive Half -inch expansions its orginal Lineplex format and was as a means of storing 50 sec and 100 sec making good-looking fifth generation for animation or multilayer matting. Both Panasonic and Sony unveiled tapes at NAB. Whether this effort sug- For optical laser disc users who have some additional half -inch equipment. gested anything to the ad hoc interactive video applications, both For Panasonic, it was a front -loading committee remains to be seen. Sony and Pioneer had new systems. VTR, the AU -350, which featured six Sony's LDP -2000 disc player com- heads. One pair handles Y, anotherType -C advances bined with a microcomputer becomes a I/Q. There are also two flying erase Recent developments in Type -C ma- nifty interactive system. Pioneer's new heads plus control and time code heads. chines were prominently displayed. At LD-V4000 is designed to work with an Complete edit control is possible. Ampex, it was the price/performanceexternal PC. As a practical tool, Pio- Sony's new entry was a field recorder/ mid -ranged VPR-6 (the TH-800 atneer showed a new compact eight -inch player, the BVW-25, plus a studio RCA). Ampex also introduced a new LaserDisc designed to be lugged player, the BVW-15. The BVW-25 video recorder controller, the VRC-2, around in the field. Presaging the possi- was patterned after the popular portable which works with the VPR-3, 6, andbilityof laser discs becoming BVU-110 U-matic. 80. The controller operates one to four broadcastable program players, Pio- Last year, speculation was rife that a VTRs individually, two to four in a neer showed a professional LD-V6010 new 8 mm format might emerge in the gang roll, and two machines in an as a top -of -the -line product. And very integratedcam/recordermarketediting mode. intriguing was a laser disc autochanger -possibly as an alternative to the pro- Sony highlighted the super slowshown as an engineering sample. posed compromise 3/4 -inch format put motion BVH-2700 VTR that drew Mitomo (from Japan) was another ex- before the SMPTE Committee on Vid- ABC kudos during the Los Angeleshibitor showing a "disc accessor." eo Recording. But NAB '85 arrived Olympics. Heavily into optical recording technol- with no 8 mm in sight-and no resolu- Hitachi's claim to attention was itsogy, 3M showed some of the remarka- tion of the 3/4 -inch compromise issue new HR -230 VTR which featuresble marketing possibilities that can be (the compromise product demonstrated short lockup (0.5 sec on standby), fast achieved with interactive video discs, to SMPTE revealed performance defi- loading, and many built-in diagnostics and the impressive storage capability ciencies). So there is nothing new to re- all at a low price. If you've ever won- (1.2 gigabytes per side) possible with port except that SMPTE has set updered what happened to 3M/NEC's data storage discs.

28 BM/E JUNE, 1985 ITACHI INVENTS THE FIRST 1" VTR THAT WATCHES ITSELF SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

The revolutionary Hitachi fast/slow motion range HR -230 1" VTR has the that provides real-time most advanced real-time, reverse and field/frame self -diagnostic capabilities still motion. Plus pro- ever perfected. grammable time com- In either the record or pression up to 20%, with playback mode, a computer 0.1% accuracy. inside the HR -230 monitors A unique, concealed fold- 49 different performance param- out control panel groups edit- eters second by second. And then ing functions and separates edit stores this information within controls from the main control the memory for recall at a later panel. time-not just with numbers In short, it's the ultimate 1" and symbols, but in words. for networks, affiliates or tele- This means no more errors production companies. Don't slip by when your operator is not consider your next 1" pur- there. And there's no more n chase without looking into for hit-or-miss spot checki it. Contact Hitachi Denshi The Hitachi HR -230 has America, Ltd., Broadcast unique quick -threading tape and Professional Division, path, incorporating retract- 75 Crossways Park West, ing entrance and exit guides, Woodbury, NY 11797. (516) main erase head, as well as 921-7200 or (800) 645-7510. a scanner air system that 41. Hitachi Denshi, Ltd. (Canada), protects tapes. 11111101.?111111111 65 Melford Drive, Scarbor- It recues a 30 -second seg- ough, Ontario M1B 2G6. ment in 3.5 seconds. It has a (416) 299-5000.

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'National Acaden iy of "No - vision Arts and Scences awarc for technkial achievement, 1983-19E4 tional VCRs set up for alternating com- Machine Control Bridges mercial insertion playback. This year's convention also built upon advances made in the past few Automation Gap years in computer technology. An important but often overlooked fac- This year's convention built upon tor in the planning of new operations or advances made in the past few years in the upgrade of existing facilities is that computer technology to give the engi- of machine control. neer an even wider choice in machine At its most effective, machine con- control subsystems. trol design can actually make an opera- Utah Scientific, now a part of the tion more efficient and less costly by Dynatech broadcast group, introduced reducing, or in some cases completely its Model AVS-1B routing switcher/ avoiding, mistakes. In a nutshell, ma- machine control system. While the chine control is that subsystem in your great stress has been towards separating plant that is responsible for starting, the functions of crosspointing and starts stopping, checking the status of, and in the plant, Utah Scientific has devel- assigning machines to a particular au- oped a complete, integrated system that dio and video bus for eventual trans- can combine the crosspoint area with mission. In the truest sense of the word, the machine control needed to get the it is the nervous system of the station; signal started at the proper time. and with the tendency towards auto- The actual machine control portion mated, centralized control, it becomes of the system, the PLMC-1 Party Line important to consider its place in the BSI two -channel NewsCart automation. Control System, uses a coax network overall scheme of things. topology in order to allow the stations As machine control and technical au- witha well -established reputation as a to communicate with the master con- tomation continue to become more im- supplier of automation systems for the troller. A coax network is a single coax- portant in station operations, there is cable industry (over 100 cable systems ial cable, with the individual control also the question about which currently use the Stationmaster auto- and status units electrically daisy - system-microprocessor-controlled mation package), CCI managed to at- chained along it. Each control/status/ routing switcher, automated master tract considerable attention at the NAB machine interface has a discrete data control, machine control and assign- despite the location of its booth at the address assigned either by the factory ment, and so forth-should lie at the Hilton Center. The Stationmaster that or the user, that the main process con- hub of the station automation project. was demonstrated at NAB is actually a trol computer uses to locate and "talk And, as MERPS systems become more highly modular controller, capable of to" a particular unit. The advantages to sophisticated and prevalent, they, too accessing up to nine half-, 2/4-, and such a system are basically low wiring begin to claim their place in the overall one -inch VTRs, and building playlists costs, both in material and labor, but station technical plan. of just about any length. Several levels it's important to note that there is a The large MERPS systems (Beta - of control are offered, including both practical limit as to how long, physical- cart, Silverlake, Asaca, and MVP -100) real-time and SMPTE time code ac- ly, the cable can be before data errors are covered in the VTRs section of this cess. A $42,345 version of the system start impeding the operation of the report. There are also, however, sever- can handle eight VCRs, plus two addi- system. al smaller systems which are enjoying The PLMC-1 control panels include popularity. Of these, perhaps La -Kart as part of their design all the necessary from Lake Systems is the most preva- tally and control functions for most lent, capable of controlling 1000 events types of equipment, such as play, stop, on any combination of VCR formats in- fast forward, and all necessary presets cluding half -inch component. The pro- such as gang start/record and delega- gram is set up with frame -accurate tion. These control units then commu- SMPTE time code addressing. nicate with the MIP machine inter- Brand-new at NAB was the News - faces, which actually control the Cart from BSI-a two -channel, mechanical operation of the system; multitransport (24) playback unit de- delegation allows for on -the -spot con- signed specifically for TV news opera- trol of a machine normally dealt with by tions. Segments as short as three one control to be accessed by another seconds can be handled with ease, al- control unit. This adds flexibility to the lowing bumpers and tags to be inserted, operation, and eases maintenance con- while startup is only two seconds. The cerns should it be necessary to take two channels of video are fed through down a panel without necessarily two TBC/frame synchronizers. The disabling a machine. system also allows for two channels of This system is supplemented by a on -air audio, which can be mixed or SMPTE standard machine control in- dissolved. George Cudabac demos CCI terface for those that do not need a mas- New to the broadcast market, but Stationmaster automation. sive machine control system, such as a

BM/E JUNE, 1985 33 scheme of manipulating the screen, SMC-1 SMPTE The last link in this chain is the com- MACHINE CONTROL puterinterface,whichtranslates which, in the case of a new installation, SYSTEM messages and information from a host means that the operator can readily ad- computer into the language of the just to the addition of such a system. Up 111111MIIIIIINIIIMIONIIIIIMI STARCOMM system. In addition, this to five upcoming events are also dis- interface can also store local status for played, so the operator knows exactly up to 30 devices on the system. what will be going on the air, in order. IM MO SMIP-11 r111.s Grumman also provides for control Because of the interactive editing fea- NMI of SMPTE-compatible machines, and tures, any upcoming event can be =nu this system lends itself very well to changed with a few keystrokes, which t7.v computer automation through an makes it easy to both plan for smooth =3 '41%LiTit,r7W4-114L RS422 link. STARCOMM provides transitions,andrecoverfrom the necessary "translation" of device problems. 47.M'rrri 474-4.41- action, allowing for greater latitude in Bosch was back with their TCS-1 developing an on-line, computer -system, one of the largest and most SINIC511,4 driven, automation system. complex at the NAB. Some of its sali- Technical automation based on Utah Matco Manufacturing and Test ent features are the control of up to 100 Scientific machine control. Company was also exhibiting a line ofmachines, dual twisted -pair wiring, small video production house or com- machine control units that are suited to full delegation to any one of eight munity TV operation. production houses and station opera- studio controlpanels,andfull Grumman Aerospace Corporation tion. Its MST -100 Series is the top -of - interfacing capabilities to the Bosch was demonstrating a number of sys- the -line unit which features control ofTVS/TAS-1000 and 2000 distribution tems that are of vital interest to the up- up to 54 VTRs, up to six switchers ei- switchers. to-date broadcaster: the STARCOMM ther individually or, in the case of The network topology can contain up machine control system, and an auto- VTRs, up to 12 groups for simultane- to a maximum of eight control buses, matic commercial insertion system for ous action on a single keystroke. In ad- and a number of machine control boththecableandbroadcastdition, the unit can execute up to 24 multiplexers and studiointerfaces marketplace. sequences of nine events, with start based on the operational needs of the STARCOMM, an acronym for Stu- event actuation based on external facility. Up to eight of the multiplexers dio Telecommunications and Remote cueing or tone control from the previ- can be on the system, and each mux can Control of Machines/Computerized ous event. Mixed tone and time cues control up to 30 single machine control Online Message Matrix, is a star - are allowed, which permit the mixing panels. cluster network that consists of six inte- of dissimilar sources to be easily pro- The MC -24 single -machine panel is grated modules, which can be mixed grammed into the system. designed to be located adjacent to the and matched in order to custom -design At the other end of the controller is machine it is controlling, and can only a system. the ASTC-2 control module, which is a control one machine at a time. This The heart of the system is a device daisy -chained system that allows up to panel includes the thumbwheel selector called COMM, which is the unit that 63 unique address selections, and status to select the address of the machine to channels commands to a desired desti- answer back from the controlled device control, and the necessary remote indi- nation. It has the capabilities to expand for up to eight different status cation and control buttons to effectively the I/0 port, "broadcast address" a indications. activate the functioning of that ma- group of devices, single device ad- Taking the machine control idea one chine. In addition, this single -machine dressing capabilities, and multiple con- step further, Alamar Electronics was panel can be accessed (with the addi- current routing operations. displaying the MC -1000 Automated tion of the CP-1200) by the 1000 or The COMM communicates with a Sequencer/Controller, which is a com- 2000 Series switchers for monitoring of number of other devices, which include bined machine control automation sys- the crosspoint that the machine is a studio control panel, which forms atem. While it is possible to talk about feeding. "leg" off the main COMM network, machine control without involving au- Walking down the aisles of this and controls the in -studio machines. tomation, the reverse does not hold year's convention gave the broadcast This unit can duplicate the messages true. This device is an attempt to ad- manager and engineer a good idea of and functions of the main processor via dress the problem of integrating both the direction the machine control seg- a studio interface control which inter- the automated development of program ment of the industry is taking. Machine prets and distributes commandsschedules and execution of those control has probably never been the originating in that particular studio. schedules in a timely manner. most memorable part of post -NAB This device also extracts on -air data The MC -1000 can control up to six discussions, but as evidenced by this from the studio switcher, and acts as the channels of 128 events, cued -on -time, year's offerings, and with the preva- interface from COMM and the ma- sequence, DTMF (for satellite links), lence of processor -based technology, chines, routing the necessary informa- end tone trigger, or (allowing for opera- "smart" control systems are becoming tion in either direction for action by tor intervention) manual. The system is a major force in this industry, and, either the controller or the machine. capable of controlling VTRs, ATRs, when planning for the update of station Of course, all this is dependent on switchers, telecines, and other studio or production facilities, it's worth the two other devices, the machine panelequipment.Inaddition,preroll, time to take a major look at the many and interface, which translate the nec- cueing, and rewind are also supported. systems, both large and small, that essary information from COMM into One feature of the system is the use could make a new or existing plant control that the machine can accept. ofa"pseudo -word processing" more efficient and more productive.

34 BM/E JUNE, 1985 Fujinon's brand new A16x9.5RM with macro focusing.

The basic ENG lens has grown up. At 16X, Fujinon's Built to perform better on your camera and budget, newest zoom is longer without being heavier. It's brighter the A16x9.5RM comes with auto iris, a smooth servo without being bulkier. The F-stop at the full 152 tele zoom, and a maximum aperture of F1.7-absolutely flat position is better than that of lenses that don't zoom as from 9.5mm to 114mm. At full tele, it only drops to F2.0. far. Any way you look at it, it's a better lens and a It weighs less, too, even though its servo unit is housed better value. Here are all the reasons why: in a weather -protected cast aluminum case, not plastic. Longer focal length Shorter M. 0. D. The new A16x9.5RM.. .a better buy by any standard. Macro focusing Lighter weight For more information or a demonstration, contact the Better ramping Lower distortion Fujinon location nearest you. Better transmission Higher MTF Rugged construction Higher brightness/contrast Fujinon quality, More optional accessories support and service A great price

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Thomson is positioning Smart Package microprocessor time the new camera as a competitor tocode generation feature, which lays Sony's BVP-3. down SMPTE and VITC time codes Thomson also unveiled new rear during shooting, is now standard and NEC SPC-3A is latest version of CCD modules for all three cameras- included in the TC-90S's price, which camera. including the CA -33 auto setup mod- has been reduced to $19,950. ule, which, according to the company, Sharp showed a new camera for the at a variety of other sporting events. makes these the only cameras in the corporate and industrial markets, the According to RCA, the shutter results Beta category with automatic setup. XC-A 1, with three LOC/MS diode gun in extremely clear slow motion play- (Of course, auto setup isn't available in Saticons, S/N of 57 dB, and 750 lines backs with ordinary VCRs. the one-piece configuration.) Otherresolution.It features a character The CCD-1, with its 1/98 -second modules allow interface with Sony display in the viewfinder that prompts shutter, is definitely not being replaced CCU and triax operation (with a new camera setup and warns of unusual con- by the new model, and the fast shutter Thomson CCU). ditions. The XC-A 1is available now cannot be retrofitted to the CCD-1. Another newcomer to NAB was the for $6500 without lens. Sharp has also RCA says it is now filling back orders LDK 54 camera from Philips, which introduced adapters that allow users of on both cameras. Prices, without lens, its cameras to take advantage of the are $42,500 for the CCD-1S and Betacam and M half -inch recording $37,500 for the CCD-1. formats. NEC, meanwhile, showed the Toshiba showed its PK-70 ENG SP -3A, an upgraded version of last camera, which is not being marketed in year's SP -3 CCD ENG cameras. Ac- the U.S. at this time. cording to Jeff White, the new model In addition to its established KY -110 has 3 dB better S/N (58), better light and KY -210 professional video camer- sensitivity (less than 5 fc at 12 dB gain as, JVC added its super -compact BT- without black stretch), and a higher C100U VideoMovie recorder/camera quality viewfinder. It uses an entirely Philips LDK 54 in EFP configuration. to its professional line. This nifty little new CCD chip, designed specifically camera, which sells for only $1595, infor broadcasting, which offers im- the company claims is the first and onlycorporates an integral VHS -C recorder proved light handling and highlight portable camera to incorporate awith a 20 -minute cassette. With its characteristics. (Owners of the SP -3 diascope in the camera head. This elim- single half -inch Saticon, it weighs just can have the new chips retrofitted to inates the need for lenses with built-in 4.3 pounds. The camera's main market their cameras.) The camera is available diascopes, saving weight and money in now and costs $17,900 for the head and one stroke. The 54 also has an auto set- viewfinder without lens or back; a stan- up program that includes registration dard NTSC adapter back is $3100. centering and video black level settings Tubes, of course, continue their for RGB, along with auto iris, momen- leadership, and advances in tube tech- tary iris, and auto white balance. nology enhance many newer cameras. Panasonic introduced several new Sony boosted its popular Betacam line cameras for the professional and indus- with two new three -tube cameras, the trial markets. One, the NiteHawk, is BVP-3A and BVP-30, which replace designed especially for low -light oper- the BVP-3. The BVP-30 uses Sony'sations; sensitivity is 20 lux at + 18 dB mixed field pickup tubes and can tie gain. The NiteHawk uses three half - into the BVP-360's CCU via the CA -31 inch Newvicon tubes that resist burn - portable triax adapter. Otherwise, the in. Other features are a two-line vertical cameras are essentially similar. Im- enhancer and a feedback beam control provements include a new high - circuit to reduce blur and comet -tailing. resolution viewfinder incorporating a S/Nis 57 dB; horizontal resolution channel one audio level indicator and (green channel) is over 600 lines. With- channel one audio level control, as well out lens, the NiteHawk sells for $4995. as an audio monitoring earpiece on the Another entry from Panasonic is the camera door. WV -890, designed for ruggedness. It Thomson-CSF has introduced a new has three 2/3 -inch Plumbicons and an Plumbicon version of its TTV 1623 eight -bit digital memory to retain im- French -made Betacam,comple- ages and color balance during long JVC's Dan Roberts with new pro Video menting the previously introduced shoots. Other features are f/1.4 prism Movie camera.

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The camera also Ikegami, one of the leaders in this has a new SCU (setup control unit) field, once again showed its 1125 -line, which is more defined in terms of user NHK-standard HDTV camera and operations and contains a built-in video monitors. switcher and data line switcher for the Hitachi introduced its new high - first six cameras. The 110D is available Gyrozoomimage stabilizer from definition camera, the SK -1200, with a now. SchwemTechnology. host of features including shading -free, Hitachi's other new studio camera, highly accurate digital registration; the SK -120, has never been shown be- cle race, with the Gyrozoom on a truck - real-time dynamic registration for cor- fore in the U.S. but has been available mounted camera just ahead of the pack, rection of lens -caused errors; and in Europe for about a year. It's an moving at about 25-30 mph. During the computer -controlled auto setup. The analog auto setup camera, similar to the taping, the lens was switched on and off camera has a new high-performance 110, but with one -inch low output ca- with dramatic results: the stabilized im- one -inch DIS diode gun Saticon and apacitance diode gun Plumbicons or age stayed steady as a rock. According high -definition nine -inch viewfinder. Saticons rather than the 30 mm tubes. It to Schwem, five Gyrozooms had been Hitachi's digital HDTV VTR alsofeatures wide bandwidth and 58 dB delivered before NAB, with numerous made its NAB debut. S/N. According to Tony Delp, the Eu- orders taken at the show. Sony introduced two new HDTV ropean market has been more receptive The lens, which was 15 years in de- products: the HD1H-120 projection to one -inch tubes than the U.S. market, velopment and field-tested for six system, with a 40 percent increase in which still relies on the larger format. months before marketing, is the brightness and 15 percent enhancement Thomson-CSF's established TTV brainchild of Dr. Luis Alvarez, 1968 in resolution over last year's model, 1525c was shown in a version substan- Nobelist in particle physics. Its zoom and the HDM-2820 28 -inch ultra high - tially the same as last year's, with some range is 60-300 mm and maximum ap- resolution monitor. additional diagnostics and scene files. erture is f/6.2. Schwem is asking A feed from the Sony booth fed an Product manager Gerry Brill says the $12,500 for the lens, which is all U.S.- experimental HDTV productioncompany will soon introduce a "con- made, including the glass. switcher and an Ultimatte HDTV mat-tours out of red" module for the 1525c. Another unusual device at the show ting system at the Grass Valley GroupThe camera, which uses one -inch low was the Nisus variable speed shutter, booth. The switcher was based oncapacitance diode gun lead -oxide shownretrofittedtotheIkegami GVG's 300 Series; the feed reached thetubes, features independent micropro- HL -79E and the Sony DXC-M3A. booth via the Wavelink fiberopticscessor setup of each camera in a sys- Shutter speeds range from 1/250 sec- system. tem. A "significant number" have ond to 1/4000 second, which a Nisus Other HDTV developments at NAB been sold in the Middle East, according spokesperson says will stop a golf club included Rank Cintel's high -definitionto Brill. in mid -swing. The shutter's single flying spot scanner (discussed in the In the RCA booth, the well - opening completely eliminates lag, the section on post -production, p.TK) and established TK-47B automatic studio/ spokesperson said. Asaca's HDTV test gear (in the T&M field camera was exhibited again. Canon made news with a more con- section, p.TK). Lenses, pickups ventional lens-if "conventional" is Studio cameras the word for a 45X zoom for 1/2 -inch As with cameras, lenses showed in- cameras. Canon president Jack Keyes The full-sized studio camera showscreased development in all categories. reported "tremendous acceptance" of no signs of disappearing, but new mod- An unusual entry came from Schwem the J45x9.5BIE lens and said several els were few and far between at thisTechnology, which staged a very con- orders had been signed at the show. The NAB. The major exception was vincing live demo of its new Gyrozoom lens has a focal range of 9.5-430 mm, Hitachi, which unveiled a new top -of -60/300 image -stabilized camera lens. plus a built-in 2X extender for a maxi- the -line, the SK -110D, marrying prov- Two ENG cameras, each equipped mum focal length of 860 mm. Maxi- en 110 technology with advances takenwith a Gyrozoom, were mounted on a mum aperture is f/1.7 out to 201 mm, from Hitachi's HDTV work. New fea-base that bounced up and down. With f/3.0 at 430 mm. It weighs in at 35 tures include: digital registration atone lens turned on and the other turned pounds. over 400 points in the picture; real-timeoff, the video from the cameras was Canon's new J8x6B super wide an- registration correction during zoom anddisplayed on side -by -side monitors. gle lens, another big attraction, pro- focus to compensate for chromaticThe stabilized image was absolutely vides a whopping 72.5 -degree horizon- abberations in the lens (using follow steady; on a tight, close -in zoom, it tal field of view at its widest position, pots on the lens to track zoom and fo-shook a little, but far less than the 6 mm. The company also introduced the cus); and a heat sensor in the prism tononstabilized image.In addition, J14x8B ENG lens, with maximum ap- correct registration errors due to heat Schwem showed a videotape of a bicy- erture of f/ I .7 and built-in extender. 40 BM/E JUNE, 1985 OnaRank Telecine you canplay it again Making the successful trans- capital and running costs; solid- The flying -spot Mk IIIC brings ition from the film medium has state scanning with innovative the ultimate post -production been our business since Sam electronic dirt and scratch power to all types and played it for Bogie the first time concealment. conditions of film for all tv around. 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kRank Cintel Circle 123 on Reader Service Card The World leader in telecine Sales and Service: Rank Precision Industries Inc, For sales literature only. 260 North Route 303, West Nyack, New York 10094 13340 Saticoy Street, North Hollywood. CA 91605 411 East Jarvis Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018 Telephone: (914) 353 1914 Contact: David Fenton Telephone: (818) 765 7265Contact:Neil Kempt Telephone (312) 297 7720ContactClaire Brogni According to Keyes, Canon received stead of gears. The new lenses also many requests for post -show evalua- share improved internal hood sound- tion of its new shutter speed attachment proofing, recessed hood handles, and for Super Slow Mo and similar digital readout of iris position, range systems. extender position, and diascope loca- While Canon may have had the tion. In addition, they have an internal longest long lens, Fujinon had the heater to maintain normal operating fastest: an f/1.2 version of its temperature when not in use, a three - A44x9.5ESM 44X zoom for 1/2 -inch lamp diascope, and a new one -person cameras. The maximum aperture is flat carrying case. to 247 mm. The lens was also intro- The models in the new series include duced in an f/1.4 version that weighs a 25x8.5 HP lens for EFP CCD camer- just 14.6 kg, as opposed to the f/1.2as; a 24x10 HP lens for 2/3 -inch EFP The Schneider 14.5x 13 studio lens. version's 25 kg. Both lenses have a ba- cameras such as the LDK 26, SK -970, sic zoom range of 9.5-420 mm and and BVP-360; 15x13 HP and I8x12.5 8.5-150mm focal range and f/1.4 max- built-in 2X extender, standard auto iris, HP lenses for one -inch studio cameras; imum aperture. and optional full servo control. and 15.17 HP and 18x16.5 HP lenses Tamron added two new models to its Other news from Fujinon included a for 11/4 -inch studio cameras. line of ENG/EFP lenses: a 12X and a new 16X ENG zoom with wide angle of Schneider also covered a range of I4X zoom, each with fast maximum 9.5 mm and maximum aperture ofpickup formats with its new 14.5X aperture of f/1.6. The 12X has a focal f/1.8; a new 20X studio zoom for 1 zoom lens, which is available for range of 9.5-114 mm and built-in 2X 1/4 -inch cameras featuring the same 1/2 -inch, one -inch, and 11/4 -inch camer- extender; the 14X, with a range of "two -door" design as last year's 17X as from Philips,Ikegami, Sony, 9-126 mm, transmits more than 25 per- studio lens; and a pair of lenses de- Hitachi, RCA, Thomson, and Bosch. It cent more light than comparable lenses, signed for teleconferencing. features built-in 2X extender, wide an- according to Tamron, and has an espe- Angenieux unveiled a whole new gle of view, short MOD, low distor- cially high transmittance ratio for blue generation of lenses for all pickup tube tion, high MTF, and optional diascope. light.It also has a macro focusing sizes,featuring totally redesigned Another new Schneider lens was a 17X feature. zoom and servo controls using belts in- zoom for2/3 -inch cameras, with Century Precision expanded its line of useful lens accessories with a wide angle adapter set that increases angle of view 30 to 50 percent. It lists for $595. A new low angle prism for film and video cameras is, according to Century, APRIL1985,LAS VEGAS-ROH introduces the first of its kind to allow the use of several new audio products at the NAB: extreme wide angle lenses (as wide as 16 mm) without vignetting. Price is $6000. Century also unveiled its latest Half -rack audio line monitors for periscope lens, the V16, for 2/3 -inch side -by -side mounting with Tektronix- video and 16 mm film cameras, at 1750/1740/1710B/528A or Leader equivalent $2950. instruments. Amperex addressed the growing interest in solid-state imaging with the introduction of two TV -quality frame transfer CCDs, the NXA1010 mono- Pre -wired modular audio mainframe chrome chip with 420 -line resolution systems and accessories for portable, ENG and the NXA1020 color chip with over and larger facility requirements. (A cost 300 lines of resolution. The company effective alternative to HAND -wired systems.) has hardly given up on tubes, however, and unveiled three new2/3 -inch Plumbicons: the XQ4187 high -stability diode gun tube, the XQ3457 diode gun tube with a length of only 85 mm, and Low cost ICM/PL system using mic cable the economical XQ3467 Plumbicon, for interconnection. Larger, pre -wired ICM/PL which sells for less than $1000. systems for mobile and studio applications EEV showed its mixed field and hy- are also available. brid Leddicons, including the new P8474 2/3 -inch mixed field Leddicon. A brand-new entry was the P8164 hybrid Leddicon for the Hitachi FP -22, JVC For more details, contact Jerry Levy, KY -320E, and similar cameras, with IRIIIII Corporation, 3603 Clearview Place production expected to begin in Sep- NE, Atlanta, GA 30340. (404) 455-7940. tember. EEV also introduced a pair of new 30 mm diode gun Leddicons, the P8454 Series and the P8455. Circle 124 on Reader Service Card 42 BM EJUNE, 1985 When the action begins, HGX PRO performs.

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CANON STUDIO and OUTDOOR BROADCAST TV LENSES. Canon lenses are the mainstay of network and independent television production studios and outdoor broadcast applications. Each is designed to deliver optimum performance indoors or out, in daylight or stadium illumination. Compare focal lengths, PV40x13.5B1E or 0mm and 25mm cameras. P18x15BIE for 30mm and 25mn, cameras. maximum relative apertures The Olympian-proven at the 1984 Olympic The Widest-a very wide 60° ar gle of view and features and you'll know Games, its 40X reach is perfect for sports and plus incredible edge -to -edge sharpness, all outdoor broadcast operatic ns. fidelity and sensitivity. Supplied with 1.5X and why Canon is the right choice Focal length: 13.5-540mm (27-1083mm w/built-in extender) 2X built-in extenders plus patter 1 projector. for 30mm, 25mm and 2/3" Max. Relative Aperture': 1:1.7 through 270mm Focal length: 15-270mm (30-540mm w/2X extender) 25mrn format 1:2.8 at 5.40mm Max. Relative Aperture*: 1:2.1 throuc h 218mm cameras. 25mrn formal 1:2.7 at 27C mm

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Editor, pro- nels. duction switcher, digital effects unit, Also new from Abekas is a mini con- art/graphics system, still store, charac- trol panel for the effects system-four ter generator, etc. inches high by 8.5 inches wide. The In the intervening years there have, new panel, which fits into the accessory of course, been any number of solu- slot available on most production tions to the interface problem-some, True 3D perspective created on MCl/ switchers, offers most of the control especially thosefortheeditor/ Quantel Paintbox. capabilities found on the full-sized production switcher/digital effects sys- panel. temlinkupadvancedbythe more -astonishing capabilities of the NEC's DVE has undergone a major manufacturers, others suggested on a Morph software package for Mirage. transformation during the past year, more ad hoc basis by stations and facili- Morph is a menu -prompted software and is now the DVE System 10. Based ties that needed to create more powerful addition to the Mirage composition sta- on 16 -bit processing (the previous DVE graphics studios. In the past few years, tion that allows the creation of new Mi- was an eight -bit system), only half the however, various SMPTE standards rage shapes by even the most size of a combined E-Flex/Optiflex have, indeed, finally given the industry computer -ignorant operator. You sim- a common goal to work towards-a ply answer a few questions in response studio in which analog component and to the menu prompts, and the machine digital component processing networks creates a wireframe solid model which are together, communicating over a can then be animated and mapped with Pk SI 1111 401. 0 ''-.- enen MIMI *Alla common digital interface. And the in- a video image. The Morph solids mod- ii " a WA IF4 1111M1, dustry, for the first time, is beginning to eling program was first shown at the rim _ITIlkia_me i`_. .aillilk see its way clear of the digital black box winter SMPTE. Since then, it has been era into a time when the all -digital stu- provided with even more amazing ef- _...."_ vow immg dio, with A/D and D/A conversion only fects, such as a "tiles" program. The Vw .W.\ as the first and last steps, can actually menu asks for the general size of the be achieved. tiles, their perspective, and how they One of the main contributors to this will move. When mapped with video, New E -Flex System 10 from NEC. movement continues to be MCl/ which, of course, can be live, the image Quantel, whose booth theme this year flies apart, or falls together, or moves package, the new unit nonetheless offers was, indeed, "step closer to the digital about with the pieces of the video im- not only traditional NEC DVE studio." In terms of digital effects, this age flying around on the individual hallmarks -3D rotation and perspec- meant for Quantel to tie together both "tile" elements-that can be as small tive,keytracking,cropping, multiple Encore effects channels, and as a single pixel, A similar set of Morph programmable memory, mosaic tiles, Mirages, and Paintboxes, up to a total effects are generated through a "slats" posterization, etc.-but also some of 16. Quantel calls the setup an elec- program which creates variations on a brand-new effects and features. For tronic network, and it allows a facility venetian blind theme. one thing, the operator can program a with multiple processors to either split Abekas is a young, innovative com- virtually unlimited number of key them off into individual control rooms pany with its eye on being able to sup- frames in a real-time effect, insuring and studios, or to combine them into a ply the industry with a range of digital transitions as smooth as the operator single room when necessary. The units products which can ultimately be tied wants to make them. interface through the Mirage/Encore together as components of a digital stu- But while real-time effects continue floating viewpoint controller, which, dio. One of the most successful of its to be a major emphasis in the system, besides offering the ability to manipu- products has been the A52 digital video there is increasing importance being late a 3D image in true 3D space, also effects system, shown this year for the placed on off-line, production -oriented allows the control of all Encores and first time with a dual -channel capacity. effects. System 10 contains a small Mirages assigned to it in the network. The effects system can now be config- CRT display panel which provides con- The other big development in the ured with up to four control panels and tinuously updated information about Quantel effects system is the ever - two channels, and a simple assignment the status of the effect-size, position,

BM/E JUNE, 1985 47 etc. And by using the display as a refer- the basic ADO plus the ADO channel though it can be expanded up to four ence, it is possible to make changes in combiner. Using a 3D priority system, channels. Other options include Digi- the effect by reprogramming the num- Infinity keeps track of the x, y, and z matte, the digital keying system for bers, precisely adjusting the duration or coordinates of objects or rasters in the creating key follows. One of the 2000's the appearance to conform with pro- effect sequence, and gives the operator most significant advantages comes duction requirements. The parameters independent control of all three axes. when it is interfaced with the Ampex for custom effects such as these can be Thus, in addition to being able to pass AVC switcher. The first effects system stored on a new NEC 3.5 -inch mini - objects and rasters in front of and be- which is truly integrated with switcher floppy disk drive. When loaded back hind one another-a common effect- operations, once the interface is per- into the system, soft function keys are Infinity can pass them through one formed, every one of ADO' s effects automatically set up to execute theanother. The effect is breathtaking, can be controlled through the AVC's effect. particularly when the effect is done M/Es. Indeed, the control panel of the The price for the basic package with four channels of ADO, and one ADO need never be touched at all. (DVE, control panel, disk drives) is sees the planes slicing through one an- A brand-new digital effects system $79,000; a two -channel version is other simultaneously. from PYE-TVT also attracted consider- available for $150,000. (Ampex claimed that this hardware able attention-CVE, for component In any account of "most exciting and software addition to the combiner, video effects, although these compo- new development at the show," the which also gives the ability to create nents are digital and not the analog new Ampex ADO expansion must have swirls, variable -length decays, and so component scheme which has drawn so a top place. Actually, there are two ex- forth, was a "first" in the world of dig- much attention. The basic CVE, a two - tensions to the line-a low -end version ital effects. At the MCl/Quantel booth, channel system, costs $165,000, which in the form of ADO 2000, and the excit- however, a very similar pass -through includes its own digital mixer as well as ing new Infinity effect which requires effect was demonstrated with the En- chromakeyer, adaptive comb filter, and core. A Quantel spokesman pointed out memory presets. The system can be that Encore had always been capable of configured up to eight channels, how- the effect "although we never consid- ever, and contains an internal priority ered it particularly important before.") assignment facility making it easily Nobody quarreled with the concept adapted to large facility use. Besides of the ADO 2000, however, a lower - the obviously superior quality of the cost version of ADO designed specifi- 4:2:2 13.5 MHz sampling, the CVE has cally for broadcast, on -air applications. a host of effects-including rotation, While preserving the basic architecture perspective, decay, and "ooze," as and signal quality of the regular ADO, well as all standard digital effects- the 2000 provides for 30 regularly -used packed into an elegantly small produc- digital effects which can be activated tion package. with either one or two keystrokes- Shintron, which this year introduced making it quite simple for use in an on - a new 12 -input version of its compo- Four -channel ADO effect using new air environment. The basic 2000 comes nent video switcher, also unveiled Infinity effects package. configured with a single channel, al - Andromeda 3000a brand-new component -basedframesynchronizer/ digital effects system. The unit is based on a newly -developed frame grabber, SWIFT, which stores each image in three separate memory planes for the three component signals. Resolution is 765 x 508 pixels per plane, eight bits deep. Effects include freeze, slide, flip, tumble,posterization,compression, and key output generation. Once interfaced with the component switcher, all effects can be controlled through the switcher's control panel. Meanwhile, Harris continues to market the HVE video effects processor, manufactured for Harris by Toshiba in Japan. The exclusivity period has apparently expired, and Toshiba is once again free to market its special effects product in the U.S.-although there was no sign of it at the booth. Chroma Digital Systems, which recently named Lyle Keys of Utah Sci- entific toits Board of Directors, announced it has delivered 80 of its NewADO 2000 effects system, designed for on -air applications. Chromafex 766 frame synchronizer/

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Circle 127 on Reader Service Card infinite -window TBC/digital effects units, priced at $14,750. A somewhat similar approach is taken by For -A with the FA -440 low- cost($8950)digitalTBC/effects processor.Eight -bitcomponent encoding is used to generate an exceptionally transparent image, while the repertoire of effects includes quarter - size compression with five positions, negative and posterization effects, mosaics, and mirroring. The unit includes a built-in keyer. There was also major product development in Ultimatte's product line. Ultimatte-5 is the latest -generation "big brother" system, pricedat $25,000. New features of the digitally - based compositing system are its ability to be remotely controlled, over single coax connection, from four different control panels; analog component input; dynamic background matte tracking as color varies slightly from wall to ceiling to floor; memory presets; choice Demonstration of ACT -1 controller for Microtime Genesis effects processor. of soft or hard windows, which can also be used to define a reverse window in Australia's Fairlight, testing the the background; and several other U.S. market for the first time, attracted features. considerable attention with its Comput- Newsmatte-2, the system designed er Video Instrument-a PAL- or for on -air use, is priced at $7500. It is NTSC-compatible video effects system also being marketed by Harris in con- with an integral field store, 4096 -color junction with the IRIS still store (see re- digitizer, 100 -event preset memory, port elsewhere). and self-contained chromakeyer and Although Paltex had begun showing matte/key generator. The interesting its digital video processor at last year's feature of the system is that, in addition SMPTE, its official introduction of to manipulating video, the system also Gemini was at NAB. The eight -bit, has extensive painting and graphics 4:2:2 component coded sampling archi- capabilities-that can either be used in tecture is used throughout the combina- conjunction with the video or else to tion dual -channel universal TBC/field create freehand images. A three -font store/four-input production switcher/ character generator is also included. digital effects processor to produce a The systems approach to effects and combination package for $28,000 (a graphics is also being taken by CEL, a dual-channel/dual-output versionis British company being marketed in the available for $31,000). Switcher and DSCIllusion effects system still store U.S. by James Grunder & Assoc. digital effects include pushes, reveals, option. Building blocks in the system consist of dissolves, freezes, strobes, mosaic the P147-20 TBC/framestore syn- tiles, posterization, inversion, and polated animation sequence; routing chronizer/effects generator with fea- more, with joystick positioning. Ef- switcher interface so that as a picture is tures such as colorizing, pixelation, fects can be controlled manually, or ac- flipped the next image is automatically posterization, and so forth; the P148 ef- tivated remotely by an editor or available-the equivalent of a dual - fects controller for the TBC/synchron- remote -control panel up to 300 feet. channel effect; and off-line storage ofizer for effects such as zooms, flips, Paltex reports shipments of 25 Gemini effects setups. ACT -1 can function tumbles, montage, and bordering; the units since March in the U.S. alone, either manually or automatically, with P169V 8x4 digitally -controlled routing with 500 delivered worldwide. either real-time or production -pro- switcher; the P147-12 NTSC/PAL From Microtime, there is a new grammed effects. Cost of Genesis 1 is standards converter; and P154 dual - ACT -1(artistic control terminal) for $29,990. Genesis 1with ACT -1 will camera multiplexer which works in the Genesis 1 special effects system. sell for 527,990. Microtime announced conjunction wth the TBC/synchron- The new control panel is designed to of- that, since December, over 100 Gene- izer. fer greater control capabilities over sis units have been shipped. Graham-Patten's 1231 standalone Genesis effects, such as joystick posi- DSC showed its Illusion system in adownstream keyer, handling up to six tioning. ACT -1also allows frame - multichannel configuration. Also intro- key signals and intended for direct in- accurate specification of effect length; duced was a still store option for the ef-terface with a video editing system, the creation of keyframes for an inter - fects system-see description below. was also on display. so BM/E JUNE, 1985 QUANTEL Ultimate effects power at your fingertips

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Central Dynamics Ltd., 147 Hymus Blvd., Pointe Claire, 'Quebec, Canada H9R 1G1 (514) 697-0811 Tlx: 05-821506 Twx: 610-422-3906 New York (914) 592-5440 Chicago (312) 864-6045 Los Angeles (818) 766-8184 Texas (214) 894-6303 Atlanta (404) 633-2100 Washington, DC (301)258-7676 Toronto (416) 283-9755 copying and moving windowed portions of the image, and so forth. Digital Graphics and Text Again, Quanta is looking for the total systems approach to graphics, and of- Explore the Options fers simple interface to its Q8 and other character generators. To complete the For a station or facility looking for a system, a 256 -level digitizer is availa- digital graphics system-either two- ble, as is a 53 Mb fixed disk to supple- dimensionalpaintingorthree- ment the 3.5 -inch mini floppy drives dimensional solids modeling and which come as standard hardware. manipulation, or both-NAB was the And then there is Dubner, whose re- right place. There were occasional cent acquisition by the Grass Valley grumblings that the National Computer Group appears to have resulted in a re- Graphics Association (NCGA) had surgence of new product development. scheduled its Dallas show concurrently Dubner has two brand-new digital paint with NAB, forcing some manufactur- systems scheduled to begin delivery ers to split their energies. But those later this year-the DPS-1 NTSC ver- who decided on NAB found interest sion ($20,000), and the DPS-2 compo- among broadcasters has never been nent version ($50,00). Both include higher. standard features such as a real-time That is just as well. For once again, frame grabber, a wide range of brushes there are almost literally dozens of (from solid to airbrush and transparent, manufacturers in the field, each vying color cycle animation), and full graph- for a relatively small niche in the station ics functions (text, automatic shape and facility market. But at least the plotter, cut and paste, and so forth). market is growing, and so even new- The component system also offers two - comers may find a place. plane cut and paste, key over live Several new entrants are already - NewChyron digital paintingsystem. video, and 3D modeling and manipula- familiar names from other product tion-similar to features found on the lines. Harris, for example, which has assisted drawing with automatic func- CBG-2. made some intelligent marketing agree- tions such as circle and rectangle The paint systems, in fact, arose out ments with companies such as Chyron drawing. Area fill is included, as is a of work on The Third Plane, a high - (a character generator option for the layout grid which can be used to posi- resolution still store option for the IRIS still store), Toshiba (the HVE dig- tion images, and a 16x magnification CBG-2--a $12,000 add-on that re- ital effects system), and DSC (a digital feature. Optional is a 256 -level camera - places the current CBG digitizer which matting system), has now gone into based digitizer for capturing black -and - records and plays back NTSC images partnership with Aurora. Harris will be white images which can be subsequent- from a standard CBG disk. The price the U.S. marketing agent for the brand- ly colorized. The basic system also includes the DPS- I paint program de- new Aurora AU/75 videographics sys- includes a keyer, which can be config- scribed above. tem,a graphics package which ured for either upstream or downstream Certainly one of the most significant incorporates many of the features of the operation. Also included, in addition to trends among digital paint systems is full-blown AU/750 system but is based the digitizing tablet and stylus, is a 10 the recent arrival of a whole new gener- around an IBM PC or compatible. Be- megabyte removable hard disk drive. ation of systems incorporating 24 -bit sides drawing and painting with menu Quanta, too, has come out with a framestores. With this much memory choices made from a unique icon menu, brand-new painting system, Quanta - available, each pixel in the display can and easy configuration into a multiuser paint, offering 256 colors displayable be set to any of 230,000 colors, mean- system, Aurora trademarks such as an out of over 16 million; resolution is 512 ing that full -color artwork can be cre- extremely well-defined real-time ani- x 512 pixels in NTSC, with a PAL ver- ated on the system or scanned in mation program and simple interface sion on the way. The product consists through a digitizer. Interestingly, two for frame -by -frame animation, are also primarily of a high -resolution graphics of the most active companies in the part of the new system. Harris will sell card designed for use with the PC and computer graphics world- Artronics the AU/75 together with the IRIS -C compatibles, with the card also sup- and Cromemco- are now battling it still store for under $100,000. plying sync, genlock, and encoding. out in the broadcast/teleproduction are- Another major new entrant into the The graphics software is as complete as na through two of the industry's most graphics area is Chyron, which this any on the market, and includes both important players, 3M and Color - year introduced Chameleon-a digital freehand drawing and painting as well Graphics respectively. paint system priced at only $12,000 in a as the "connect the lines" technique by The 24 -bit 3M/Artronics system, standalone package (rather than being which the computer will automatically variously called the Artron or the MFA, part of the Chyron IV/MGM line). Res- construct regular geometric forms once is an extension of the earlier BFA sys- olution is 768 x 482 pixels (768 x 582 in the operator has entered the points. tem, which used an eight -bit frame - PAL), with 256 colors displayable out There are also a large number of graph- store. The main difference, of course, of 4096.The systemoffersboth icsaids, such as cut -and -paste, is that the expanded system offers so freehand drawing and painting, with magnification, rubber -banding which much more in the way of color choices. user -definable brushes, or computer - allows a form to be "stretched out," There is also a color digitizer, and an

BM/E JUNE, 1985 55 The $17,000 system contains extensive text generation capabilities in addition to a full range of graphics processing techniques. Also of note is the arrival of Digital Techniques into the television market. The company, which manufactures its own microprocessor, based around the Intel 8088 16 -bit chip, has a graphics system which operates off of a pressure -sensitivetouchscreen. Combining both video and text/ graphics capabilities, the Touchcom system contains various modules such as an authoring language allowing the usertoestablishthegraphics 3M's MFA 24 -bit art graphics system. programming routines, video to pro -

animation stand/camerasetupis standard with the Artron package. Also available now from 3M is the Ani- Magic animation package, offering all three types of animation: color map lookup and plane -by -plane for real- time effects, and simple adaptation for frame -by -frame animations. The different types of animation can be combined in the same image to produce highly complex graphics, and they can also be combined with an automatic multiframe zoom and pan program. Part of a major effort on the part of the company to be recognized as a leader in the graphics market as well as newsroom computers, the ColorGraph- ics 24 -bit system, ArtStar II, is priced The ArtStar graphics system from ColorGraphics. at $94,900. Offering substantially the same range of color choices as the eight -panel cel animation and color cy- vide either RGB or NTSC, and the Artron-365,000 displayable from a cle animation of 20 areas simultaneous- graphics generator. All together, a sys- total palette of over 16 million-it also ly, each area with its own lookup table tem suitable for broadcast or produc- has special anti-aliasing filters deliv- and cycling speed. System output is tion will run around $10,000. ering the equivalent of 5000 lines ofNTSC or RGB. Of all the new products introduced in resolution from the 1024 x 1024 pixel A new low-cost graphics system was the graphics area this year, however, display. Since NTSC resolution is con- also shown at the United Media booth, perhaps none is as significant as siderably less, a 512 x 512 window is the SNV Group's Image Artist pack- Cubicomp's PictureMaker. Cubicomp, defined in the center of the 1024 x 1024 age. Color choice is 256 out of 16.7 a force in the computer graphics world array, with the remaining area used to million, while the software offers the for the past several years, has hired on a store graphics elements related to the complete range of features associated team of marketing people who know picture-the palette,special brushes, with modern drawing/painting pro- the television business inside -out, and elements used for animation, and sograms: user -defined brushes, NTSC/ PictureMaker proves it: a computer forth. Thus, when the picture is re- RGB/PAL output, integral black -and - graphics animation system for under called, the elements used to create it are white digitizer, a handy business $25,000-with full 3D modeling and also recalled. Extra space also allows graphics/chart package, and so forth. manipulation, over 65,000 colors on an image to be created larger than it will The system can be networked to pro- the screen at once, smooth -shaded sol- actually be seen, and the window vide for multiple users. ids, fractal surfaces, jaggy -free anti- moved across the larger image to create Symtec, which entered the market aliased curves and diagonals, extreme- scrolls and pans. last year with the PGS-III, this year in- lysimple operator interface-the Besidesthedigitalartworktroduced the Super Color version of its works! The system consists of capabilities, the system also has 99 professional graphics system. Utilizing Cubicomp's own 16 -bit framebuffer, fonts on-line internal, so images can be an IBM PC as its host computer and its NTSC or RGB compatible, together instantly captioned and titled. A internal 68000 16 -bit microprocessor with an interface for the IBM PC. worldwide map library is also standard. as its controller, the Symtec system Using the Cubicomp software on the ArtStar II also includes a camera -based provides 1024 on -screen colors from a PC, the operator or artist creates the colordigitizer,andextensivetotal palette of 16.7 million, and fea- models by answering simple menu - capabilities for animation, includingtures an internal 128 -level digitizer. prompted questions. The answers be -

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Circle 130 on Reader Sery ce Card major modifications. The addition of graphics modes, camera -based font/ logo compose, animation, and so forth have all pushed "character generator" far beyond its original use for writing titles and lower -third IDs. Now, however, there is a new movement afoot to create machines that will generateextremely -high -resolution characters but without the frills and graphics of the more expensive systems. This is the approach taken in Scribe, Chyron's brand-new ground- up -designed "text generator" (to distinguish it from the more traditional character generator). The system's most special feature is extremely high - quality lettering, achieved through hardware anti-aliasing that delivers Cubicomp's under -$25,000 PictureMaker 3D graphics. "print quality text" by using the equivalent of a framestore (Chyron won't, at come the model definition, stored on a a 68000 microprocessor controller and this point, quote a nanosecond or pixel PC disk. To render the model in the 15 separate microprocessors in a paral- resolution). The on -screen characters framebuffer and view it on the graphics lel, pipeline arrangement, has now are derived from a digital font library screen, the PC is used as a number reached its full maturity. All of the in- which contains small pieces of letters cruncher, and the results fed through credible 3D images provided by other each stored in a separate memory loca- the interface to the Cubicomp unit computer graphics systems, but not tion. When the latter is called up, its which performs the various viewing available for use in broadcast because individual lines and curves are assem- algorithms. the computer graphics companies do bled, and letter displayed in any size PictureMaker is not, of course, a not understand video, can now be from 10 scan lines to full screen. With real-time system. Once the basic model achieved on the 4000. The latest effect this arrangement, there is a virtually has been defined, and instructions pro- is the inclusion of a program for fractal unlimited choice of fonts. vided about how it is to be viewed, it landscapes-a technique which gener- Not only does the software help take can take up to two minutes per frame to ates forms based on the non -Euclidian care of anti-aliasing, but it also pro- output the results to the graphics screen fractal geometry invented about a dec- vides for extensive color capabilities- or to the animation -capable VTR. But ade ago. (The Bosch images wereup to 256 per screen. Colors are with a $25,000 piece of hardware shown in a magnificent theatrical pres- arranged eight character palettes of 32 (excluding the cost of the PC), the sta- entation using a GE Talaria projector to colors each, selected from a total of tionorfacilitycangenerate provide crystal-clear images on an 16.7 million. Background color can be professional -looking promos and IDs at eight -foot -wide projection screen.) set line -by-line, and a wide variety of least as good as those produced by the For those wishing to do it them- character edging styles are available. "big guys" who can charge as much as selves, at extremely low cost, there are Besides the basic channel, a second, $25,000 for a single spot. a number of new computer graphics pe- preview channel is also available-but Despite the inroads being made by ripherals on the market. Biflyx intro- without the anti-aliasing. Basic price the newer, lower -cost systems, ofduced a full -color digitizer board, will be around $25,000, although course, the market leader in digital art designed for installation in the IBM PC Scribe is still technically in prototype continues to be the MCl/Quantel Paint- or compatible. Image resolution is 256 stage. box. The product isstill undergoing x 256 pixels x 12 bits. Biflyx also intro- Meanwhile, Chyron also showed software updating, with this year reduced a high-speed color thermal print- several new features for the Chyron IV vealing an exciting new perspective oper for full -color hardcopy printouts. and RGU. The most important of these tion. True 3D manipulation of the New Media Graphics introduced PC- is a third, off-line entry channel for the Paintbox -created image is offered, al- GraphOver, a two -board set for the PC IV, making it possible to automatically lowing the image to be rotated in 3D or compatible. One board provides or manually add to preformatted pages space from menu prompts on the Paint- NTSC video, the other a full graphics while the main system is in operation, box screen, rather than having to pass overlay capability. The system thus al- then have the new data automatically the image through a digital effects lows the station artist to interact with formatted and displayed when the page system. the video, to add lettering, diagrams, is called to air. Chyron has also doubled There has also been considerable etc. the number of fonts per page to 12, new development in what many consid- As digital systems become capable added "2.5 -dimension" perspective er the state of the art in graphics anima- of more and more, and the difference (allowing 2D images to be "thick- tion systems, the Bosch FGS-4000. between one unit and another has pri- ened"intothree -dimensional - What started out several years ago as marily to do with which generation of appearing forms), and added true 3D one of the industry's first real-time ma- microprocessor is used and how theperspective rotation of images. The nipulatorsforthree-dimensional programming is written, ye olde char- RGU can now be interfaced with the polygon -based solid models, based on acter generator has undergone some Chyron font compose station.

58 BM/E JUNE, 1985 The Abekas A42 Video The A42 system offers fingertips, take hold of our feature- Slide Projector. an advanced combination of 51/4"packed Abekas A42. For details We revolutionized the digital Winchester disk drive and full contact: Abekas Video Systems, still store business in 1983 withbandwidth video processing. Inc., 353A Vintage Park Drive, our A42 Video Slide Projector. A42 features include: on-line Foster City, CA 94404. And we let you juggle over image storage expandable to 1050(415) a thousand images with cost- frames/2100 fields, adaptive 571-1711. effective ease. digital signal processing, superb But we haven't been multi -generation capability standing still when it comes for graphics composition, off- to this system. Now, the A42 line storage on 1/4" digital tape offers a new library system withcartridge, and single- or dual- alphanumeric search capa- channel configuration. bility, so you can find what you If you want a powerful Abekas need even faster. digital still store system at your Circle 131 on Reader Service Card Dubner, too, has added a text - control over the characters, which can intensive character generator to its line beindividuallymanipulated and -Texta, priced at $42 for a single - animated. channel system. Features include Quanta's new QCG-500, priced at extensive border and edging combina- $14,995 (including an encoder), with a tions, nine speeds of roll and crawl, second 3.5 -inch mini -floppy disk drive slow reveal, proportional spacing, di- extra, is a lower -cost version of the agonal typing, 3D drop shadows, etc. popular Q8, and based on the same A preview channel is available for an technology. The new system has fewer additional $500, while a fully encoded color choices (512), and is only availa- second channel puts the system price upble in a single -channel configuration. to $59,000. A major option is Dubner's But it can be connected with the dial -up weather system, placing the camera -based font compose, the Quan- user in communication with various ta paint system described earlier, or databases and then automatically Quanta's digital effects package. And formatting the maps and charts. like the Q8, it features Font Flex, al- While some character generator lowing any character from any font to manufacturers are just now getting into be instantly resized, extended or con- Alden live weather radar display. the video graphics area, Thomson-densed, and italicized either left or CSF, whose Vidifont Graphics V has right. Character resolution is 29 ns. The biggest news in weather systems already scored successes in the graph- In the $7000 range, there is the excit- at NAB is that Accu-Weather, already ics area, is returning to "basics" withing new Laird Model 1500 character the country's largest private weather a new, medium-priced (under $40,000) generator-a new -generation machine forecasting service, (over 200 radio and charactergenerator,ViditextII. which the company is confident will re- TV clients currently subscribe), has Incorporating much of the engineering gain market share lost with the earlier gone into the weather graphics busi- design that went into the Graphics V,Communicator models. The 1500 ness. Instead of a station relying on its and with options for upgrading the ba-boasts 35 ns character resolution, with art/graphics/character generator system sic package with animation effects such character height from 7-56 lines. The to take in the Accu-Weather data and as time sequential overlays, frame -by - basic system has 21 fonts (96 characters colorize and format it for air, the com- frame output, and so forth, Viditext II each), 16 of which can be used simulta- pany itself will now do the service for is basically a high -resolution character neously off a 3.5 -inch mini -floppy you-supplying over 50 weather generator. It uses the same font library disk. Text features include proportional charts and maps a day transmitted to the as Graphics V, now numbering almostspacing, forward and backward station in two to three minutes each 100, with eight fonts (106) charactersitalicizing, four degrees of drop shad- over high-speed modems. For a mini- on line at once. Backgrounds, com-ow and edging, over 65,000 colors mum commitment of 30 graphics a posed with 32 colors displayable out ofavailable for characters and back- month, the cost is only $2 per graphic 4096, can be created separately, or ground, auto centering, underlining, used. Custom maps and charts are linked together with multicolored text and so forth. Use of color for characters available at $2 each for a minimum faces. One of the system's main advan- and backgrounds requires an encoder, commitment of 80 graphics per month. tages is that it can be set up in a such as the $995 Laird 1030. WSI, too, has expanded its operation multichannel configuration, with chan- Mycrogen, still trying to determine if and is now offering the ASTRO-WX nels assigned to compose stations as there is a broadcast market for its prod- service for only $795 per month. The needed. Thus, in a large plant, those uct line, brought Ernie, a $4000 charac- automaticsatellitetransmission needing a second or even third channel ter generator with 70 ns resolution, two receive -only weather system allows the can be assigned temporary use of aresident fonts, eight character and station to receive the more then 400 channel which might otherwise be inac- background colors, and three -speed NWS maps and charts WSI will be tive. Besides high -resolution charac-roll and crawl. One possible applica- transmitting via satellite to ASTRO- ters, Viditext II also offers extensivetion is for emergency use, to generate WX two -foot receive dishes. The local text editing capabilities (centering, jus-"Please Stand By" or other messages subscriber's receiver, programmed to tification, tabbing, etc.), and extensivewhen the main studio is off the air. take in only those charts and maps display dynamics (rippling, flashing, needed by the station, feeds the data di- seven roll and crawl speeds, etc.). Weather systems rectly to a high-speed color printer Then there is Cypher, MCl/Quan- Interest in weather systems seems to which uses ordinary computer paper tel's ultra -sophisticated "caption gen-have reached an all-time high, as does and ribbons (no chart wrinkling or fad- erator." It is called a caption generator competition among the manufacturers ing). Thus, by using the satellite, most rather than a character generator (despite the fact that the market could of the problems with FAX circuits are "which it far transcends" according tonot support Beston/McInnis-Skinner. completely eliminated. Quantel's president, George Grasso. That company has gone out of busi- A brand-new company in the Now in full production, with the firstness, although Judy Skinner is now weather graphics business is Integrated unit delivered to NBC just weeks priorworking at the Jet Propulsion Lab,Technologies, headed by Anthony to NAB, Cypher's main feature is itsGeorge Elsisser is now at Fortel, and (Willard) Watts. Watts took the ideas print -quality characters, in an unlimit-several other members of the group are which had been developed at Vectrix ed number of sizes, with six fonts on-working for Astin, the British character and spun them off into a separate com- line and displayable together. It alsogenerator manufacturer. We wish them pany more familiar with the needs of features complete three-dimensionalall well.) broadcasters. The Whirlwind system

60 BM/E JUNE, 1985 The Abekas A62 Digital Our compact A62 Abekas A62 Digital Disk Disk Recorder. offers you fast, simple editing Recorder. For details contact: Now's the time to put your of anything. Simultaneous Abekas Video Systems, animation on a smoother, record/playback and the 353A Vintage Park Drive, faster track with the Abekas internal digital matting let Foster City, CA 94404. A62 Digital Disk Recorder. you create clean, multi - (415) 571-1711. Use our new single -frame layered images. The A62's editor for all the demanding random access capability, requirements of animation plus its ability to be controlled and video disk mastering by an editor, makes for fast that even the highest perfor- on-line editing. mance videotape recorder Become much more AbekasVont. Systems. Inc can't satisfy. animated fast with the new Circle 132 on Reader Service Card comes in several configurations, with single real-time precipitation image database access, weather map and from any of the RRWDS sites using an weather symbol library,digitizing auto dialer/modem supplied with the tablet, and the Vectrix two -card high - system. The image consists of up to six resolution graphics set for IBM- precipitation levels displayed in the compatible computers all packaged NWS colors, and a county/state or FAA with an AT or XT computer, or air route background. supplied as a set of boards that you can Also involved in the total system ap- install on your own computer. Price of proach is Kavouras, whose Triton line the AT version is less than $25,000 forms the basis for a total package including the computer itself. Graphics including Doppler radar displays, the capability of this system is superb- RAM satellite images, and RADAC with 512 colors out of over 16 million satellite system which provides displayable per screen, an internal weather data to subscriber stations 500 -frame still store and digitizer for Weather radar display on Kavouras without going through the National weather map animation, and 672 x 480 Triton hardware. Weather Service network. New from pixel resolution. The whole system fits the company this year is Image -Lock, a on a desktop. fern the unique advantage of allowing 64 -level digitizer which works in con- Another company just coming into the station access to either RRWDS ra- junction with the Triton graphics its own in the broadcast market is 3Mdar (the government -sponsored live processor to grab and store successive Stormscope, whose real-time detection weather radar displays distributed free weather images. By using a combina- system provides instant information on through National Weather Service cen- tion of an extensive RAM and disk stor- thunderstorms as far away as 220 ters), or satellite weather maps from age, long animation sequences can be miles. The WX-120 displays the data WSI and ESD/Accu-Weather, or both. acquired from the satellite and played on a circular display, indicating dis- The Alden system comes complete back at the touch of a button. tance away from the station. Numerical with the graphics terminal for ColorGraphics, too, is promoting the callouts also indicate the storm's status. displaying the images, enough RAM multiformat capabilities of its LiveLine As the storm moves closer, the system memory to permit capture of several IV system, which can be configured to automatically tracks it and determines successive images for animation ef- include the graphics processing of the its intensity, velocity of movement, fects, and the requisite modems and tel- ArtStar II described above. Capabili- and so forth. It is also equipped with an ephone interface to allow connection ties now include Doppler radar alarm which can be set to go off de- with whichever database the user displays, dial -up weather radar, WSI- pending onthestation's own chooses. supplied weather satellite and surface parameters. Alden also introduced the C2000M, weather access, the FLASH lightning Alden, meanwhile, is receiving great a low-cost color weather radar display strikedisplay, and several other interest in its C2000 system, which of - monitor. The unit receives and stores a features. Editing Excitement Continues The excitement and ferment in the vid- floppy disk. The user can program trig- single chassis and yet takes only about eo editing business that has marked the gers dynamically from the shuttle knob one -eighth the rack space of the previ- last two years shows no signs of or from the keyboard, and can also trig- ous IT2. abating-and if NAB '85 is any indica- ger speed changes-i.e. tell the system Hardman adds that CMX is now fo- tion, things are heating up even more. to go to a certain speed at a certain cusing on expanded control of the post - Especially in large and mid -sized sys- frame. Part of Dynamic Motion Memo- production suite. Because of its new tems, activity is intense, with introduc- ry is a "fit and fill" video expansion relationship with Chyron, the company tions abounding from both established scheme that will automatically fit video plans to offer control of some functions makers and mavericks. to specific time slots. of the Chyron IV from the CMX key- CMX, which made waves two years GISMO II (an acronym for ganged or board at an unspecified date later this ago with its innovative 3400 editor, has individual speed and motion option) year. The user -definable 3400- key- continued to refine the system and this features new software allowing remote board shown two years ago, by the year showed it in a new edition, the machine control, either parallel with way, has not been produced due to lack 3400A. Three major new features set the main keyboard or breakaway; the of market interest; it seems people are the 3400A apart from the 3400: Dy- original GISMO was just breakaway. just too satisfied with that good ol' namic Motion Memory, GISMO II, The expanded GPI now controls 16 CMX keyboard. and expanded GPI. relays as standard, expandable to 64, The new 330XL is a medium -scale According to CMX's Christinand has a one page Relay/Trigger editing system positioned above The Hardman, Dynamic Motion Memory is screen. According to Hardman, all Edge and just below the 340. It controls a unique feature that can match -frame these changes are made possible with a maximum of four VTRs and a switch- within an event at any speed. Up to six CMX's new multi IT2, also the basis er and offers many of the features of its machines can be controlled at any for the new 330XL editor. The multi larger siblings: eight -inch CMX floppy speed from -30 to + 90 fps, with all in- IT2 is a lower -cost intelligent interface disk drive, list management, auto as- formation going into the EDL and onto that allows four IT2s to be housed in a sembly, and more. Its keyboard is simi-

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Circle 133 on Reader Service Card lar to the 340 or 3400, but without the tier of special function keys at top. GPI and GISMO are available as options, and the system is totally upgradeable all the way to a 3400A. The basic package, including the 330XL keyboard and processor, three Its, switcher interface, and disk drive, comes to under $30,000. Stressing its theme, "CMX delivers," CMX promises to deliver both the 330XL and the 3400 in 35 to 40 days. The two new -age editing systems that caused such a stir at NAB '84, EditDroid and Montage, were back again, both with corporate and system changes. Montage, which had faced some hard times a few months ago, has been acquired by Interscope Invest- ments, Inc., of Los Angeles, which is heavily involved in motion picture and television production and development, and owns a controlling interest in Panavision. The new ownership is expected to provide a firmer economic base for Montage, along with new man- Now merged, the ISC/Grass Valley video editor. agement direction, including more R&D and a widened client base. Dom may then be identified on the system's from the editing keyboard. It also al- Saccacio has been named president and Electronic Logbook by digitized color lows a high degree of switcher control, chief executive officer; founder Ron sample frames, with eight displayable including setting and previewing Barker will work on "evaluating op- at one time. The system also interfaces events, with EDL storage of effect pa- portunities for new applications." fully with SoundDroid, the innovative rameters. Other ACE features shared Montage is presently marketing only audio editor/mixer introduced this year by ACER include multitasking, which its Picture Cutter system, introduced by The Droid Works. (For a full de- allows the editor to complete one chore last year at SMPTE and demonstrated scription of SoundDroid, see related while the user initiates another, and to steady audiences at the Hilton Center story on audio editing in this issue.) auto -assemble with lookahead, by in April. The system includes all the The basic EditDroid system controls which ACEIL lays down one edit while controls and most of the software of the four playback devices, a recorder, and readying the machine for the next, in- original Picture Processor, and in fact, a switching system, and can be expand- cluding preroll. The editor will work a user can specify all thePicture ed to control up to nine playback de- with VTRs of almost any format. The Processor's features with the single ex- vices, or more with additional planet basic keyboard -based system sells for ception of the top monitor bridge, controllers. According to The Droid $29,500; with the ACE touchscreen, which has been discontinued. Mon- Works, EditDroid's beta test period isthe price is $37,000. tage's characteristic14 -scene digital complete and regular product ship- Convergence Corp., long known for display remains unchanged, however. ments have begun. its small and mid -sized editors, has ex- The Picture Cutter starts at $125,000 Ampex brought its editing system panded its 200 Series with the introduc- and goes up to around $200,000 for a within the reach of smaller broadcasttion of the top -of -the -line 205, an fully loaded system; according to Mon- facilities with its introduction of the eight -VTR controller. With the 205, tage, over 22 systems have been sold so new ACER system, a smaller version the eight VTRs-which may be mixed far nationwide. of ACE that still runs full ACE among one -inch, 3/4 -inch, M -format, The corporate news about EditDroid software. Actually, almost the only dif- Betacam, or VHS-can be assigned as is that The Droid Works, until April a ference between the two systems is that source or record machines in any com- joint venture of Convergence Corp. and ACEII controls only four VTRs, plus a bination. (The company is presently Lucasfilm, has now emerged as a sepa- switcher. Ampex's intended market for working on an interface for videodisc rate company. Its parents still retain ACER is as a supplemental off-line sys- players.) The system offers full auto as- ownership interest in it, however, and tem for larger post -production houses sembly with no operator intervention, the three companies will continue toor as an on-line editor for smaller and automatically selects the proper work closely together. Bob Doris ofapplications.Itis completely disk switcher crosspoints for source VTRs. Lucasfilm has become president andcompatible withthelarger ACE An external switcher may be controlled CEO of The Droid Works. and with CMX editors, allowing its from the editing console, with effect in- EditDroid's main new feature since eight -inch disks to be plugged into a formation entered into the EDL. The last year is an "electronic trimbin" that compatible on-line system for con- 205 has a 1000 -line EDL memory. allows the user to create an unlimitedforming. A particularly attractive fea- During an edit cycle, VTRs not in- number of groups of clips, with anyture is its direct interface to ADO, volved can be used for other functions, number of clips per group. These clipsallowing the ADO to be controlled such as layback recording, search,

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Circle 134 on Reader Service Card striping, or reviewing. Any current According to a spokesperson, the Sys- model in the 200 Series can be up- tem Four and Horizon's other graded to the 205, which is aimed at products-a machine control system high -end production houses and broad- and a transmitter remote -control and di- casters. Fully loaded, the 205 will sell 4 agnostic package-have been exten- for $40,000; deliveries are slated for sively tested at the Arlington TV the fall. stations. The other new entry from Conver- Like Convergence, Videomedia had gence was the 195, a low-cost A/B roll news at both the top and the bottom of editor with auto transitions, designed as the editing scale. At the top, the new a midway step between simple cuts - Magnum editor is a six -machine con- only editors and more advanced troller with dualeight -inch disk systems with multisource list manage- operating system with CMX transla- ment. The 195 allows manual effects, tion. Version 2 software allows block wipes, and dissolves on an external edit moves and provides the ability to switcher. It has a 50 -line edit memory delegate the record machine from the with limited list management, serial keyboard. The Magnum also has an I/O port for listing to memory storage initialization program that allows the devices, and the customer's choice of system to be configured to any of sever- three VTR interfaces. Optional "Edit - al switchers, letting the user change Power Packs" include the TCRG Pack, switchers easily if desired with no addi- which reads time code from three VTRs The brand-new Horizon video editing tional software. Standard features in- and generates drop or nondrop frame system. clude true A/B roll editing with serial time code; the Switcher Effects Pack, switcher interface, distributed intelli- which allows programmable control of store the information to the switcher; gence, software assignable transports, an external switcher with full effects execution of 20 E-MEM registers on animation, up to 250 separate lists with notation in the EDL; and the EDL pack, each of three M/Es; addressing of Mas- 250 events each, five GPSI interfaces, which increases the edit list memory to ter E-MEM register functions and of slow motion learn, dynamic four -field 200 lines and gives additional list man- the most -used fuctions on the DVE color framing, and many more. With agement and sequential auto -assembly E-MEM register; and auto -transition three VTR interfaces, the system sells capability. execution on each of three M/Es. for $25,000. The recent corporate marriage be- An entirely new mid -sized editing Also new from Videomedia was the tween Grass Valley Group and Interac- system was demonstrated by Horizon Eagle XR, latest in the Eagle line, a tive Systems Co. has deleted the ISC International, a newcomer to NAB as- low-cost editor available in a two - name from the editing roster, but added sociated with group owner Arlington machine, cuts -only version for $6500 a variety of new features., including Broadcast Group. The VE8-800 Sys- and in an A/B-roll version for $9000. (what else?) greatly expanded interface tem Four, a four -VTR controller, fea- The system features a 150 -event mem- with GVG's 300 and 100 production tures a similar keyboard and edit list to ory, built-in sync and black burst gen- switchers. A variety of new VTR serial the CMX 340 and is what the company erators, Micro-Loc or SMPTE time interfaces are offered, too, including calls "editor -compatible" with CMX, code, and a variety of other features. It control of the Ampex VPR-6 and ISC, Mach One editors. The system's is upgradeable to the Eagle I, II, or III. VPR-80, Sony BVW- 10/40 Betacam EDL, stored on an eight -inch disk Videomedia also introduced the recorders, and Hitachi HR -230 (dem- drive, is fully CMX compatible. In ad- VSIO, a compact computer that is onstrated at the Hitachi booth). Alsodition,the System Four has a slightly off the beaten track. It weighs new is the ability to control simultane- nonvolatile memory that allows the less than a pound and is designed to re- ously Ampex RS -422, Sony RS -422, user to turn the machine off at night ceive power directly from the device it and RS -232 protocol devices. without loading onto disk. Other fea- is to control. Suggested applications for Other new GVG editing system features include playback ripple, list track, the $750 device include: distributed in- tures include: APL (animation picture delete buffer, auto assemble, match lo- telligenttransport controllersfor lock), which forces the desired colorcate, slave VTRs, timer or user bits, editing systems; machine controllers frame of source tape material and is and list management. The editor is di- for sequencing devices; distributed in- standard with the System 51; and PEGS rectly interfaceable to Sony and Ampex telligence for station automation sys- multifunction tool, which stores varia- VTRs via RS -422, as well as to many tems; animation systems; automated blespeed programmed motion, switchers, including the GVG 100 and movie playback channels; and more. E-MEM functions, GPI contact clo- the Crosspoint Latch 6109/7209. Com- The Esprit editor, which Paltex un- sures, and command strings to auxilia- plete with printer, five-year warranty, veiled for the first time at SMPTE last ry devices such as the Dubner CBG-2and 850 -event edit list memory, the fall, made its NAB debut. This system or Texta. The exact configuration ofsystem sells for $19,200. replaces the old Datatron Vanguard and PEGS will vary with each editing sys- An unusual feature of the System offers a variety of new features. For ex- tem; current users will receive software Four is that it comes with either English ample, 10 user -definable soft keys al- updates. or Spanish -language text-important low the programming of 20 -keystroke The GVG-300 switcher control nowbecause the Phoenix -based Horizon is sequences, with all keystrokes dis- available with the editors includestargeting Latin America as an impor- played in English and storable on disk. storing of E-MEM register data in thetant market. The editor can also be All sources used are listed in the EDL, edit decision list, with the ability to re - supplied in German or French editions. with fourth and fifth VTRs and external

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Circle 135 on Reader Service Card eight -inch floppies. A typical system would cost $40,685, including the IBM PC; CED software, keyboard, and motion controller; eight -inch disk format option and eight -inch drive with cabinet; Panasonic monitor; Sony BVU-800 recorder and three Panasonic AG -6800 players with interface; upSC switcher,pulse DA, and audio oscillator. EECO's EMME system, introduced last year, was displayed again with both the Video Editing Workstation and the Cinemagraphic Workstation. The company announced sales of three EMME systems, as well as an OEM contract with RCA Broadcast Systems by which RCA will supply both EMME and the new IVES II editor as part of its own systems. Also new for EMME is an in- Computer -controlled switcher effects with Videomedia editor. terface for the Hitach HR -230 one -inch Type -C VTR. Interfaces for Ampex, sources automatically entered into over 60 percent of market sales in the Sony, and RCA VTRs are already comments. In addition, 20 "specialJapanese high -end post -production available. function cells" (SFCs) allow the editormarket. The EM -7100 is a compact The IVES II, latest in EECO's IVES to address external devices and system capable of A or A/B roll editing series, is intended primarily for indus- E-MEM registers; 10 SFCs can be used and control of four VTRs and a switch- trial applications and has a newly de- in any one event, and all pertinent in- er. It has VITC, drop frame or nondrop signed control panel and optional A/B formation is listed in the EDL. Other frame modes; optional nonvolatile roll capability with control of three new features include serial switcher memory; automatic color framing ref- VTRs and a special effects generator. It crosspoint reassignment, an "effects erence; a wide variety of switcher inter- offers SMPTE time code or control rehearse" function that allows switcher faces; optional 128 or 192 internal track editing, an internal routing and digital effects to be previewedevent storage; sync roll option for syn- switcher, programmable GPI, and an without rolling the VTRs, and new ded- chronization of up to four VTRs; and optional interface to the Edit Lister icated keyboard functions. intelligent machine interface with serial EDL management program for person- According to Paltex, all current seri- data transmission up to 1500 feet away. al computers. With the A/B roll option, al RS -422 VTRs and switchers haveA typical A/B roll system with three IVES II sells for under $9500; the basic been interfaced to Esprit and can beU-Matic interfaces,floppy disk, system is under $7000. controlled on a dedicated or distributed E-MEM interface, monitor, and pre- Edit Lister, featured by Comprehen- processing basis. view switcher would cost $30,050. sive Video Supply, is available for Ap- Paltex's smaller system, Edit -Star, An interesting application of the ple and IBM personal computers. It can also had new capabilities, particularly IBM PC or Compaq computers was store up to 995 events, reedit with rip- an edit list cleaning program that elimi- shown by Calaway Engineering, which ple, automatically clean lists, add post - nates overrecords and unused events. introduced software to turn either of the production notes, program effects, Edit -Star also has a new software inter- systems into a simple videotape editor. calculate time code in several modes, face port that allows it to interface to With the Compaq, the package results sort by record in time or event number, RS -422 serial -controlled VTRs and in a small -sized, portable editor. Called transmit lists directly to and from high- switchers, and to communicate with the the CED system, the package consists level on- and off-line editing systems, GVG 100's 16 E-MEM controls withof two printed circuit cards that can be offset source time codes, and transfer no additional GVG equipment. added to either computer, plus basic EDLs to a CMX-format diskette. Prices Paltex was also showing its ABR-1A editing software and an instruction range from $750 to $850, depending on editing system and Gemini digital vid- manual. Options include machine conversion, plus options. eo effects and switching system pack- trol, motion control, disk interchange, Laumic Co. once again showed its aged together as a "gourmet" editing and video or audio switching. CED portable CMX Edge edit system, com- system-just add VTRs and serve. The provides direct interface of Sony plete with three VTRs, TBC, efx, mon- two machines together offer A/B-roll BVW-10/40,BVU-800/820,and itors, and test equipment and available editing with dual TBCs, production BVH-2000 VTRs; interfaces are avail- for rental. The company also intro- switcher, and digital effects, all with an able for other machines. The user also duced Benchmark, an edit system integrated,desk -mountedcontrol can choose between Calaway's upSC evaluator consisting of three videotapes panel. cuts -only switcher or direct control of and an industry -standard EDL on flop- Elecon, a Japanese company looking the Graham -Patten 612 audio mixer py disk or paper tape. It tests the edit to duplicate its successes on home turfand/or GVG 100 production switcher. system for a variety of video and EDL here in the U.S., brought its EM -7100IBM PC can accept additional hard- parameters and is compatible with most SMPTE videotape editing system, ware and software that allow it to pro- popular editing systems, large and which the company says accounts forduce GVG- and CMX-compatiblesmall. Benchmark isavailable in sa BM/E JUNE, 1985 Small market stations can expect the performance/price ratio to make the SC -500 a solid investment!' David Hooge, Chief Engineer KEYC, Mankato, Minnesota Ikegami introduces the studio/field camera for users who want Ikegami quality at a modest price: the SC -500, Saticon IItube camera. Engineered to deliver a big return on a little investment, this self-contained viewfinder camera achieves excellent resolution by operating in the high voltage mode and can be used in a self- contained mode or controlled by a remote CCU (up to 300 meters using 13 mm cable). Standard automatic features designed to offer better performance and trouble -free operation include: Deflection Distortion Correction, Highlight Compression, Dynamic Focus and more. The SC -500 is the best value in its performance price class in the industry. For a complete demonstration of the SC -500 and other Ikegami cameras and monitors, contact us or visit your local Ikegami dealer. Ikegami

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'Saticon 4 is a registered trademark of Hitachi Ltd. Circle 136 on Reader Service Card 1/4 -inch and one -inch versions. livered to TSC Video, Nashville. master time code generator with ad- United Media showed enhanced ver- Bosch's FRP-60 color corrector was on vanced slave decoding, and also con- sions of its Commander II and Mini - display at NAB, but minus luminancetains a character generator to display Comm video editing systems. control due to a patent dispute in thesimultaneously both time and user bit PEP, primarily a power company, color correction industry. characters. It will transmit in three ba- has moved into video editing with the The Marconi CCD telecine was onsic modes-NTSC 30 -frame, PAL introduction of an interface that allows view at the A.F. Associates booth. 25 -frame, and film 24-frame-in the an editor to edit VHS tape directly onto Ikegami, which has made telecineabsence of sync using an internal crys- a Sony U-Matic edit controller. The cameras for several years, this yeartal source, and offers a choice between company's NAB demonstration showed a complete telecine system SMPTE frame rate code or Gray field showed the output from JVC and consisting of the TKC-990 or TKC-970 code. Price is $3495. Panasonic half -inch VTRs going into a telecine cameras, the FPH-16 self - Gray's FC-142 counts film feet and Sony 3/4 -inch editing system. The de- threading 16 mm telecine projector, the frames from a film projector or telecine vices eliminates the need to dub VHS SPR-35 professional 35 mm telecine to identify precisely all film frames in a up to 3/4 -inch, thereby saving a genera- slide projector, and the MPK-3V three- 3/2 scan transfer. It does this by insert- tion. Price is $1800. input, one -output optical multiplexer. ing information in a window dub for Finally, Centro Corp., famous for its Hubcom once again featured its completely field -accurate viewing. In- teleproduction vehicles but also a well - HCF-One telecine camera, a direct re-formation may be feet and frames or established builder of studio systems, placement for the TK-27, TK-28, or edge numbers and frames for either 16 introduced "The Editainer," an inte- PE -240 telecine cameras. or 35 mm. The FC-142 sells for $2995. grated standalone post -production sys- L -W International showed a new Amtel Systems introduced an inter- tem that can be installed in any multiplex system based on the Athenaesting item: ScriptEase, a software pro- 15 by 15 -foot room. Equipment includes 16 mm telecine projector. Besides thegram that turns a Radio Shack (Tandy) several Sony Betacam videocassette Athena, the system includes two 35Model 100 computer into a portable decks, an automated Graham -Patten mm slide projectors that can be pro-SMPTE time code reader and script/ 12 -input audio mixer, and a Grass Val- grammed for continuous operation and edit note keeper. It reads SMPTE code ley 1600-IXCV switcher, all controlled predetermined intervals, plus an optical to 10x play speed, forward and reverse. by a GVG/ISC editor. The turnkey sys- multiplexer with three inputs and an An eight -digit LCD display on the tem can be customized for individual Ikegami 730A camera (other cameras Model 100 includes drop/nondrop and users. An Editainer suite will be in- could be used). Including the camera, color/noncolor frameindications; stalled shortly at Paramount Pictures. the system sells for around $30,000. ScriptEase will freeze the display for Telecines, color correction The Athena 6000 professional filmquick logging of edit points. It will also chain projector was also shown. decode and display user bits. Interface The telecine field has shown few New from Magnasync/Moviola was is by standard audio cable, with no ad- radical developments over the past cou- the Plus Video module, which replaces ditional hardware or modifications to ple of years, but a prototype at the Rank the picture box from Moviola flatbedthe computer. The note keeper func- Cintel booth gave a hint of one possible film editors to allow simple, in-house tions include a real-time stopwatch, future direction. The Mk IIIHD, a high - film -to -videotape transfers. Including among others. definition version of Rank's popularcamera, the module sells for $4950. Datum's featured product was the Mk IIIC flying spot scanner, operates The Videola film -to -tape transfer sys- 5302 intelligent time processor, which on the 1125 -line, 60 -field standard and tem was also on view in 16 mm, 35 was offered for a reduced price at the features 20 MHz bandwidth and digital mm, and combination versions. show. The 5302 features color -framed RGB store. According to a spokesper- CorporateCommunications time code and a clean character inserter son, Rank displayed the HDTV Consultants had several new compo- for viewing time code in the video ras- telecine in order to demonstrate its abil- nent color correctors, including the ter.It conforms to RS -170A specs in ity to meet this sort of bandwidth re- Simplex IIXL, described as a complete NTSC and EBU 3079-E in PAL, and quirement, and also to test market "one light" color correction system for will change between reading or reaction to such a product. component video. Also shown was the generating NTSC or EBU standard time Rank also showed its new anti -SimplexI -C,for component orcode with the flip of a switch. Other weave film gate, first seen at SMPTE. encoded video, intended for small post- featured items included the 5300 intel- The ADS 1 multiplexed solid-state on - production facilities. The latest model ligent time processor, 5350 SMPTE air telecine, which has now been deliv- in CCC's The System line of color cor- time code generator, 5360 SMPTE ered to users, was also on view, along rectors, The System BM, is a three - reader, and 5370 SMPTE time code withthe Amigo scene -by -scenechannel system also designed for character generator, along with the line telecine programmer. component work. of VBI video data encoders and Bosch, which showed its FDL-60 Time code readers. CCD telecine with Varispeed, color Skotel enhanced its established prod- correction, and optional built-in digital With so many video tasks dependent uct line with the announcement that it gain reducer, announced a couple of upon time code, new products are al-has lowered prices since last year. A important U.S. sales at the show. ways to be expected in this area. No new time code monitor didn't make it to KBHK-TV, San Francisco, plans todisappointments at the Gray Engineer- NAB but was expected to be released use its FDL-60B2 for direct on -airing booth, where the DT -213 datawithin two weeks of the show's broadcasting of movies and syndicated transmitter and the FC-142 film closing. Visitors to Montreux should series, an unusual application for the counter/character generator made theirfind several new Skotel products there, device. Another FDL-60 has been de- debut. The DT -213 is designed as aaccording to a spokesperson.

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Since there is a continuum of technolo- At a Forte! hospitality suite, and gy from digital TBC to frame/field syn- carefully identified as "not a product chronizer to digital effects processor,quite yet," the company also showed and since most companies who makethe DP/G Corrector for differential digital TBCs almost always end up inphase/gain monitoring. The unit will the effects business (Microtime, Fortel, feature a diff. gain range of ± 15 per- and ADDA to name just three), it iscent, a phase range of ± 15 degrees, sometimes hard to separate one productand S/N of better than 60 dB. The unit New Vision Series low-cost TBC from consumes only 10 W of power. from another. There have been, ADDA. nonetheless, some major new develop- Both Sony and Ampex have been mentsindigital image processing, hard at work developing new TBCs to ADDA made several new TBC intro- which are reported separately here. accompany their VTRs. From Ampex, ductions, the most exciting of which Special effects developments are cov-there is the TBC-40, which works with was the first in the Vision Series-lowered elsewhere in this report. both Type -C and U-matic decks. cost TBCs based on eight -bit compo- Crosspoint Latch announced an ex-Sampling is eight -bit, 4 xfsc, and the nent processing. The first model, citing new concept in editing with its unit offers a 16 -line correction window designed for heterodyne -only use, is Model 8000 TBC, claimed to be the and built-in analog DOC and velcomp. priced at only $5850, and is compatible first single -channel TBC capable ofThe basic price of the TBC-40, config- with half- and 3/4 -inch VCRs (including locking two VTRs to one another forured to work with the VPR-80, is the BVU-820 with Dynamic Tracking). A/B roll editing. Thus it is possible, $8500. There is also a low-cost upgrade The unit contains a built-in DOC and with the 8000's virtual infinite window kit available, expanding the memory sync generator, yet is small and com- error correction, to have an edit suiteand therefore allowing the addition of pact enough for EFP applications. with only a single TBC. Its true capaci-some special effects capabilities such This NAB also marked the introduc- ty can be judged when watching the twoas still frame and slow motion. tion of ADDA's latest -generation VW source VTRs shuttling at high speed in TBC/synchronizer, the VW -3. One of opposite directions with a visible pic- its most important improvements over ture from each on the monitors. Deliv- its predecessors is the 58 dB S/N, plus eries are expected later this month, at its compact 1.75 -inch rack height de- $6995. sign. Other major features include infi- A major new product introduction is nite window TBC; frame or field the Fortel TBC32, which Forte! claims freeze; direct or heterodyne operation; will meet or exceed performance specs switch -selectable vertical blanking; of all other Type -C, 3/4-, and half -inch and DOC and velcomp. In heterodyne composite heterodyne TBCs- for only mode, the unit delivers better than 2.4 $13,000. What may well be the indus- MHz bandwidth, and has an adjustable try's most advanced digital TBC offers ± 200 nsec chrominance/luminance Plug-in TBC module for BVH VTRs from eight- or nine -bit digitizing at 14.3 delay. The VW -3 is priced at $14,500. Sony. MHz, with a 30 -line correction window ADDA also announced the delivery capable of handling the most difficult Sony's contribution is an exciting of its one -thousandth AC -20A TBC/ problems. With the nine -bit option, the new plug-in TBC card for the processor, priced at $8000. A new unit achieves a 60 dB S/N. Dynamic BVH-2000 and family-afull - TB -2 board now permits both hetero- tracking capability extends from -2 to function TBC with 16 -line correction dyne and direct processing. + 4 times play speed, with visible pic- window and Dynamic Tracking func- Steve Kreinik's nova systems, less ture to 50 times normal. Velcomp and tions for $9950, competitive with stan- than two -years -old, continues its care- DOC are also included. All this is pack- dard TBCs. Sampling is 4 xfsc with ful but definitely active expansion into aged into a small, compact size, ideal nine -bit resolution. The EKH-2150 the digital TBC market. The compa- for almost every application. performs Dynamic Tracking playback ny's nova 500, a direct color unit with In another major Fortel develop- from -1 to 3x play speed, with visible 32 -line correction window and full - ment, the company announced it has re- color during search up to 8x forward bandwidth signal handling, is already ceived a major order for video and reverse and black -and -white up to feature -for -featurethelowest -cost processors from General Electric, 50x normal. The most significant ad- TBC on the market. It has now been which will be installing them as part of vantage, of course, is the tremendous joined by the 490, which corrects heter- its Comband system. Comband com- reduction of power requirements, size, odyne signals, and the 510, which cor- bines two video signals into a single - and weight of the new plug-in card, rects both direct and heterodyne cable TV channel, and is expected to whose four LSI circuit boards operate signals. increase cable delivery capability in with far less power than the existing For -A introduced the FA -450, a areas where current channel capacity is standalone TBCs designed for the BVH component -based digital TBC which limited. VTRs. should find use in the increasing num-

BM/E JUNE, 1985 75 caption up to 128 characters long. Al- though the system used by ABC was black -and -white,abrand-new Videoplex product introduced at NAB this year displays 16 color signals, and is priced at $44,5000. Other Videoplex products are available for four, nine, or 13 monochrome images. Transimage, which last year began showing its TBC time sharing system (allowing entry of presets for audio and video for audio and video from four VTRs, with automatic switching to the preselected functions when the VTR is called into play) has now expanded the system by linking Transimage units together into systems that will support eight, 12, or 16 VTRs. Hotronic introduced the ADS -1 Full line of nova digital TBCs. TBC/frame synchronizer. An interesting concept isthe pixel -by -pixel ber of transcoding applications since it scheme to more everyday applications. dropout compensator. Also new was is compatible with all current half- and Leading the way here is the DPS-130 the AE61 TBC with color bar 3/4 -inch tape formats: RGB, YIQ, Y, Four -Matte, which accepts four syn- generator. R -Y, B -Y, Y/C dub, and NTSC on achronous NTSC signals and com- French company Matra, at its first fullcross -matrix basis.Eight -bit presses them into a single image which NAB, hadanexcitingframe encoding at 4:2:2 is used, producing an can be freeze -framed. Applications ofsynchronizer/digitalstandards infinite correction window. the $28,000 unit include simultaneous converter/color video processor combi- Fortel also had its FA -430 digital monitoring of competitive stations' sig- nation package. The system is PAL/ TBC with digital image processing, nals, reduction of monitor bank size in SECAM/NTSC compatible, and can compatible with both half- and 3/4 -inch large field production operations, re- also be equipped with multiformat VCRs. mote feed site monitoring, and so forth. encoder/decoders. An exciting new development in dig- DVS also continues to enjoy good sales Leitch had a new NTSC digital frame ital TBCs is the ICON from AEI of its Phaser V framestore synchroniz- processor, available in both two- and (Amherst Electronic Industries). ICON er, and DPS-103 digital TBC. four -field versions (no H shift in the is not so much a new TBC as a new in- The idea of displaying multiple sig- four -field model). Digital processing is telligent control for the AEI TBC-1- nals in the same raster was also demon- used throughout with RS -170A output an 8088 -based controller which allows strated by Videoplex, whose system and RS -232C port for remote control. every function of the TBC to be pro- was used by ABC during Olympics An adaptive video clamp is used for im- grammed using an 8088 -based comput- coverage last year to handle the mas- proved signal handling, while freeze er such as the IBM PC and compatibles. sive number of feeds coming into the field or frame capability is available The ICON comes equipped with abroadcast center. The Videoplex and can be remotely controlled. 1.5 -inch LCD video display built into multiplexer accepts 16 asynchronous Others with existing digital pro- the unit-the first TBC to be thus feeds and displays them in a checker- cessing products included Tektronix, equipped-providing continuous mon- board arrangement with each element Harris, MCl/Quantel, Microtime, and itoring of the unit's status, video, or 118 lines high. Each picture can have a NEC. graphics. ICON can also show TBC status, as well as waveform and vector displays, on the monitor screen of a PC. At this point, AEI is welcoming those with applications programs to write Producing in the software for the unit, which also has several expansion card slots permitting Component Environment new circuit boards to be simply in- As had been predicted byBMIEandence of mind on the part of SMPTE and stalled. Immediate plans are for AEI it- other industry watchers, the ability to others in the standards business, analog self to add freeze-frame capabilities, produce material in the analog compo- component and digital components will with more digital effects on the way. nent format is about to take off like be completely compatible-will, in The ICON/TBC-1 package is currently wildfire. Analog component technolo- fact, be able to talk with one another priced at $6950. gy -whether applied to on -air automa- over a common interface bus. A major force in the digital pro-tion systems or to signal processing There are, of course, still some cessing area, Digital Video Systems, (see reports elsewhere) is going to be pieces missing in theall -analog - has begun to apply some of the ad- the way to go for at least the next five to component -studio. But NAB demon- vanced technology developed for pro- 10 years. Eventually it may give way to strated that it is practically around the jects such as the B -MAC multiplexed digital recording and production; but corner. analogcomponenttransmission because of the forward -thinking pres- On a gigantic screen in its two-story

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Right now, Intergroup is working on consolidating and refining its existing New Grass Valley HDTV production switcher. product line -the 903 and 904 production switcher lines, event memory box, booth, Grass Valley projected the re- The new analog component switch- master control switchers, routing sults of its Model 100CV componenters join several that are already availa- switchers, wipe generators, keyers, production switcher-based on the ble. One of the most popular has proven etc. All Intergroup products are now of- same architecture and control panel as to be Shintron's, which this year was fered with a five-year limited warranty used in the standard Model 100. In a available in a brand-new 12 -input con- and a no -questions -asked 30 -day return word, the results were awesome. With figuration. Shintron's investment in the policy. But it is almost certain that the either RGB or Y, R -Y, B -Y inputs new component technology does not company will shortly begin exploring (eight total), the switcher produces ef- end there, however. Also brand-new new product development-especially fects with 10 basic wipe patterns andthis year is the Andromeda 3000 a in the automation area. Already it has six pattern modifiers that are the rival of component frame synchronizer/digital introduced a prototype of the 8001 any video production standard in cur- effects generator described in the ac- mini -master control switcher-a self- rent use. Besides its effects, the new companying report on effects. contained AFV design with eight inputs switcher features an auto transition (up Shintron also introduced DUBYC designed to be controlled by an external to 999 frames), a separate preview 392, a switcher/editor interface specifi- computer. Its compact size should not channel, serial interface, pulse regener- cally designed for the Y/C dub mode be confused with extremely good signal ator, and chromakeyer. Bordering is an signal. The new unit, based on the handling specs, including a timing lock option, as is the AMX100 post -Model 390 component production which eliminates the kinds of errors production audio mixer (see the mixers switcher, is a dual video channel found in many other MC switchers. and consoles section). Also optional is switcher with RS -422 editor interface. Another switcher company which Grass Valley's Key-Mem effects mem- It is thus possible to introduce effects has reorganized somewhat during the ory system, which stores the switcher into recorded tapes as they are being past year is Central Dynamics, now setup on an E2 PROM built into adubbed without having to enter the headed by president Peter Brackett. Al- key -shaped holder. The computer pe-color -under environment. though new product development has ripheral allows the user to simply insert Also new is the Crosspoint Latch been somewhat slowed during the past the key and automatically program theModel 6116 switcher. Four inputs are year while the company consolidates switcher within seconds. dedicated to analog component inputs and strengthens existing products in the Grass Valley is not alone, of course, (any type of component, including80 Series production switcher line, in pursuing the component switcherRGB) while three inputs are dedicated MC -990 master control switcher, market. For -A made the NAB debut ofto composite sources; the switcher can routing switchers, DAs, and various its CVM-500 component switcher, thus work in either component or com- other product lines, Central Dynamics priced at $17,900 with deliveriesposite. It has 32 wipe patterns, internal has a brand-new company logo. And scheduled to begin in September. The colorizer, border generator, and varia- with it goes a commitment to full, ac- six -input switcher which used Y, R -Y, ble soft edges. An RGB chromakeyer is tive support of existing and future B -Y processing, will accept all types ofoptional. Another important option is switching products. component inputs, with automaticthat the switcher can be controlled by But the real surprise from Grass Val- transcoding to its internal processingCrosspoint Latch's new 7209 computer ley, completely unexpected by most scheme. The fully -equipped switchercontroller, which allows the 6119 and (the CV switcher project had been includes a joystick positioner; back- its memory registers to be accessed di- known about for some time), was ground, border, and keyer colorizers; rectly by the Sony BVE-800 editor and GVG's showing of an experimental downstream keyer; and automatic ef-decision lister. HDTV production switcher, based on fect transition timer. A serial interface Serious competition for the standard the Model 300. Using a Wavelink for editor control, and an RGBModel 100 arose for the first time this fiberoptic feed to carry HDTV signals chromakeyer are also available. year in the form of the Ross Model 210 from the Sony to the GVG booth, the

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Abekas A62 digital disk recorder. Cfrcle 143 on Reader Service Card BM/EJUNE, 1985 79 experiment demonstrated that the II computer, an AFV audio switcher, tus monitor, a disk drive, and new three -channel RGB switcher can, in- and several others. boards for the Illusion electronics pack- deed, now be considered part of the JVC introduced the KM -12000, a age (no additional rack space is re- growing family of HDTV products. four-input/three-busswitcherwith quired). Capable of storing either fields On the more practical side for the chromakeyer and built-in genlock. The or frames, the system can be extended American broadcaster, Grass Valleyac/dc-powered low-cost system fea- to handle up to several thousand stills. also introduced Omni -Key, an en- tures six wipe patterns, an auto -take Recalled images can, of course, be ful- hancement product for the standard 300 button, allowing the preselection of lymanipulated with theIllusion switcher. The retrofit extends thenext cut, an eight -color color back- effects. keying capabilities of the 300 in fourground generator, and an integral RGB Harris had the IRIS -C, a compact areas. First, it provides a linear key chromakeyer. still store which fits into less than 24 mode on both the video keyer and title inches of rack space. The Harris/ keyer of each M/E, enabling key sig- Still stores, digital animation Aurora agreement has already been de- nals from various digital effects sys- Perhaps because of the sudden emer- scribed. Harris will now also market tems to make perfect transitionsgence of digitalrecordersfor the Newsmatte-2 as an option for the between background and key insertanimation-such as the Abekas andIRIS system, allowing high -quality with no edge degradation. There is a Quantelunits discussed below-chromakey mattes. key invert on each M/E. An external activity in the still store market appears MCl/Quantel featured the Lending key input can be associated with any to have slowed somewhat. Library, which digitizes and stores up primary video input plus any title video There were, of course, some new to 100,000 stills from either live input. Omni -Key also extends the Key- products. ADDA, which last year in- sources or other digital equipment (no Mem function to allow the chromakey troduced the ESP -II medium-priced A/D, D/A conversion), and allows level settings to be stored with the rest still store, this year had a single - users to put "private" designations on of the switcher setup. channel version available. The price is stills not yet ready for access by other In another switcher development, only $19,500 (including a frame grab- system users. ECHOlab showed the new SE -6, a ber), although the user must add his/her The Abekas A42 "video slide pro- $24,000 big brother to the SE -3 (the own disk drives for storage. To lowerjector" was shown with an exciting SE -3 can be upgraded to the larger the cost of storage, however, ADDA new library system. Without sacrif- unit). The SE -6 is a two-M/E, 12 -input has also introduced a new fixed diskicing speed, the library's search func- switcher with an extensive (2000 ef- drive, priced at $5500. It stores 200 tion will compare the operator's input fects and transitions) memory preset stills. with the titles and descriptions of stored system that allows simple front -panel DSC, which until now has been images word by word, and will gener- programmability and also full remote concentrating on the effects capabilities ate a list of stills even if the operator's control from a video editor (a two -wire of its Illusion digital effects system, input is abbreviated or misspelled. The serial interface). The switcher also has this year introduced a brand-new Illu- library works in conjunction with ex- several options, including RGB or sion still store option. Priced at under isting A42s, and all title and descriptive encoded chromakeyer, border genera- $14,000, the Frame File package information already entered instantly tor, off-line event storage on an Apple consists of a black -and -white CRT sta- becomes part of the library database. But it was the digital recorders which really stole the heart of the crowd. Their use is best explained by Junaid Sheikh, Abekas's 'VP of marketing, when referring to the production of the opening title sequence for Saturday Night Live by Charlex, New York. "It's a matting nightmare," explains Sheikh, "with layer upon layer upon layer of digital effects and graphics. Right now, so as to not lose generations each time an effect layer is added, they roll dozens of VTRs together in sync and live mix them onto a master. But with a digital recorder, that would become a thing of the past. Layers and layers of effects could be added using an internal matting system in combination with a digital effects/graphics system, so that the whole composite could be done with only a singe A/D and D/A conversion. "Video graphics can finally achieve the same complexity as optical effects for films. The film frame can show a matte painting of an alien planet with a AmpexAVC production switcher with ADO interface. model of a spaceship hovering over the

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Circle 146 on Reader Service Card Tape Inches Toward New Dimensions The half -inch and 1/4 -inch video formats may be newsmakers on the new equipment front, but tape sales and marketing provide a more accurate ar- biter of where the industry is at present. A look from that viewpoint makes it clear that 3/4 -inch and one -inch tape are still the industry standards. Tape manufacturers are especially bullish on one -inch tape, despite the half -inch challenge. This was evidenced at April's NAB convention by a spate of new one -inch tape introductions, including two by tape makers new to the one -inch field, Agfa- Gevaert and Maxell. In addition, long- awaited five- and 30 -minute half -inch cassettes appeared at NAB, answering the needs of the new multicassette automation systems. New configurations for Ampex 197 videocassettes. In an aggressive marketing stance, Maxell is pitting its new Master Broad- Although Ampex didn't introduce a minicassettes and 30- and 50 -minute cast CV Series one -inch tape against completely new one -inch tape, a cassettes. other makers' top tapes. The company spokesman for the company said the Eastman Kodak announced "sub- claims that its own tests have shown the 196 videotape shown at the show was stantially improved" coercivity (680 CV tape to have more consistent RF "totally different" from the 196 tape of oersteds) and retentivity (1300 gauss) output, higher chroma S/N, and fewer 18 months back due to continuing in its EB-930 broadcast and EP -930 dropouts than its competitors. Reels of R&D. Ampex emphasized 196's con- professional3/4 -inch videotapes. The 34, 66, and 96 minutes are expected to sistency and submitted it to a heat -and - tapes also have a new, dropout - be available this month; 126- andhumidity "torture test" whichit reducing back coating. The company, 157 -minute reels should be available in withstood with no dropouts and which also showed its one -inch and the fall. unimpaired RF output. Ampex's 197 half -inch tapes, is optimistic about its In contrast, Agfa made it clear that 3/4 -inch tape endured similar torture, in- prospects in the broadcast market. its new Broadcast Plus Type -C cluding repeated dropping, shuttling, In tape accessories, RTI introduced videotape was a prototype currently un- and long still framing, with similar the Tapechek 6120 one -inch evaluator/ dergoing field tests. Actual introduc- aplomb. Four new 197 configurations cleaner, which identifies tape defects at tion is slated for the fall. Although the include three five-minute cassettes and over 20 times play speed with color company has manufactured a Type -B a 45 -minute length for news editing and CRT display. It is also available in a videotape since the late '70s, this is its archiving. VHS version, Tapechek 320. first entry into the Type -C market. The Fuji stressed its four major lines of CMC unveiledthe Videomax tape will be "extremely competitive" broadcast videotape, including the TD -600, a high volume bulk eraser for with those of Fuji, 3M, and Sony, ac- H621 one -inch helical tape for B and C all audio and video formats, with deep cording to Agfa national marketing formats. Other featured Fuji tapes were erasure and choice of cycles. Garner In- manager Ken Wiedeman. H521 3/4 -inch videocassettes in two dustries displayedits high-energy, The main feature of Sony's new grades; H451 and H351 Super XG high-speed conveyer belt erasers for V 1-K Series one -inch tape is greatly re- broadcast -qualityhalf -inchcassettes one -inch C format videotape. duced head wear, achieved by several with new binder and new coating; and Featured by Elcon was its line of tape refinements:smallermagnetic H421/H321 Super HG half -inch cas- ceaner/profilers, including the EA 254 particles, a special new lubricant, a settes for ENG and EFP use. for one -inch tape and the EA 750 for new binder system, and a much New from 3M was a five-minute 3/4 -inch tape. smoother surface finish. The tape also Beta cassette for commercial playback Audico offered several new accesso- uses a refined back coating process for systems such as Betacart. The cassette ries: a tape length verifier for U-Matic, increased durability. According to a has a removable, reuseable record lock- VHS, and Beta cassette loaders; a cue - Sony spokesman, these improvements out tab. In addition, the company intro- tone video loader that allows a program have been managed with no loss in duced improved PB and PV half -inch to be recorded several times on a full- quality, especially of still -framing cassettes for ENG/EFP, with improved length cassette, then automatically characteristics. To its HG Series Beta oxide formulation, available in 10- and loaded into separate housings; and a line, Sony added cassettes with play 20 -minute lengths. A new 3/4 -inch cas- line of cassette labels. lengths of five and 30 minutes for sette, Master Broadcast MBR, has a Always on guard against dirty tapes, commercialsandfeature-length thicker, more durable backing and Allsop introduced new cleaners for programming. comesinfive-and 20 -minute U-Matic, VHS, and Beta formats.

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The STANTRON VIDEO CENTER series has Jeen designed primarily for production and post -production facilities The modular "add- on" features allow for maximum flexibility in designing console arrangements for professional, educatior al, industrial and communication VIDEO CENTERS "Designed -in" structural strength and aesthetic features, required by uses, is "standard equipment" for every STANTRON VIDEO CENTER unit. For a FREE copy of the STANTRON VIDEO CENTER CATALOG :200, please write or call. MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 9158VC No. Hollywood, CA 91609 U.S.A. Toll Free: 1-800-821-0019 Northern Calif. - Toll Free 1-800-821-0020 STANTRON Southern Calif. - Please call 1-213-875-0800 FACTORY TWX: 910-499-2177 11110 Corporation 6900-6918 Beck Ave. No. Hollywood, CA 91605 Production Essentials Head for the Field "Smart- has become the name of the where it analyzes it, gives an LED power game, judging by this year's readout to show status, drain, charge, power and battery equipment show- and history. A printer can be added. It ings. No longer limited to recharging charges fully ultrafast-15 to 20 min- batteries, smart chargers are program- utes, or fast -40 minutes to two hours, mable to charge fast, slow, in se- or slowly as per battery. It uses power quence, simultaneously and give a of 90 to 265 volts, 47 to 440 Hz, or it ,,-. history of the battey while they can work on an input of 12 to 28 V dc Christie CASP microprocessor -based recondition. with optional plug-in module. Cost charger. In battery belts, the trend is for long- $3800. er life, while battery packs, increasing- PAG America just started its own set charging parameters for many ly aimed at the ENG/EFP market, are marketing in the U.S. Brand-new from batteries for two to 12 amp hours, more portable than ever. PAG this year is Master Charger, a 10-14 V.Eight -channel sequencer is Christie introduced its smart char- "smart charger," which charges 2-12also microprocessor -controlled, and ger,CASP-charger,analyzer, amp hours, 10-14 V. An LED readoutchargesbatteriessequentially. sequencer and power supply. Christie four -channel status indicator shows the SpeedCharge costs $1095, and the has dubbed it "the sleuth" and gave out status of the battery. The charger can Sequencer $825. Sherlock Holmes hats to make its point. sequentially fast charge a four -amp 12 PAG also has a new Betacam bat- CASP charges any rechargeable bat- V in one hour, or switch to four - tery, 13.2V, providing four amp hours. tery with Christie's reflex charging, channelsimultaneously.Betacam Many NP -1 are 1.5 amp hours, so this handles up to six assorted batteries or NP -1 adapter is also available. can extend the life of the battery by 3x. power supply outlets, and is program- New in U.S. is PAG's SpeedCharge Price is $350. mable for each battery. It puts the bat- and Sequencer 6000. A microproc- Another smart charger at the show tery through a reconditioning cycle essor -controlled battery charger, it will was the Alexander Triplex Smart Char -

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JVC's experience-and lighting. High degree of success-in designing automation. An extensive the highest quality and selection of options and reliability into compact accessories combine to video production cam- make the ProCam 320 eras is unmatched. Now, suitable for both studio continuing this tradition production, EFP, or ENG; of high performance at or, indeed, to ary applica- an affordable price, JVC tion. anywhere, that calls has brought a "high - for top quality video pro- end" teleproduction duction while staying camera within the financial reach of pro- w thin a tight budget. duction people often victimized by mod- PROCAM TECHNICAL est budgets. This time, it's ProCam 320. SUPPORT. Your ProCam What a package! sales representative will SENSITIVITY. ProCam 320 features be happy to explain the three, 2/3" Plumbicon pick-up tubes for availability and calibre of incomparable picture quality. A refined the ProCam technical f/1.4 prism optics system provides hori- support program. zontal resolution of better than 600 lines For a demonstration of at center. A 2H vertical contour correction the ProCam 320 Video circuit further assures image clarity. And Camera, a 320 Spec minimum illumination measures only 38 Sheet, or JVC's complete lux (3.6 fc) at f/1.7, permitting shooting catalog, call, toll -free: even in limited or artificial light. A video S/N ratio of 57 dB. Color fram- 1-800-JVC-5825 ing output signal (RS -170A). A split field JVC Company of America color bar generator for consistent color Professional Video Division reference. A genlock circuit for maintain- 41 Slater Drive, ing a stable picture while switching or Elmwood Park, N.J. 07407 mixing with other signals locked JVC CANADA. on the same source. Scarborough, Ont. EASY OPERATION. Several 8 -bit data mem- rc 1984 JVC Company of America ProCam is a trademark of US JVC CORP. ory chips offer operator Plumbicon is a registered trademark of conveniences for quick North American Philips Corp. ** Saticon is a registered trademark of set-up and consistent Hitachi Denshi, Ltd. performance. These include: Auto centering, auto -black balance and auto -white balance, auto black level sta- bilization and auto beam control circuits. Matrix masking for true color reproduction and automatic protection for the pick-up tubes are a few of the many features standard on this new camera. VERSATILITY. Easy portability. Outstanding JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA performance in low-level Professional Video Division

Circle 150 on Reader Service Card ger, which uses a microprocessor to sense the full -charge point of a nicad battery, at which point it reduces its charge to a trickle. It works with up to three packs in the 12-14, four -volt range, fully charging each pack in less than two hours. In other power products, Anton/ Bauer introduced a new Mobile Fast Charger. A 12 volt nicad battery can be charged through a car battery, in one, eight, or 16 hours. A protection circuit disconnects the charger from the car battery if the voltage drops below 10.5 V dc. The charger accepts all Anton/ Bauer 12-14 V Snap -on and VTR nicad batteries. The price is $495. Anton/Bauer also has a new power pack, the LPS-4 linear power pack with snap -on mount to standard camera, powers camera and lights. It has four amps maximum continuous output, and New portable Light Kit from Anton/Bauer. weighs only slightly more than a four - amp -hour nicad battery. Price is $495. ble, miniature wall -type Micro Charger when one runs out of power, for camera Also new is the UltraKit, a complete and 50 watt, 12 V EYS dual-purposeand lights. The holder accepts two 12 V lighting system with the bulb, all housed in foam -fitted shipping snap -on Nicad batteries of any type in UltraLight Single the company intro- case. It is priced at $495. back-to-back configuration. Provides duced last year. It has a clip -on fast Also new from Anton/Bauer is a eight amp hours of continous power to a charge, 12 V four -amp -hour nicad bat- Dual Battery Holder, capable oftypical camera for about four hours. tery pack with belt clip and power ca - switching from one battery to another Price is $245.

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Circle 158 on Reader Servi:e Card New Generatinu UHFTransmitterstheof(60-120The the, latest _DM third kW) 1790Amperex generation UHF TelevisionSeries television compact is froma new transmitters. klystrons,Pye range M. Incorporatingof which high The power givefirst transmitters.tomore build power smaller from and smaller moreDE tubes. costsigned -elective Allowing specifically Pye toTVT suit United States sound.color.(CCIRrequ rements, They 'M') trans.mission are these suitable transmitters forstandardsPya stereo/multi-channel TVT comply iswith the NTSC transmitte-with FCC manufacturing center worldwtransmittersforprovenmanufacturing Philips, de. in with thewith 40field overexperience. years of 2000 UHF product installed television Success development in andhas74 countries FMbeen radio and

PHILIPS Reliability throu0i Quality PHILIPS ran the gamut this year from the very large to the very small. On one end, lighting equipment is offering more portability, and on the large end, more powerful lights for the greater emphasis on elaborate video productions such as music videos. Reflecting this trend toward powerful yet portable lighting for more complex productions, Arriflex introduced a new 12 kW HMI fresnel light, with same size head as Arri 6 kW. It is light and compact, made of ribbed aluminum, has a safety cutoff switch, and is specially designed for on -location ballasts. Also new are the Arrisun 5 and12 lighting fixtures, 575 Wand 1200 W respectively. These use new sealed - beam PAR lamps from Sylvania and Thorn. Thermoplastic housings rotate 360 degrees for precise positioning. The Arrisun 5 is $2325, and the Arrisun 12 is $2885. Mole -Richardson also showed sever- The first thing a discerning engineer wants from FM al new powerful lights: a new 650 W radio transmitters is outstanding technical quality - mini-softlight, 1000 W par light, a the- closely followed by reliability. Both virtues are inherent atrical -type light with long front end for in the Pye IVT family of FM radio transmitters - along color mounts, with a rear knob to turn with superb value for money. light beam, and toggle switch. Also a Their excellence is the culmination of 30 years' new are a 6000 W Molelectric dimmer, experience in transmitter production. Their low cost of ownership is the result of simplicity of design, a 2.4 kW light with Molelectric Dim- ensuring minimum maintenance requirement and the mer, a new 12 kW ac -dc, which elimi- high level of parts standardisation which reduces nates the hum that ac sometimes causes spares holdings. while it plus provides a longer lamp Six basic transmitters provide from 15 W to 20 kW life, and finally, an HMI mole solar output power, extendible to 40 kW. The 15 -100 W ARC spot light, in 12 kW or 6000 W drive is also ideally suited to OEM applications. They all meet or exceed the world's most exacting with a new lighter, smaller ballast for broadcast standards. each. New from LTM is the LT 500/1000

For further information use the circle nos or send the coupon to: set light, for key light, back light and special effects. Price is $332. PHILIPS TELEVISION SYSTEMS, INC. B&W introduced a new 8K softlight 903 Corporate Drive, PO Pox 618 Mahwah, New Jersey 07430, USA weighing 39 pounds for field or studio. Tel: 201-529-1550 Telex: 37-62558 Its major innovation is in cooling. Canada: Electra & Optical Systems Ltd, 31 Progress Court, Scarborough, Ontano, Canada M1G 3VS Tel: (416)439-9333 Telex: 065-25431 There is a horizontal mount system for grid, and a vertical mount for out in the field. There are latches for easy lamp 1 replacement, it's constructed from alu- Please send me further information on minum, and is priced at $1595. Also from B&W, is a double -track ro- UHF Television transmitters circle 152 tary switch which glides backdrop cur- FM Radio transmitters Circle 153 tains onto secondary track for easy background changes. It could be useful for chromakey curtains. Priced at $515. Comprehensive Video Supply intro- Name duced a whole new line of lighting Status equipment, a new field for them, and the new line includes versatile lights, Organization modular mounts and tailored kits, Address along with a new catalog. New entries include the rugged V-10/6 focusing spot- light, with either 600 or 1000 W lamps. Also MF-10 floodlight with a variety of lamps and accessories for both lights.

BM/E JUNE, 1985 95 Variable focusing VM-300 light, with flip -up accessory system for news and documentaries, allows use of diffusor, dichroic filter or unique reflex plate; and a nonfocusing M-250 uses mirror lamps for varying types of coverage. The new K-600 from Comprehensive is a 600 W focusing spot. In other new lighting products: Strand Century showed a new Shaulea 575 W HMI open-faced fixture and a new 12K HMI fresnel, also a new line of softlights. Keylight introduced its Modulight range of folding softlights. Kliegl showed newly designed fresnels with fast, precise -focusing that locks the lamp -holder. Lighting Methods had a new RD digital dimming system and PD portable dimmer packs. O'Connor's Model 100C fluid head. The Great American Market introduced ShowPlot, a computer -aided their existing lines of lighting and light- shooting can be done from a greater va- drafting software system for lighting ing support equipment. riety of angles. The system includes a design with voice command. Finally, not a light but a lighting set of gliding tracks, scissor -action sus- Alan Gordon Enterprises had new product, the Bowens Hi -Glide Lightpension units and related gear. lightweight HMI lamp heads and a new Track System was introduced by Bogen Cinemeter light meter. Photo Corp. It allows for easy push or Support And AVO Lights, Olesen, and Thea- pull -positioning of lights and reduces No major innovations in support ter Service and Supply all exhibited the amount of lighting support gear soequipment were evident at this year's

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Circle 160 on Reader Service Card 96 BM/E JUNE, 1985 Also new from Canon are two tri- The Cormorantspring -balanced pods, the TR-90 with 198 pound capac- head from Listec has EFP applications ity and TR-60 with 132 pound capacity. with 180 degree tilt, and can support The new Canon CD -10 tripod has a 198 four times its 22 pound weight. Listec's pound capacity, while the new SC -15 new 3201 ENG Tripod with spreader is Cam Head features 360 degree panningcapable of handling up to 45 pounds, capability with a number of accesso-and the 3257 Merlin Arm offers flexi- ries, including pan bars in various bility of movement from a height of up sizes. to nine feet via pan/tilt controls at rear Listecintroducedseveral new of arm. Vinten products. The Avocet ENG flu- Also new at the Listec booth was the id head is a lightweight unit with 1803741 Tern Pneumatic Pedastel, a mid- degree tilt, 140 degree pan, and 30sized pedastel featuring single column pound capacity. elevation, with steering control from

The MC -200Pedestalhighlights Canon's new supportline. show, but there are more offerings geared towards ENG/EFP, a general industrywide trend. This has meant greater portability and more lightweight support products. Along this line, O'Connor introduced a new Model 100C -HD heavy- duty fluid head, for studio and ENG/ EFP cameras with long lenses and prompters, supporting a total weight of OPEN THIS BOX up to 100 pounds. The head includes O'Connor side -loading platform and AND YOU'LL START handle which extends out to 26 inches and a wide choice of mounting bases. ANOTHER REVOLUTION. Also new from O'Connor are extendable handles and side -loading platform on 150-B fluid camera head. Introducing Aston 3, the number one In addition, O'Connor's Model 53 character generator in Europe. For resolu- dolly can now be used with any type of tripod.It has the special O'Connor - tion, versatility, flexibility, dependability developed inclined wheel. The company also introduced a new and ease of use, no CG, from any country, monitor side -mount for cameras. Mod- el 21 does not obstruct over -the -camera is any better, at any price. view, can be mounted on left or right side of camera and used with several Shipping crate included. different types of monitors, including color. Call or write us for details. The Aston 3 Also new from O'Connor this year are five sizes of molded cases, all new, just got off the ship from England. Don't to transport the complete O'Connor miss the boat. line. A new name in the out-and-out support field is Canon, who introduced an LONDON entire new support line. Two pedestals, the MC -200 which holds up to 286 eAston KANSAS pounds, and the MC -300 which holds ASTON ELECTRONICS INC.: 531 N. Murlen Rd. E. Olathe, KS 66062 up to 242 pounds each feature Canon's Telephone: (913) 782-4007 ASTON ELECTRONIC DESIGN LTD: 125 Deepcut Bridge Road Deepcut, Modular Cassette Counterbalance Camberley, Surrey, GU16 6SD, England Telephone: (0) 252 836221 Telex: 858813 (MCC)systemforlightweight maneuvering. Circle 236 on Reader Service Card BM/E JUNE, 1985 97 center ring. It has a 140 pound capaci- Also new from USS was the VB ty. Listec also showed the 3267 Pneu- 12PB boom package, with large black matic Full production pedastel, the aluminum tripod and 12 -foot boom in Hawk. Designed for ENG/EFP, it trav- three four -foot sections, plus 25 -pound els higher and lower than typical studio counterweight. pedestals, and also has a 140 pound ca- Innovative Television Equipment in- pacity. troduced its new 30 Series and 490 At the Karl Heitz booth, a wide array Series low-cost fluid heads, tripods, of new Gitzo equipment was intro- and dollies for ENG/EFP. Also new is duced. New are three mono -tripods the H100 camera head and H17 ENG/ with incorporated monopods. The 122 EFP fluid head and PIA pneumatic Sport Luxe supports seven pounds, and pedestal. the 222 Reporter Luxe supports 15 Cinema Products showed a new pounds. Steadicam adjustable load capacity arm Also introduced were three light- and Mini-Worral geared head with 360 weight monopods: The 0056 Loisir degree continous pan. supporting up to three pounds, the Sachtler has a new Video 20 studio 560B Mono Weekend B supporting up Listec introduced a new monitor and OB pedestal for use with its Video prompter to five pounds, each monopod comes in 20 steerable dolly. Also Hot Pod tripod three sections, and the 560L Mono tions of tubing, an adapter base, and with central locking and self-locking Weekend Luxe with four sections sup- 5/8 -inch mic adapter. Sawtooth design center column, and a Semi Dolly, a porting up to five pounds. Also new are on the swivel fitted T -joint on top of the lightweight rolling triangle with inde- six Gitzo microphone fishpoles/booms, tripod allows boom adjustment in five pendent brakes. The rest of the Sachtler in two-, three-, five-, and six -section degree increments withpositive, support line was also on display. poles supporting up to three pounds, nonslip locking. The package includes Arriflex introduced its Hot Dog dol- and four- and six -section poles sup- a 10 pound counterweight for balan- ly, designed to carry the CineJib Cam- porting 1.5 pounds. cing, velcro straps to keep equipment era Crane System, but it can also be a Ultimate Support Systems' new of- cables fastened to the boom arm, and regular camera dolly. Has crab or two - fering was the Sound Boom SB-08P, optional carrying case. Cost is $298 wheel steering with a special steering consisting of two four -foot -long sec- w/o case, $319 with. link rod.

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Circle 227 on Reader Servi;e Card LTM showed its new Nine -Footer, a Omnimount showed its unique line collapsible microphone pole in four of wall, ceiling and other mounting sections which extends to nine feet, re- equipment for cameras, monitors and tracts to 32 and inches weighs only 15 speakers. All feature Omnimount's ounces. "ball and socket" assemblies. Also Lowell has a new air -cushion at the new was a a special quick -release inter- connecting points of its collapsable face for cameras, the 50 QCM and 51 grandstands, for smoother assembly QCM Series. and disassembly. And, all of its cases Unicol introduced a line of trollies, are now molded. stands, and bases, many with telescop- Matthews Studio Equipment has ic columns. Also in its line were trollies new lighting stands, a single operator with multiple equipment trays. dolly, and new features for its Tulip Bogen Photo introduced a Mini

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1/2 -inches, and is also available with double -ended 1/2 -inch stud. Remote -control pan/tilt This was the year remote camera controls for pan/tilt, zoom/focus and the like made their comeback into the broadcastworld.Mostare microprocessor -based and offer improved, and in some cases digital, servo mechanisms, and the demand for Our exciting new DR2 Digital Our software based 01A Digital greater portability of ENG/EFP camer- Reverb delivers fantastic Reverb has been in demand since performance at an incredibly low day one and has always delivered as promises to give the introduced sys- price! exciting capabilities and special tems a hearty welcome in sports and The powerful new DR2 features a effects like reverse reverb and other active applications. wide variety of user adjustable gated reverb. But that's only the TSM (Total Spectrum Mfg.) not only parameters like presets, multiple beginning! The amount of power room choices, pre delay settings, available in the 01A can take you showed its new HS -100P High Speed adjustable high frequency well beyond popular effects into a Preset Servo Pan/Tilt system, but intro- damping, different room positions world of creative expression never duced a four -camera controller for the and multiple settings of decay time before approached. And, through system. The HS -100P is microproces- per room to name a few. the software base, the 01A's future sor -controlled and can preset up to 100 The DR2's straightforward design growth is unlimited. makes it a pleasure to use, plus it Both of our powerful Digital pan/tilt/zoom/focusing positions. The provides a tremendous amount of Reverbs are excellent examples of TSM MultiController is capable of performance thanks to its exacting engineering and high controlling up to four cameras remotely advanced software based quality manufacturing. and in addition to 100 preset positions technology. For accessible technology that This means you can get started you control, call or write us for the for each camera, each camera is also al- right away using effective reverb to retailer nearest you. lowed five special motion memories, your advantage. Then, as you grow, capable of storing up to two minutes of the DR2 will provide you with plenty creative moves per memory, a total of of performance depth to explore This is what happens when hot and develop. pro audio people get together! 10 minutes of stored sequences per camera. Timed -rate motions insure smooth pan/ tilting, and corrections can IMMApplied Research & Technology Inc. be made in mid -motion and stored. 215 Tremont Street Rochester, New York 14608 For lower -cost applications, TSM in- (716)436-2720 troduced the VS -200M variable speed DR2 DIGITAL REVERB motorized pan/tilt system for ENG/EFP 01A DIGITAL REVERB cameras. It was a system originally de- 1500 DIGITAL DELAY signed for surveillance uses but is find- 1/3 OCTAVE EQUALIZER ing acceptance in stations where there is 2/3 DUAL OCTAVE EQUALIZER aneed for lower -cost remote camera control. Also new from TSM was the addi- Circle 155 on Reader Service Card 100 BM/E JUNE, 1985 tion of Sony cameras to its mono brace line, and the FCS-20, a font compose and titling stand, developed and designed for NBC, now being introduced onto the market. Anton/Bauer introduced a prototype fiberoptic camera control system, a new technology for this type of operation. It's called LightLink, and it provides complete remote camera control operation, including video transmission, genlock, intercom, auxiliary audio channel and camera control data over distances of one mile. Features include Automatic Gain control circuit which stabilizes system gain independent of video or sync level. A front panel LED monitors the received optical power and self -tests the system. Cam- era interface attaches to the side of camera. Collapsible mic poles were among new offerings from Gitzo at the Karl Heitz booth. Matthews Studio Equipment showed its Cam Remote, new ENG/EFP ver- remote pan/tilt control for ENG/EFP by any ac 115 V, is microprocessor - sion of remote -control pan/tilt head, cameras. Also new was a camera/lens based and mechanical (not servo) motor -driven, with motorized servo control system and new CP Co -Ax Dig- controlled, and a touch-tone panel gen- loop. It's available in a sports version, ital Remote- Control system for the erates low -frequency voice -grade sig- and also a periscope version that allows Ikegami HL -79E. nals to control pan/tilt, zoom/lens, and probing of miniature scenes to scale. Quicksetintroducedaprototype preset up to 100 positions and simulta- Cinema Products displayed its Mini - of its remote pan tilt controller geared neous functions. There is an on -screen Mote, a Matthews/Nettman- designed toward the LPTV market. It's powered menu, manual preset, random preset

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Circle 156 on Reader Service Card BM EJUNE, 1985 101 one to 99 positions, and EPROM mem- booth, where recently -shot footage was ory. It includes a character/title genera- also on display. The gyro -stabilized tor, and needs a separate pan/tilt head. camera head, which is suspended from At the Listec booth, Vinten'sa system of motorized, computer - Microswift 200, a microprocessor -controlled pulleys, features remote driven, remote pan/tilt head was exhib- control of pan/tilt/zoom/focus func- ited, but this year it has been positioned tions via microwave signals, but is in a for ENG/EFP cameras. The Microswift class by itself in remote equipment. In- 200 is priced at $35,000 per channel. It ventor Garret Brown of Steadicam includes choice of analog or digital fame, through his company Skyworks, servos, and can operate up to nine cam- is still demonstrating Skycam to net- eras with additions to the system. work sports departments and the base- Skycam, the "flying" camera, at- ball commissioner, and the swooping, tracted a lot of interest in the Panasonic soaring footage for which the system is

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known may yet become commonplace Ak Schneider in play-by-play. Mir KREU7NACH Self -Contained Electronic Aqua Me- dia, the underwater housing for cameras, is not exactly new, but what is different this year is that it is now fitted for Betacam and Ikegami ENG camer- NEW SCHNEIDER LENSES... as. It has remote panning and tilting, zoom and focus, and was used in the ...Continuing a tradition Olympics. It's cast aluminum, with an of quality and reliability. audio system included if needed, and costs $10,000. Canon was one of the first to venture into the remote camera control arena, but it was at a time when there was little interest in such equipment. Canon still manufactures a remote pan tilt head system which has been selling in Japan and which the company dem- onstrates tointerested broadcasters. Canon does market a zoom/focus lens drive servo, and a conversion device which allows zoom/focus functions to be worked from the pan bar. Cases No sooner does new video equipment appear on the market than the case manufacturers introduce new carrying cases for it. This year they are more rugged than ever, directed more at The Schneider tradition continues with two lenses that excel ENG/EFP equipment, and in some in their specific environments. cases are fungus and bulletproof. The One is ideal for the studio, the new Schneider 14.5X wide- availabilityof angle lens. It combines excellent color correction, minimum casesfeaturing distortion and overall superior optical performance. rackmounting for editing equipment The other, the 14X ENG /EFP lens, has earned its well de- also reflects the growing emphasis on served reputation as a superb performer in electronic news field production. gathering and field production. It is available with an add-on Kangaroo had several new products. super -wide aspheric attachment and a full selection of EFP The company introduced the KVP-1 accessories. carrying case for the Sony BVV-1 Contact us for a demonstration. Betacam recorder, and a rain cover for the Sony BVW-3 Betacam recorder/ SCHNEIDER CORPORATION OF AMERICA camera and standalone camera. The 400 Crossways Park Drive, Woodbury, NY 11797; (516) 496-8500. TLX: 960102 case is priced at $100. Jos. Schneider Optische Werke Kreuznach GmbH & Co. KG Calzone's new cases feature rack PO Box 947, D-6550 Bad Kreuznach, Fed. Rep. of Germany.1:t;' (0671) 6010 TLX: 42800 mounting of equipment, rack mount enclosures for portable editing systems. Slide -out trays serve the function

102 BM EJUNE, 1985 Circle 157 on Reader Service Card of racks for easy set-up in field production setting. The new cases have an inner and outer shell of foam cushioning for extra protection. William Bal had a new line of surviv- or shipping cases featuring new styling and new sizes. Also new sizes in Silverline case family, and new tube cases. Star Case featured additions to its line of Super Star and Ultra Star shipping cases, and new stucco/fiberglass- laminated plywood transport and moving cases. K&H Products had new nylon cases for all Betacam systems, and a new recorder case for Sony VO-6800, along with the Quick -Draw Professional, an easy -out case from Porta-Brace. Fiberbilt introduced its new "high- tech" design 707 Series molded plastic cases providing better moisture protection and durability. Excalibur showed a new 19 -inch rackmount case with Star-Lok option for modular usage in the field. Viking displayed its usual line of shipping and carrying cases including EIA shockmountedrackcases, Carrylite carrying cases, and ATA-type shipping cases. Vinten Merlin crane arm with remote control.

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Circlle 159 on Reader Service Card BM EJUNE, 1985 103 Anvil had new MACC cases, which Computer are designed to military standard, and Prompting are cadmium plated, have black tems anodized aluminum, are more rugged. and come with guarantees that the sur- facecan'tberuinedbythe environment. Studio cabinets More flexibility in smaller spaces seems to be the main objective of cabinet manufacturers. There are new storage spaces geared to new equipment on Telescript demonstrated new computer prompting systems. the market, and at least one company is gearing itself towards the lower end of tals, tabletop 19 -inch equipment racks 19 -inch on -camera field prompter, the the market. and wall storage racks. A -2019W, which is battery -driven with Stantron featured a complete "video Storeel introduced a high -density wide-angle hood. Text can be typed or center" of storage units, including Room Stretcher for Sony Betacam written on the A -2019W. VTR racks, cabinet consoles and dub- storage. Also new from the company is the bing racks, along with modular desk A-2015EFP, a15 -inch on -camera consoles that could serve for editing Prompters monitor prompter with a standard suites or computer terminals alike. Computer -controlled entries contin- hood, for above or below lens mount- Winsted showed additions to its line ue to grow, but a notable direction is to- ing, lightweight and rugged for ENG/ of videotape editing consoles, storage ward smaller and more portableEFP applications. Listec also showed units and equipment cabinets. products, again aimed at ENG/EFP. the A-3300, a Universal Prompting Arrakis Systems had low-cost addi- There are also prompters with more Support System with hood assembly tions to its BXC Series of studio furni- flexibility, allowing for different kindsand trapezoidal mirror, and a cradle for ture. They are all hardwood plywood ofletteringandmorecolor a 17 -inch monitor. with solid oak trim. Items include table backgrounds. Also new from Listec was its A-2100 assembly with left and right pedestals Listec, still a relative newcomer in Scriptwriter, an electronic prompting with tabletop, single and double pedes- the prompting arena, introduced a new system keyboard with rack -mountable

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Circle 161 on Reader Service Card 104 BM EJUNE, 1985 disk drive and a remote -control module, which allows two hours, or more Finally, than 6000 lines of text to be stored. Compu.Prompt, a well-known name in computer prompters, introduced CP- day -long Micro, a miniature four -inch screen videoprompter for mounting onto comfort and... handheld -type ENG/EFP cameras. It can be used as a prompter monitor or as line monitor for live remotes. A clipboard holds printed script above lens of camera, and the monitor plays a live VHF transmission from the studio as a video line for cueing or live question and answer, without the need for a separate monitor. If not used as a line Shown without monitor, the unit can act as a regular Nylon Comfort prompter. Camera attachment includes Socks Provided four -inch monitor, mounting and clipboard, and video input, and allows for connection to computer prompter or video line, or switches between the two with the addition of a switch. The CP- Micro runs on internal or external battery or external ac, and is priced at $499.95. clear, two-way Compu:Prompt alsohas new software for its CP-1000. This new communications prompting software allows uploadable fonts, variable font styles, and user created fonts. Can change fonts while text betweencamera is in (but not while scrolling). New utility software allows for use with word and director. processors, and automatically converts to correct prompter formatting, color This headset series is specifically designed coded, over the phone or computer to toprovidehighquality communication through camera intercomsintelevision computer. studios or remote locations. Telex camera Q -TV, having joined with Autocue headsets have sensitive carbon microphones with a smooth voice frequency range of 300 to advance its prompting systems into to 4500 Hz. They offer compatibility with the computer age, introduced the Western Electric type intercom circuits and VPS-500 computer prompting sys- are available with or without push -to -talk switch for compatibility with most existing tems, with disk drives. Features in- systems. The earphones contain high sensi- clude various color backgrounds and tivity magnetic receivers that can be easily lettering and variable speed controls. removed and replaced in the field for con- Also new from Q -TV isthe venience and economy. MVP -706 mini video prompter for Designed for comfort All units are designed for long lasting durabili- ENG/EFP with high -brightness moni- tyandlightweight comfort thatlasts tor and camera mount, and the Mini Q throughout a long camera session. The head- Prompter II. band and earphones have removable, soft foam filledpads coveredinsupple British Co. Autocue showed the polyurethane that resists cracking even after Autocue 1000 standalone computer years of constant use under hot studio lights script-creater prompter. It holds text on or sunlight. The mike is housed on a boom that rotates on a swivel ball for full flexibility disk, with each disk holding three hours in positioning the mike to the mouth, while of script. An option for a second drive giving the user the option of wearing the machine will automatically switch headset with the mike on the right or left side of the head. Washable nylon earphone socks from one drive to another for longer provide further comfort. scripts. It is priced at $6950. Comprehensive Video Supplyis carryingCinema Products' Camera TELEX® prompter. Telescript has a new computer TELEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. prompting program for the Commo- 9600 Aldrich Ave. So., Minneapolis. MN 55420 U.S.A., Telephone: 612-887-5550. 884-4051. telex: 29-7053 Europe. Le Bonaparte-Office 711. Centre Affaires Pans -Nord, 93153 Le Blanc-Mesnil, France. dore C-64 and Smart Prompter, a com- Telaphone CU 865-5045. telex. 230-793 puter prompting program for IBM and Call Toll Five in U.S. 800.328-3771 In Minnesota C01118121887-5550 compatible PCs. Circle 162 on Reader Service Cam BM EJUNE, 1985 105 THE WORLD'S LEADING RECEIVERS NOW BRING MOTOROLA C-QUAM® AM STEREO TO THE WORLD'S CARS AND HOMES. THE BANDWAGON'S HEADED FOR THE WINNER'S CIRCLE.

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equipment to face the reality of stereo sound that is received in mono, a growing phenomenon now that stereo RADIO & AUDIO TV and AM stereo is a reality on the transmission-but not necessarily the DEVELOPMENTS reception-end. Still another sign that the line be- Never have radio broadcasters re- In mixing, multifunction systems tween audio and video continues to blur turning from the NAB convention had were prevalent,offering mixing, was the availability of A/V synchroni- more reason to be excited about the fu- routing, processing and other functions zation equipment. And digital design ture. The push toward new technolo- all in one unit. There was a distinct has taken over in that area as well. gies of the past few years has finally move toward smaller and more portable However, radio and audio produc- settled down and taken form as new mixers. tion attendees could take heart at anoth- equipment that not only lives up to Time base correction, which used to er area where digital improvements some of the lofty expectations but takeslie in the exclusive domain of video have left their mark, and that is in pro- into account many of radio's more editing, has now entered audio produc- cessing. The new offerings feature pragmatic concerns. What this means istion, with an innovative machine from more thrilling special effects, more an actual product that is tailored to ad- Harris called the "Phase Fixer." It cor- choices and versatility of functions, dress hands-on problems at the same rects phasing problems and problems and more accuracy of sound with great- time it reaches toward performance caused by delay, and is the first piece of er noise reduction/supression. perfection. Radio and audio equipment has benefitted from the intelligence revolution and everything is "smarter" than AM Stereo Targets ever, from on -air consoles right down to processors. This year saw the emer- gence of editors exclusively forListener Support audio-audio signal processors that There's a new direction in a field that eight percent of the 4500 stations in this perform a host of functions including has been marked by nothing short of a country. Growth beyond this hinges on recording, mixing and equalization. battle akin to civil war for the past few a new awareness of AM stereo, similar New radio/audio consoles on theyears. The vociferous war over which to what happened with FM a decade or market are designed to serve double - AM stereo system to support has been so ago, according to Ron Jones, chair- duty, with on -air units doubling as replaced by the realization that if AM man of the board of CRL, which manu- production models thanks to logic -con- stereo is to go anywhere at all, the em- factures an AM stereo processor. Jones trolled switching and sequencing fea- phasis must shift away from the internal says that public awareness and public tures. Added improvements in sound squabbles toward listener education acceptance must swing AM stereo over quality have been incorporated into and awareness. and allow it to grow. new equipment, along with the According to the best estimates, AM "Right now, the public thinks AM precision -control of functions. stereo is on the air in slightly more than and FM stereo not AM stereo and BM/E JUNE, 1985 107 STR-77. Infull accordance with Kahn's system, the new exciter allows for sum and difference stereo processing, has transformerless audio circuitry, and promises full modulation without fear of interference, a problem that Kahn has long maintained exists with Motorola exciters. Also on display was "The Secret," which Kahn introduced earlier this year as a multisystem converter for C-Quam-only receivers. He says it takes a mere 15 minutes to install the converter, and that it optimizes the sound for Kahn stations. Put another way, C-Quam stations heard through "The Secret" don't have as good a Motorola C-QUAM receiver -equipped automobiles. sound as might be expected, a fact which has lead Motorola to the conclu- FM stereo," Jones notes. He thinks sion that the company will take some that eventually 75 percent of AM sta- sort of action against Kahn's Secret-if tions will go stereo, and the others will the device ever gains widespread be news/talk format, who may make acceptance. the switch just to light the pilot beacon Also new at Kahn's booth was a data on the receiver to let the listener know text system for AM stereo stations. It he's tuned in. looks to be an SCA-based unit, similar Jones sees three elements for a suc- to those in use at FM stations for text cessful, industrywide AM stereo mar- New STR-84 Kahn Communications AM transmission, but Kahn is not saying keting push. One is a concerted effort stereoexciter. much about it, just that it's "proprie- on the part of receiver manufacturers to the cost with broadcasters. De Angelotary, with a patent." tell the public that stereo is available, says that 15 stations have agreed to the There were other new AM stereo and create a consumer demand. Sec- conversion, and that Harris is market- products on exhibit at the NAB. Broad- ondly, the broadcasters themselves ing C-Quam exciters to new stations as cast Electronics showed its C-Quam have to keep pushing and promoting well. AM stereo generator AX -10, which is AM stereo, and finally, there has to be a At Motorola's booth were AMnow type accepted. BE was the first concerted public relations campaign in stereo -receivable car radios from 14 C-Quam licensee, and the exciter uses the media explaining what AM stereo is manufacturers, with more in cars dis- the company's own design. all about. played outside the convention center. TFT showed its Model 840 exciter. The battle lines over the two re- Representatives of some of those Its Model 841 modulation monitor is maining AM stereo systems are stillcompanies were on hand, which is still in prototype, but was not demon- firmly drawn, but a defection into somewhat unique in a trade -oriented strated at the show. Motorola's C-Quam camp this year has convention. Delco, however, did not Delta displayed its C-Quam exciter pushed the momentum firmly in their send anyone to this year's NAB, afterthe, ASE -1, and modulation monitor favor. Harris, which at last year's NAB being lambasted by broadcasters so ASM-1, with some performance im- switched its stereo pilot tone to heartily last year. provement as the result of internal C-Quam, has now abandoned its own One development on the receiver end changes. Also on display was CRL's system and has become, in effect, aof the picture which should appeaseAM stereo processor. Sales engineer C-Quam system dealer. broadcasters is the increase to dual Bob Bousman agrees that it's up to re- Harris received FCC type acceptance bandwidth receivers. Most of the early ceiver manufacturers to help AM stereo on its new C-Quam exciter one week radiosweresinglebandwidth. grow. He says they need to be con- prior to NAB, and is now offering an Motorola itself had no new product of- vinced to start promoting the receivers, optional conversion program for AM ferings, but there has been an increase by combining new products with the stereo stations with Harris exciters in the price of its C-Quam exciter and natural advertising medium of radio. starting June 1, with conversion formodulation monitor packageto CircuitResearch Labs (CRL), monitors to be offered in the near fu- $12,870. There seemed to be little, ifshowed its matrix processor for AM ture. Converting the Harris exciter isany, interest or discussion at NAB stereo, the AMS4, with some improve- relatively simple, requiring only someabout the Sony multichip, which was ments, including modifications that al- wire jumpers and minor realignment, promoted earlier this year. Receiverlow it to be used for Kahn's newest along with a proof. There will be a manufacturers believe that the addition exciter. CRL reports that AM stations monitor exchange fee of $950, accord- of the multichip to radios would cost not yet converted to stereo also use the ing to Harris' product manager Joe Deconsiderable time and expense and processor, and the company's motto is Angelo, who says the charge basically would drive receiver prices up. "use ittoday, ready for stereo covers the cost of the new PC board re- On display at Leonard Kahn's booth tomorrow." quired in the monitor. This allows was the new Kahn AM stereo exciter. Advanced Design Group Ltd. intro- Harris to maintain that it is not making the STR-84, an FCC type accepted duced a multimode AM stereo personal any profit on the monitor but sharingexciter with improvements over his receiver for use as a promotional tool

108 BM/E JUNE, 1985 Stations that want to be #1 don't gamble with their sound, The choice of an monitor facilities for two available from 10 to 34 on -air console is the most studios, and independent inputs. critical equipment deci- outputs for the console, The audio and logic sion you can make. If your host, co -host and guest control systems are fully present console isn't in telephone feeds. compatible with our new top condition or you find The stereo cue AMX and ABX consoles. yourself forced into mak- systems has automatic A multi -way intercom ing more compromises headphone monitor system and a voice slating with your operations than switching. I.D. tone are just two ex- you'd like, then chances Each mic and line amples of useful options are you're seriously read- input has full, indepen- that can be easily added ing this ad to find out dent remote control logic. to your BMX -III. what to do about it. All BMX -Ill's have There's a lot more to We think we have the multi -function metering impress you with, includ- answer for you with our with automatic cue and ing the specs, and most of new BMX -III on -air solo level display and a all -a reasonable price. console. built-in test oscillator. Call us now for a bro- Here's some specifics: The mainframes are chure with the details. The BMX -III has three main stereo mix busses, The Choice for More each with distribution They invest #1 Stations. line amplifiers. For more flexibility, there's two Pacific Recorders inaBMX & Engineering Corp. telephone mix -minus 2070 Las Palmas Drive feeds plus a headphone Carlsbad, California 92008 monitor mix. There's console. (619) 438-3911 Telex: 181777 1985 Politic Recorders & Engineer- nq Corp Circle 164 on Reader Service Card by AM stereo broadcasters. Theginning to work with broadcasters to one. AMS-10 has 7 kHz fidelity response,promote it. Whether or not the other receiver uses three AA batteries, and receives "We want to get to every AM station manufacturers are as quick to join in the all existing AM stereo transmissionbroadcasting in stereo," Harper ex- promotion of AM stereo right away, modes. The cost is just $22, which in-plains, and to that end, Sherwood will and whether or not the "war" is truly cludes imprinting of station call letters.make several thousand extra radios to over, there are two major ways AM At least one AM stereo manufacturerdistribute through C-Quam stations broadcasters have benefitted from the present at Motorola's booth says a ma-with the cooperation of local dealers, as push toward stereo in the last few years. jor promotion of AM stereo is about topart of a "new aggressive attitude" inOne is.in improved transmission quali- get underway. Chuck Harper ofthemarketingof AM stereo. ty and better fidelity of their air sound, Sherwood, the first receiver manufac-Sherwood's sales of AM stereo receiv- and the second is in better performing turer to go all C-Quam, says AM stereoers compared with nonAM stereo have and sounding AM radios overall. What car radios are selling well, with the firstbeen booming, according to Harper. they choose to do with these plusses, four months of production for the newHe says the first year of production, and whether it can restore AM's model coming out this month alreadynonAM stereo outsold AM stereo four eroding listener base, however, still re- presold. He says Sherwood is now be- to one. Last year, it was down to two to mains to be seen.

Center Track Time Code Another new recorder was introduced by Tascam. The 225 Syncaset is a four -track, two -channel simulsync cas- Takes Center Stage setterecorder with synchronized Browsing through the audio recording It is available in 1/4 -inch two -track, and overdubbing. An input mix switch al- products introduced at this year's two -track with IEC center -track time lows mixing of inputs to record on a show, an NAB attendee would havecode, half -inch two -track and four- single track or on both tracks. It accepts been hard-pressed to find one that didtrack. Its extensively used functions both line and mic sources, and provides not offer center -track time code record-can be programmed for both transport Dolby B noise reduction. It is priced at ing, a feature especially in demand for and electronics. $350. the sophisticated needs of TV audio The EC -101 plug-in synchronizer for production. Still another clue that audio the MTR-90 from Otari, provides two- recording is focusing on the needs of inch recording capabilities in eight, 16, video is the portability of open -reel ma- and 24 tracks. A retrofit is offered for chines, evidenced with an offering by those who already own the MTR-90 or Nagra with a similar product intro- as an option to the MTR-90. Its price is duced as well by Sony. $3495. Sony's product is the APR 5000 Otari also exhibited the MX -70 Series 1/4 -inch analog recorder. It's an intelligentrecorder,16 -bit Tascam 16 -track master recorder with auto microprocessor -controlled with con- locator. stant tension transport, both serial and Nagra showed the T -Audio TC, a parallel control interfaces, and center- transportable studio recorder with full track time code, for sync master, for SMPTE/EBU time code record and broadcast and audio and video produc- sync.Itfeaturesawideband tion. It also features automated control predistortion system, and accepts up to of record and playback alignment pa- 11.5 -inch reels. Just starting produc- rameters, placing alignment at the call tion, it is priced at $12,000. Its tapes of a computer keyboard control panel. Tandem SonyCD decksand controller are interchangeable with the Nagra Also from Sony are three 5000 Series IV -S TC, a portable stereophonic re- recorders: Model 5001 with full track multichannel recorder, a one -inch, corder with time code, now in mono; Model 5002 with half-track 16 -track which is perfect for audio for production. stereo; and Model 5003 with half-track video. Previously shown in prototype, Center -track time code is also a fea- stereo with center time code track, sync it is now a production model, and costs ture of the A820 Analog Mastering Re- lock. The latter provides for SMPTE $1495. corder introduced by Studer Revox and EBU standards of synchronization Tascam introduced the M-16 one- America. A microprocessor -controlled controlled both locally and remotely. inch 16 -track recorder, with the option unit, it's available in mono and stereo All three models are available in of assigning track 16 to be a dedicated with center track time code now, and console, desktop and 19 -inch rack time code track, at an additional cost. It half -inch two -track later this year. It ac- versions. includes a 10 -point autolocater with a commodates reels up to 14 inches. Otari's MTR-20, a two -channelremote package as an extra option, and Thereare40differentuser - master recorder aimed at recording stu-features a micro -radii head design to programmable functions that can be as- dios, is microprocessor -controlled. A eliminate head bumps and Omega drive signed to various keys. A two -track top -of -the -line analog,it holds atransport to eliminate interference. The stereo unit with console and meter costs 14 -inch reel, and at a speed of 30 ips of- M-16 is available as a separate unit or a $9900. fers longer program length capability.console option. Also from Studer Revox is the B215 110 BM/E JUNE, 1985 Sentry 100EL with on -board amplifier

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Imagine a monitor speaker that provides and reduces potential interconnect its own power. Fits in tight spaces. problems. And there's no possibility of Simplifies setup. And reproduces sound power loss caused by resistance from a with test -equipment accuracy. lengthy speaker cable. If you can imagine all that, you've The on -board amplifier in the 100EL just pictured the Sentry 100EL powered makes it ideal for single -channel monitor system from Electro-Voice. monitoring. Why buy one speaker and Designed and created for your an extra amplifier channel, when the monitoring convenience, the 100EL Sentry 100EL does the job all by combines the superb audio reproduction itself? And because amplifier power is of the Sentry 100A with an perfectly matched to the speaker integral, 50 -watt amplifier. system, there's no chance of damage With speaker and from inadvertent signal overload. rl amplifier in one compact, But convenience and trouble -free rack -mountable package, this operation are only part of the package. monitor system solves prob- Like all Sentry designs, the 100EL lems like limited rack space, offers uncompromised accuracy. So you equipment transport on can be certain of quality sound. remotes or cramped spaces in The Sentry 100EL - with the power video editing booths. to make your job easier. For more Also, by requiring information, write Greg Silsby at less hardware-fewer cables and Electro-Voice, Inc., 600 Cecil Street, Buchanan, MI 49107. connectors-the 100EL keeps setup simple EleclroVoice® SOUND IN ACTION Circle 165 on Reader Service Card professional to consumer recording For one thing, there was Microprobe equipment were introduced by ATI- Electronics' Digisound unit. Accord- Audio Technologies. ATI showed its ing to the company's guidelines, com- MM100 Matchmaker, for matchingpletely using up the system's 350 consumer recorders into professional megabyte disc yields 44 minutes of systems. It's a bidirectional IFH to 600 stored audio, in any combination of ohm level and impedance matching in- times. This unit features 16 -bit resolu- terface which can be used with reel -to - tion, and includes the first disc drive, reels,cassette recorders, graphic and a standard typewriter keyboard on equalizers and processing equipment, the front panel, along with the necessa- and costs $239. The DP100 Disc- ry operating controls. StuderA820master recorder. Patcher, to match compact digital audio In the same vein of disc -based stor- disc players into broadcast systems, age systems, Gotham Audio introduced cassette deck, also microprocessor - was also introduced. It is a unidirec- the EMT448 digital audio spot record- controlled, with an automatic align- tional IFH to 600 ohm interface, also er, which uses Winchester removable ment systemtosetbiasand for ENG cassette dubbing, and is priced hard disk technology, and the Systex equalization. Two channels are aligned at $189. digital audio storage system for com- independently. It has settings for up to Meanwhile, United Research Lab mercial spots, news actualities, and six different tape formulations, and re- showed a new ASC reel-to-reel and music libraries using host computer cord levels may be manual or automat- ASC cassette recorder. control. ic. Other features include Dolby B and Broadcast Electronics, which has C noise reduction. Cart machines been in the cart machine business ever The new Studer A8OVU-3 LB video Will anything ever replace the old re- since the first Spotmaster rolled off the layback recorder, provides for record- liable audio cart machine? Digital re- assembly line, is looking toward the fu- ing of audio tracks on one -inch cording is starting to show itself in new ture with Digitalk, a new digital voice videotapes, and can easily convert from cart machine technology, and there's recorder. It digitally records and plays Type -B to Type -C videotapes. It has even talk that one day, CDs or digital back, on a memory comprised of RAM erase, record and reproduce heads for memory machines will do away with chips. There are no moving parts, no three audio channels, and is compatible the old dependable mechanical units tape, and up to three minutes and 12 with audio/video sync and editing sys- that have become the mainstay of radio. seconds of random-access memory. tems. Cost is $13,500. But new offerings this year are more ofThis is a prototype machine, and BE Tandberg' s new TCD 900. Series a blend of the new and old rather than wants to get broadcasters' input. Presi- cassette decks are equipped with an an abandonment of what has worked so dent Larry Cervon says right now the eight -bit microprocessor with EPROM well for so many years. cost is too prohibitive because memory memory, and offer Dolby B and C Although many classical or "con- chips are still too expensive, but he en- noise reduction in a three -head system cert" stations are programming exten- visions acceptance five or 10 years with four servo controls, phase correct- sively with compact disc recordings, down the road. A three -minute memory ive circuitry in the recorder and front and CD players are beginning to find could accommodate a commercial clus- panel adjustments in the playback unit acceptance on the consumer side of ter, IDs, and the like, and Cervon thinks which allow correct playback of tapes things, digital recording has yet to this is the "wave of the future," even- recorded on other units. The TCD 910 make the inroads in audio that it has be- tually replacing cart machines entirely. Master Cassette Recorder is $1995; the gun to make in video. And nowhere BE also showed the new Model TCD 911 Playback Cassette Deck is was that more evident than at this year's 5400, a three -deck cart machine, which $1795. NAB. There were, however, a few in- accommodates A -sized carts only, Also from Tandberg is the TD 20A -L novations that may foretell the future. matching recording amp to record on Logging Recorder, with up to 25 hours the bottom deck. The recording amp is of continuous low -speed voice and tape new, and there are two configurations recording. Cost is $1995. of playback and record units, each A new recorder/mixer from Audio- stereo or mono. Technica, the AT-RMX64, is a full - In a vein similar to Broadcast Elec- featured six -input mixer coupled with a tronics' concept of digital units three -motor direct -drive cassette re- eventually replacing cart machines, corder. It can accommodate a mic or di- Compusonics showed the DSP-2000 rect line input, and is capable of making computerized audio system at the Al- four -track tapes at 33/4ips or two -track lied Broadcast Equipment booth. The tapes atI'/8ips. Features include varia- 2000 is based around the DSP-2002

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5 OO_LINS ROAD, dETHANY, CT. Of 525 (203) 393-0887 iting, under its own label, its DASH re- redesign and upgrade of its A Series. professional CD player, the A725, with corder line. These machines are Straight Wire Audio introduced its multiple disc cueing modes and three designed to operate in a similar config- StereoSentinelautomaticstereo pairs of stereo outputs. A four -mode uration as their analog twins. Features synthesizer, and 3D/RP high-tech play- display shows disc time elapsed, disc of the DASH recorders include dual back amp for ITC cart machines. time remaining, track time elapsed or 441/4 8 KHz sampling rates for CD Auditronics announced that it has track time remaining. Other features in- compatibility, advanced error correc- bought Tapecaster TCM, which marks clude pause, skip, repeat, loop and tion techniques to correct for dropout its entry into the cart machine field, autostop, and the player may be pro- conditions,compatibilitywith adding Tapecaster TCM line to its line grammed while a disc is playing, with SMPTE/EBU networking protocols of consoles. up to 19 steps able to be programmed at and synchronization, including chase Studer Revox America displayed its a time. The system is priced at $1550. lock, and frequency response/signal- to-noise ratios that are still being sought in the analog realm. Sony also had CD players on display, but in separate units, having Audio Editors Emerge come to the conclusion that stacking Although their paths of necessity cross freedom in selecting and moving CD players in the same way as cart at some point, audio and video post - around chunks of sound in a mix. decks is an idea whose time has not yet production have tended to go their sep- The large magnetic computer disks come. arate ways: video editing based around that store sound for on-line use can ac - Although not digital record and store the editor, which more or less functions systems, several new cart machines, as the central "brain" controlling some incorporating digital circuitry, switcher, VTRs, and peripherals; audio were introduced at the show as well. post -production based around the audio The Omega cart machine, shown by console, often with automation and ma- International Tapetronics Corp./3M in chine control capabilities. While the prototype last year, was present again console can in some ways be seen as this year. The company has plans to analagous to the video production start production soon. It comes in a switcher, audio has never had anything stereo series, and mono which can be that corresponded to the video editor- upgraded to stereo. The Omega is de- until now, that is. This NAB saw the in- signed to replace the PD -II Series, and troduction of no less than three unusual New DroidWorks SoundDroid audio editor. has a compact modular design with systems designed expressly for audio commodate about two hours of track dual overhead cart hold-down mecha- post -production, each different from time, according to the company, and al- nism. The mono reproducer is $1050, the other but all proposing radicallow virtually instant access to any the stereo reproducer $1195, and the change to the audio sweetening sound in the system. Off-line storage is mono recorder/reproducer $1575. process. onhigh -densityopticaldisks. Pacific Recorders introduced its Attracting the most attention was SoundDroid is designed as an audio Micromax cart machine, in a playback - SoundDroid, the latest product line companion to EditDroid and shares the only unit with record to come later. It from the Droid Works, newly spun offsame "electronic logbook," allowing delivers a half-track signal without from Lucasfilm and Convergence ease in conforming sound to an edited 1/4 -track noise, thus offering twice as Corp. (See story on video post- picture. In addition, a CRT display on much track width to improve sound production for details about Edit- the SoundDroid console gives a visual quality over 1/4 -inch tracks. An optional Droid.) SoundDroid isdifficult torepresentation of audio tracks, al- set of stereo heads can be ordered for describe because it does so manylowing for very precise cuts. those with 1/4 -track libraries. The cap- things: sound editing, multitrack re- Patterned more closely after the vid- stan is driven by a servo -belt system de- cording, mixing, equalizing, panning, eo editor was the Soundmaster audio veloped from computer disk drives. dynamic range control (including com- editing system, developed by Master's The cost is $1445. pression, expansion, and hard and soft Workshop Corp. of Toronto and shown Fidelipac, the cartridge makers, now limiting), reverb, delay, flanging, and at NAB by Amtel Systems, which is have the Dynamax CRT100 Series, a special effects. The system shown atmarketing it in the U.S. The device production model cart machine. A cart NAB, described by Droid Works as an shown was described by Bob Predovich scan system allows mono and stereo "advanced prototype," is controlled of Master's Workshop as the first build- carts to be intermixed in playing. primarily through a touchscreen and a ing block of the system. It provides Coded labels on the carts are picked up mouse. It's built around the proprietary SMPTE time code -based control of up by the machine's sensors, which auto- Audio Signal Processor, which con- to four tape machines (typically a VTR matically switch over from stereo to tains one or more digital signal proc- and three multitrack ATRs) using syn- mono when needed, and also detect ele- essing boards (DSPs). The basic chronizers as intelligent interfaces for vated level format and switch. A varia- system, with one DSP, can handle eight the machines. (The system was origi- ble speed selector allows carts to be to 16 channels of digital audio, which it nally designed to work with the BTX shortened or lengthened. The record/ stores, retrieves, and processes on Shadow synchronizer.) At some point play unit costs $3465. magnetic disks. in the future, Soundmaster may be able In other new cart machine develop- Of course, the entire process is auto- to address an audio console. ments, Audi -Cord introduced the new mated, with resettable motorized fa- The Soundmaster software generates E Series cart machines, an extensive ders. The user has a great degree of a trio of display screens to assist in the

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Circle 167 on Reader Service Card editing process, providing real-time 5500 Series are the US -5510 ATR mod- status monitoring of all tape transports, ule, the US -5520 VTR module and the an edit decision list with true list man- US -5530 keyboard display. The ATR agement, and a setup screen to preset module has a SMPTE time code reader system parameters for each transport. for master equipment, and provides The 2550 -event edit list memory can be slave ATR/SMPTE time code sync and stored to disk. Including the IBM PC slave ATR/video signal sync. The VTR that runs the software, Soundmaster module is a VTR control device that sells for $9950; it is available now. can beintegrated intomultiaudio At least as intriguing, although defi- editing systems or employed as a VTR nitely not available, was the CASS 1 EvertzEmulator time code synchronizer. controller. Three software packages computer -aided sound sweetener, provide the SMPTE time code reader shown as a "preliminary engineeringbits of the LTC and VITC time code and generator, the interfacing board model" by CMX. CASS 1 is an audio generators. It can be color -framed to and the output terminal. By combining editor that previews, records, andfollow the SMPTE/EBU color frame the ATR/VTR modules with the key- trims-and allows automatic control ofsequence, making color edits possible. board display, up to 10 ATR/VTR cue an audio console (the NAB demonstra- The Phaser can be configured to many points and up to four sound effect cue tion showed it controlling a Harrisondifferent kinds of ATRs and is points can be registered for smooth and PRO -7) from the CMX keyboard. Theexpandable. precise editing. Prices are $8850 for the real-time, edit list -oriented device is The Emulator, also from Evertz, ATR,module, $7380 for the VTR mod- designed to dramatically ease the audio completely integrates ATRs into a vid- ule, and $2455 for the keyboard mixing stage through precise control of eo editing suite by causing the ATR to display. the equipment. Its 64x16 audio routing function as a video transport with only Adams -Smith unveiled several addi- switcher controls ATRs and other audio tracks under control of the edit tions to its 2600 audio/video editor. sources with better than field accuracy. controller. Emulator receives com-The first allows for double -system Sixteen fader channel levels can be mands from the edit controller through editing, off-line video, on-line audio controlled from zero to 100. its RS -422 serial port, which is compat- mastering. It controls the audio inde- The basic unit has two channels of ible with the SMPTE/EBU standard for pendently of, but parallel to and in sync automated four -band semi -parametric digital remote control.It controls with video and allows for high quality EQ; as many as 16 channels can be cueing, preroll sync, record in/out and multitrack audio editing. Choice of added optionally. CASS 1 also has 16 other functions, and requires one extra playback and record ATRs is varied, GPI relays, with pulse duration from channel of control. and the audio editing is accurate to one frame to five minutes. Other fea- Evertz also introduced the Chaser, a 1/100 of a TV frame. tures include on-line Help facility, list chase synchronizer for audio and video A second new item from Adams- management, hard copy output, soft- transports. In addition to ATR integra-Smith was the Model 2600 RG refer- ware calibration for virtually any VCA tion into video editing, the Chaser can ence generator, an alternative to a video console, and display pages for edit list/ also synchronize ATRs to increase the sync pulse generator. The RG outputs event summary, audio fader motionnumber of available audio tracks. NTSC and PAL composite sync, and memory, GPI, crosspoint, and EQ. Chaser's intelligent transport interface can be used by itself or as part of a Sys- It's not a product yet, and CMX isn't can control most transports with a sim- tem 2600 time code or tape sync instal- hazarding a guess at when it will beple cable change, and advanced lation. In addition to A/V sync, the RG one. But the company is reviewing re- software algorithms allow Chaser to can input and output signals over the sponse from the show, and a spokesper- learn machine ballistics for precise 2600 data bus to and from other system son suggests that if there's adequatecueing and fast lockups. The Evertz 2600 modules on the bus. interest in CASS 1at the projected products were on display at Amtel's Geise Electronic introduced its Lock $25,000- $30,000 price range,it will NAB booth. System 3 and Lock System 3/2, along be produced. At its first NAB, TimeLine intro- with its Taker A/B. The Lock System 3 Audio/video synchronizers duced Lynx, a second -generation time is a SMPTE/EBU synchronizer for film code system with a modular synchroni- and video. A 19 -inch rackmount ver- Although the new audio editors drew zer which includes wideband readers sion also can be used on a desktop. The a lot of attention, more traditional audio and a time code generator contained in standard configuration combines one editing equipment-synchronizing sys- a half -rack form factor. Lynx modules master with one slave, although the tems-was also on display at the show. are configured together, and up to 32 system can be expanded. There is also Evertz introduced several new prod- may be connected together, with each an optional remote control. ucts. The Phaser is a new micro- module having its own independent Geise's Lock System 3/2 SMPTE/ processor -based capstan speed resolver time code generator. Each module may EBU synchronizer synchronizes audio, and time code system for audio trans- thus be used independently of the sync video, or film machines. The standard ports, incorporating the functions of function to generate a separate frame configuration is one master and two both master time code system and audio rate and time code type. The system slaves with standard remote control, transport resolver into a compact, rack- referenceforsynchronizationis but the system can be expanded for mountable unit. The Phaser locks a pi- supplied from the Lynx module desig- multislave configurations. lot tone or SMPTE/EBU LTC to a nated as master. Other established synchronization master video reference, and the ATR Elecon's newest product was the systems were also displayed. Audio Ki- time code is preserved on video by US -5500 Series Universal Video and netics brought its Q.Lock system, com- transference to either the time or user Audio Synchronizer, or UVAS. In the plete with the Q. Soft option for audio 116 BM/E JUNE, 1985 TASCAM's complete audio system brings video prodtetion in-house with ease and economy.

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ABC has been should handle a frequency deviation of Studer's TLS 4000 synchronizer, in- doing a considerable amount of stereo ± 100 kHz to provide ample head- troduced last year, is a modular system experimentation, and reports it willroom with low distortion. The pass - made up of a "black box" unit that step up its amount of stereo program- band of the aural RF signal should have functions as a chase lock synchronizer ming. Itis only CBS that has not a bandwidth of 400 kHz between 3 dB for one tape transport; and a local con- declared its intentions publicly. Admit- points. The slope of the group delay trol unit, or LCU, available in basic and tedly, NBC is perhaps best positioned extended versions. The extended LCU to network stereo because of its in - offers enhanced display capabilities place Ku -band satellite distribution and operating features. The units will system. fit in the extended console overbridge While most of the audience within of a Studer A810 ATR. the range of a TV stereo signal (esti- Sony featured its Sync Master syn- mated to be 34 million by Television chronizer, which has edit list capabilityDigest) may not have a stereo set, the of up to 200 edit points and adheres to growth of such sets is expected to fol- SMPTE's recommended practice for low or even exceed that of color TV and digitally controlled equipment. VCRs. Thus, by 1990, as many as 40percent RCA's demo of TV stereo -capable of all receivers may be capable of transmitters. receiving MTS. Zenith currently makes including the notch diplexer should be five sets with built-in decoders, and as within 50 ns at frequencies out to 200 Enormous many as four million Zenith sets are in kHz above and below the carrier. Sym- homes that can accept a plug-in TV metrical variations in group delay Activity in adapter. RCA is backing stereo whole- should be less than 400 ns within the heartedly and the importers are ex- 400 kHz band. Further, the visual carri- Stereo TV pected to follow suit. er incidental phase modulation (ICPM) Technical aspects should be within a maximum of 3 de- With 33 television stations already grees (TFT says 2 degrees) to prevent transmitting multichannel sound de- The technical concerns that have ex- an audio buzz. Signal components of spite the lack of test gear to verify sig- isted following the endorsement of athe visual output should be attenuated nal performance, and another 200 or so BTSC system based on the Zenith/dbx by 30 dB within ± 0.12 MHz of the approach were exhaustively treated in purportedly racing to be stereo -ready aural carrier frequency. the technical papers at NAB-and liter- before the end of the year, one might At the RCA exhibit, a modification ally demolished on the exhibit floor. have anticipated seeing a lot of TV kit was offered which met these specs. The concerns are legitimate, but the so- stereo activity at NAB '85. Your ex- The only requirement was that the UHF lutions are plentiful. Most agree there is pectations were more than fulfilled. transmitter needed a solid-state exciter. There was a veritable gold mine of little problem in transmitting simple Sam Zborowski of Information stereo with reasonable separation. But MTS (Multichannel Television Sound) Transmission Systems reported that the if you want to include a second audio information at this year's NAB. Not most critical section of the multichan- channel for foreign languages (the SAP only were there live or simulated stereo nel sound transmitter is the voltage - demonstrations of complete systems, channel) and a third professional controlled oscillator and the multiplier (PROF) channel for data, in addition to but dozens upon dozens of exhibitors chain or heterodyne frequency conver- the main channel (L+ R) and the stereo were showing products of one sort or sion section which generates the FM another aimed at helping the TV broad- channel (L -R), aural modulating fre- on -channelauralsignal.Limited caster go stereo. bandwidth amplifiers and diplexers af- The NAB itself issued a 24 -page re- [V STEREO fect quality less, he said. The ITS booth port on "Managing Multichannel offered a very linear exciter, the Model Sound" (distributed at a management ITS -20 for UHF stereo transmitters. session) and some six technical papers This unit included ICPM correction were delivered discussing test results so circuitry, since induced crosstalk of far, including the importance of such video into recovered audio within topics as decoder tracking, circuit line- quasi -parallel receivers can bea arity, and broadbanding diplexers and problem. antennas. The importance of a linear exciter All in all, NAB '85 left no doubt that was highlighted by Larcan, which had a the MTS bandwagon was rolling. Model 850 TVstereomonitor from TFT. setup showing how it achieved 44 dB While more than half of the 33 stations separation at KERA-TV ,Dallas, on broadcasting in stereo thus far have quency components extend out to 105 Larcan TTC-30LH high -band transmit- been independents (11) or part of the kHz-a range broadcasters have not ters. "It's all in the FMO (frequency - PBS network (eight), NBC's an- had to contend with. modulator oscillator)," said Larcan, nouncement that it will regularly broad- Verne Mattison of RCA described which did not modify its notch diplexer cast the Johnny Carson Tonight Showthe problem. With a maximum permis- in any way to get the impressive separa- and Friday Night Videos (plus perhaps sible peak deviation of the aural carrier tion. Larcan used a Modulation Sci- Miami Vice ) in stereo beginning July 1 with the combined MTS modulating ences STV 784 stereo generator in its

BM/E JUNE, 1985119 setup. Results were shown on aspecs are exceptional and flat within automatically compensate for long Tektronix spectrum analyzer (7L5)± 0.5 dB, 50 to 15,000 Hz no dbx term studio/transmitter path gain drifts. using Modulation Sciences' new preci- encoding, and 1 dB with encoding. The The TVS-3002 includes only small sion SRD decoder for showing resultsTZ-30 includes dbx encoder boards for amounts of "preliminary" audio limit- with and without companding. companding the L -R channel. ing at the left and right channel inputs Good separation was highlighted at Broadcast Electronics' approach to and small amounts of final limiting ac- the Comark exhibit, which dared tostereo generator design sets it aparttion. A digital generator design elimi- show plots of separation comparing its from the approach taken by Orban and nates the need for critical pilot phase transmitters with others. Comark Modulation Sciences, since both of theadjustments, since both the pilot and stands well because of the linearity oflatterincorporate integrated proc-subcarrier are obtained from the same Marconi amplifiers and drivers and its essing. Orban's approach to the BTSCfrequency source. If sync input is lost, own CAM -100S aural modulator. system, in fact, starts with a stereothe unit switches to a mono mode. processor, the Optimod-TV 8182A Marcom has taken the "no proc- box, and the stereo generator is called essing" approach toits generator. an Accessory Chassis. (If the customer Processing is available, of course, from wants a SAP generator, that is a third itsassociate company, Inovonics. box; a PROF channel is an option of the Using a digital Sinusample generator stereo generator chassis.) Orban says circuit, Marcom claims high perform- the 8182A processor gain rides (over 25 ance at a low price. The Eiden/Elecon dB) and compresses in a "virtualy 475A -S MTS stereo generator offers no undetectable" fashion using the ad- processing but has extended specs and vanced techniques incorporated in its built-in peak meters and flashers. FM processor, the 8100A. Included are Given a good stereo generator, a Studio Technologies AN -2 stereo simulator dual -band compressors, the CBS Loud- quality exciter, a flat transmitter (or a and RCU- I recognition control. ness Controller, the Hilbert -Transformmeans of compensating it), and a dual - clipper, and FCC band -limiting over- cavity diplexer, broadcasters can be Although both ITS and Larcan mini- shoot correctors-for a "natural" fairly assured that their signal will be of mized the affect of the diplexer on qual- sound. A built-in monitor circuit usesgood quality. Nonetheless, stereo TV ity,single -cavitytypesmaybe dbx decoder cards. The baseband gen- modulation monitors are most desira- inadequate for full MTS bandwidths. erator uses a servo -stabilized matrix, ble. Both Belar and TFT talked about Micro Communications advised visit-which Orban claims is better than some monitors, but neither was ready to de- ors to its booth that dual -cavity constant digital synthesizers (used by most other liver. TFT was quite close, however, impedance notch diplexers offer a flat- manufacturers). and did announce the price of the TFT ter response in the extended aural fre- Modulation Sciences' TSG is an in-Model 850 MTS Monitor-$15,000 quency range without adversely tegrated system (in one box, althoughcomplete with a Tek distortion analy- affecting video. This advise stems from the SAP generator is a separate unit) zer, $12,000 sans the analyzer. considerable calculations made for with full audio processing plus loud- As important, or more so in terms of UHF diplexers and actual experience at ness control. MSI offers three loudness getting a signal on the air, was TFT's KTLA, Ch.5, Los Angeles. possibilities including the CBS Loud- introduction of a Composite Subcarrier The relationship of good stereo sepa- ness Controller. Its built-in monitoring Generator Package complete with a ration to undeviating amplitude re- facilities "eliminate the need for ex-demodulator as an efficient means of sponse and phase response (grouppensive modulation monitors." A getting from the studio to the transmit- delay) was underscored by Geofbuilt-in precise comparator allows ter without using four separate audio Mendenhall of Broadcast Electronics, matching the dbx encoder's referencesubcarriers. This 8500 Series was who outlined some tests that could be level to 100 percent modulation, thus priced at $6000, and TFT announced a made. The need for correct phasing and assuring that the receiver's decoderjoint marketing agreement whereby equal group delay of the pilot tone (Fh) tracks accurately for proper separation. M/A Corn would sell the composite was also stressed. Because of the possi- At the show, Modulation Sciences in- carrier as part of its STL microwave bilityof clippers and limiters troduced a MTS Stereo Reference De-package. introducing intermodulation and har-coder to facilitate setup, calibration (to Belar's forthcoming TVM-200 TV monic distortion (affecting crosstalk BTSC standards) and off -air moni- Stereo Modulation Monitor is designed and separation), Broadcast Electronics toring. to work with Belar's TVM-100 TV does not feel composite processing Circuit Research Labs' approach to Baseband Modulation Monitor to pro- should be incorporated into TV stereo handling the stereo TV signal fallsvide "complete monitoring" of BTSC generators. It argues that since maxi- somewhatinbetween theno - stereo transmission systems. Two auto - mum loudness is not important in TV as processing Broadcast Electronics ap-ranging voltmeters allow automatic it is in FM, modulation densities can be proach and the extensive processingmeasurement of channel separation, lower, thus obviating the need for practiced by Orban and Modulationcrosstalk, pilot phase, and level. heavy processing. To provide what it Sciences. CRL showed two compli- Two meters indicate L + R and considers to be the best in TV stereo mentary units-the TVS-3001 studiostereo composite modulation levels. generators, Broadcast Electronics un-processor and the TVS-3002 limiter PPM and peak metering of mono is read veiled the TZ-30 at the show. It uses a generator. The former included built-in and digitally set peak indicators are digital modulator and pilot generator features specifically desirable in the tel- incorporated. design to ensure "absolute" pilot evision environment. One such feature Although modulation monitors ap- phase stability. The frequency response was an input gain adjusting element to pear to be the last vital part of the MTS

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Offered for sale were the 525 the 1450-1, with a widened (150 kHz)val Multichannel Audio). Pinzone re- Series TV Noise Reduction cards: a audio bandwidth. Because of its distor-ports three lines are needed in the 525CH high -spec compressor and the tion and linearity characteristics, it isvertical interval for each channel. complementary 525EH expander for "transparent," according to Tek. In One half of the Zenith/dbx team decoding. conjunction with the company's 7L5 spectrum analyzer, AA5001 audio distortion analyzer, and Modulation Sci- ence's precision decoder, a station's performance canbeascertained. Variety Spices Up Console Wideband demodulators were prevalent at the show as indicated by the Market Telemet (Model 4501), Rohde & Many things illustrate the ferment in tem consisting of the MT44D Schwarz, and Elecon units. The latter's the audio side of the broadcast busi- multitrack cassette recorder with the 466B MTS includes two built-in dbx ness: the new audio ATRs, the rise of RM602 6x2 mixer, both mounted in a cards, one for stereo and one for SAP. compact disc players, and, not least, stand with all inputs and outputs up It is described as a suitable reference the continual striving for perfection offront. The package costs $1100. demodulator. Telemet reminded visit- the audio console manufacturers. The Three new Ramsa stereo mixing orsthatitssynchronousdetector array of medium-sized and small mix- consoles were introduced by Pana- (Model 4504) is available as a means of ers at NAB '85 almost (but not quite) sonic: Models WR-S208, WR-S212, measuringincidentalphase defies description, with most makers and WR-S216, with eight, 12, and 16 modulation. finding a way to improve on last year's inputs. These inexpensive boards are Yet another useful instrument for offerings. Many of these boards are not intended for broadcast, production, and stereo broadcasters was the AM -3 ster- confined to the radio studio, but fre- post -production applications and can eoscope introduced by B&B Systems, quently find their way into the small accommodate a wide variety of input Inc. The AM -3 verifies stereo separa- televisionstation and ofteninto sources. Two channels on each board tion on a scope display, checks the teleproduction vehicles. Their variety have stereo inputs for both line and phase, reads levels (L, R, and SAP) and reflects an industry never satisfied with phone; all mono inputs are elec- monitors peaks on LED displays, the state of the art where audio is tronically balanced for mic and line. showing remaining headroom. B&B concerned. Each also has three send circuits- also displayed a prototype stereo McCurdy, long a mainstay of radio, prefader foldback, post -fader effect "vectorscope," which it called an introduced the SS8800 E Series send, and switchable pre/post-fader lmagescope, that showed separation console, an enhanced version of the send-and three selectable main out- graphically. Merlin's ME -158S stereo company's 8800 board. Available with puts, A, B, and main mono. The audio monitoring system included a eight to 24 inputs in mono, stereo, and WR-S208 lists for $1295, the WR- CRT display to show the channels' four -track designs, the board has an im- S212 for $1795, and the WR-S216 for characteristics, plus three color -coded pressive array of features: full solid- $2095. LED bargraph displays to show the lev- state switching, digital logic control, Tascam introduced its 300 Series els of the stereo audio channels plus active balanced line inputs, active bal- mixing consoles to NAB for the first time code. anced and isolated mic inputs, active time. Shown were the M-308, smallest The stereo synthesizers at the show balanced, multiple isolated output of the line with eight inputs, and the received close scrutiny. Challenging splits, and comprehensive standard 12 -input M-312; the 20 -input M-320 Orban were Studio Technologies and remote -control and tally facilities. Both was not shown. According to the com- Kintek.Studio Technologies' AN -2 on -air and production configurations pany, these boards can serve a wide creates two incoherent signals and sim- are offered. Options include equaliza- range of applications, including broad- ulates stereo perception by varying tion, compression, oscillators, moni- cast audio production, video post - phase, intensity and time relationships, toring systems, clocks, timers, and production, live sound reinforcement, which creates the impression of space more. and small recording studios. They fea- and depth. The core of the Kintek Also new to NAB were Yamaha's ture two -band parametric equalization, KT -903 is a phase and amplitude modi- MC Series boards, available with 12, effect send, Aux 1, and Aux 2 sends on fier, but the unit also includes "intelli- 16, or 24 input channels and all under each channel, and inputs switch - gent" speech recognition circuitry, $4000. All models offer four program selectable with independent trim con- which isolates and steers dialog. Both buses, two effects buses, and two mon- trols for mic and line. Also new was the products are mono compatible. itor buses, plus cue. An expanded ver- M-106, a very small rack -mountable The schemes for recording stereo sion of the MC Series, the MC1608M/ and tabletop 6x4 mixer for small off- sound onto mono carts (ACR-25 or 2408M monitor mixing console, was line or sweetening systems, priced at TCR-100 types) shown by Merlin and also introduced, offering eight different $600. Pinzone involve multiplexing the twomonitor mixes via eight buses A very classy mid -sized mixer was stereo signals into the vertical blanking controlled by compact rotary faders. displayed by PPS Electronics Corp. in interval of the video signal (with an The M Series post -production and mo- the Hilton Center. The Swiss -made encoder) while recording, and then bile console was also featured. Sonosax SX-T is available in a 10 -input using a decoder to separate them upon An interesting new item from rackmount version or in tabletop ver- playback. Merlin's approach is called Yamaha was a four -track cassette sys- sions with 12, 16, or 24 inputs with

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Circle 211 on Reader Service Card VCA or conventional amplifiers and up more than one task at a time; for exam- and commercials in the field via a to three VCA groups (optional). ple, recording a voice track and dub- keypad; and an air control module for Several other well -made portable bing an actuality. It can record from a profanity editing. mixers made their appearance at NAB booth mic, select remote sources, and ROH has also introduced a console as well. The compact Seck 62 (six - handle any combination of tape record- for both production and on -air use, the input) and 122 (12 -input) mixers, at the ers. The simple -to -operate unit should 2000 Series. It is presently available booth of U.S. distributor Connec-be available this month. PR&E also with 14 channels, although eight- and tronics, are designed for live stereo featured its recently introduced BMX 3 20 -channel models are expected to be mixing. All electronics are on circuit Series console. available soon. The console features boards, with no wires inside the con- A variety of new small mixers ap- dc -coupled circuitry using servo ampli- soles, and the housings are of tough peared in several booths this year. Elec- fiers, three stereo buses, three mono fiberglass. Channel controls are stag- tronic Systems Lab, Inc., for example, outputs, durable high grade compo- gered so that high knob density can showed a new 4x1 mono ENG mixer nents, and fully modular design. The coexist with ease of operation. Each in- from Eela Audio, available with VCA 2000 Series sells for $12,500. put channel features four auxiliaries, control and break jack on the back for Another board for both on -air and two before the fader and two after. AFV switching. Eela also makes a line production applications is LPB's new The SAM 82, SAM 42, and SAM 31 of larger mixers, ranging from small Alpha Series, shown in prototype, with portable mixers from Satt Electronics portables to the S 3000 true in -line deliveries expected for September 1. were featured by Auditronics, which multitrack console. This all -solid-state stereo board uses also showed its own 200 Series on -air JVC showed a new rack -mountable top -of -the -line noise -free VCAs and is consoles and 300 Series audio produc- mixer, the MI -2000, with up to eight controlled with digital logic tech- tion consoles. The Satt mixers, de- inputs.Its mic inputs feature a niques, allowing an engineer to trou- signed for ENG/EFP use, offer rugged transformer balancing circuit with ex- bleshoot it with a simple digital logic construction and ac or battery -powered cellent common mode rejection, suit- probe. It handles three inputs per mixer operation. ing the mixer to on -location use. In and is a completely transformerless de- In addition to its ESA -10 console; inaddition, the mixer features full moni- sign, although output transformers may troduced last year, Radio Systems un- toring including PFL, monitor out with be specified. The 10 -channel version, veiled a new line of components, level, and auxiliary out with level. the largest, is $4795. including the DC -X range of inexpens- Elecon introduced the Elemix 401, a Logitek's Perfectionist on -air board, ive, high -quality studio amps, all using portable four -channel mono output au- shown last year as an eight -channel external dc power supply, for $100 dio mixer that sells for $2000. A rugged prototype, was back in production ver- each; the RMS (remote modular aluminum case helps the mixer with- sions with both eight and 12 channels. switch) panels; and the company's stand the rigors of ENG use, and a The new Perfectionist -12, which han- stereo LED meters, a feature of the built-in dc -dc converter assures high dles up to 48 inputs, lists for $10,995 console now packaged separately. dynamic range headroom. with either slide or rotary faders and of- Calrec also had a new minimixer for fers full metering and prewired punch OB use, the M Series, with up to 16 blocks for input and output. channels and two group or stereo A and Howe Audio's 9000 Series modular B faders with PFL. This sophisticated console, introduced last year, was fea- mixer also features three -band EQ on tured at this NAB in a 22 -input version. each channel. The board's latest feature is optional three -band equalization with pushbut- On -air boards ton adjustment. According to Lee As many radio on -air consoles take Edwards, industry response has been New Pacific Recorders NewsMixer rack - on production -oriented features, the excellent to the 9000, which is set apart mounted mixer. line between on -air and production by its unusual sealed membrane boards continues to blur. A good exam- switches. Howe also featured its 7500 Wheatstone also showed its line ofple of this trend is the new entry by and 7000 Series boards. stereo production consoles, along with Harris, the Gold Medalist, an upgraded Although Autogram didn't show any the A500 on -air console, introduced version of Harris's successful Medalist brand-new consoles, it introduced an last year. "Quite a few" have been line. The 12 -channel Gold Medalist, automatic clock for its consoles that sold, according to the company. with mic capability on each input chan- shows elapsed time, real-time, temper- Isit a mixer? A router? The new nel, is suited to production as well as ature (F and C), date, plus high and low Newsmixer from Pacific Recorders & on -air applications and offers 36 inputs temperatures of day and the times they Engineering is difficult to classify. with logic -controlled switching for occurred-a good item for DJs. Basically a production tool for the radio audio -follow and remote start/stop con- Broadcast Audio Corp. has upgraded newsroom, it performs audio mixing, trol. its System 8, System 12, and System 16 monitoring, and routing functions and Soundcraft's SAC 2000 stereo on -air consoles into the new -generation IV can double as an on -air console. The console, previously seen in prototype, Series, with a number of enhance- seven -inch -high mainframe, which is now a "production prototype" avail- ments. The boards utilize a new ultra - mounts in a rack or sits on a desk, ac- able for purchase. Its sophisticated fea- low -noise IC specifically designed for cepts up to eight plug-in input modules, tures include a built-in sequencer that use as a mic preamp and now feature and additional mainframes may be cas- allows any combination of cart decks to P&G 4000 audio faders with cue detent caded for more inputs. It features dual - be started in sequence; remote -control and externally mounted cue switch. All bus design that lets the user perform inputs that let a broadcaster start music PC boards are solder -masked and have

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1 computer -designed ground planes for RFI rejection and reduced noise and crosstalk. The system 16 -IV stereo console, with eight mixers (expandable to 16), lists for $10,950. A pair of new consoles were unveiled by Arrakis. The 2100SC is a 12 -channel board with 34 balanced inputs, Penny & Giles slide faders, ITT shadow switches, built-in monitor, earphone, and cue, and remote start on A or B inputs (sustained or momentary). It sells for $5695. The 150SC, at $1995, is a six -channel mixer with a total of 18 inputs. Each channel has an individual stereo trim pot, with master trim pots for program left, program right, and program mono mix. Schafer highlighted its 8000 console line, previously shown, with eight New Soundcraft on -air board. channels standard (expandable to 16).

Automation Takes Control of TV Consoles Assignability and automation: the two ment panel. This allows them to be terms are buzzing around the audio removed from the individual channel console industry as never before, as any strips, which can then be made narrow- visitor to NAB can testify. At this er and less complex. In addition, the year's show, several relative newcom- system will remember up to 16 separate ers joined the ranks of Neve and SSL in setup configurations for later recall, offering full computer -based automa- resetting, and manipulation. Amek M100 stereo -capable production tion, and more manufacturers offered The 6500, "big brother" of the optional automation packages and M1000, is aimed to compete with the console. automation -ready consoles. And the SSL 6000, according to Amek's Tim taneous resetting of Penny & Giles mo- assignable board, with its compact, Mungovan. It has two mic and two line torized faders. Information is stored in computer -based design, made its ap- amps per input and a chassis that is, like RAM during a mix, and later copied pearance at more than one booth. the M1000, completely field expand- onto hard disk; floppies are used for Two new stereo consoles from Amek able to 120 inputs (i.e., 240 mic amps). archiving. amply illustrate this trend. Both the Features include full digital routing as- At the A.F. Associates booth, anoth- M1000 2 Series assignable broadcast signments to 32 multitrack buses, eight er assignable console was shown by console and the M6500 stereo mono (four stereo) VCA subgroups, 32 Audix of the U.K., a first viewing for teleproduction console can be supplied audio subgroups, input panning across U.S. broadcasters. The Audix board, with a choice of external automation any even/odd buses, full dynamic sec- which is installed at the BBC and at systems: Amelc/GML moving fader au- tion on each 1/0 module, and four -band Tyne Tees Television Centre in tomation, Amek/GML VCA control full parametric EQ. Prices range from London, is compact and easy to use be- system with hard disk -based editing $150,000 to $450,000. cause of the assignable configuration, computer, or Audio Kinetics Master - The Massenburg/Amek moving fa- with per -channel EQ and most other mix digital fader automation. der automation computer that controls controls on an assignment panel. Push- Besides automation, the most signif- the boards is designed by George ing an "assign input" button on any icant feature of the M1000 2 Series is its Massenburg Ltd. of England and man- channel will assign the panel controls to assignable structure. (A similar philos- ufactured by Amek, the only company that channel. This saves time and ophy is employed in the Audix board with a license to do so. This powerful makesitvery easy to duplicate described below.) This configuration system uses four Motorola 32 -bit settings-for each channel in a group, has evolved as an answer to the ever- processors plus a 20 Mbyte Winchester for example. In addition, the console increasing complexity of full -featured disk, 650K on -board RAM, and a dual has memory facilities for up to 20 full consoles.Essentially,all module floppy disk drive for transfer and desksettings,digitally "remem- switching functions except PFL, Solo, backup. Working with the SMPTE bering" gain, EQ, filtering balance, Mute, and Remote Start are assigned time code tracks of ATRs or VTRs it re- aux sends, routing, and more-basic- through a central microprocessor - members fader and switch changes, ally, everything on the board. Resetting controlled keyboard, or digital assign- with highly accurate and almost instan- is automatic, but not mechanical; mark-

BM/E JUNE, 1985 127 Letusplant 30 lbs. of Dynamaxin yourstudio. (It will blowyouaway!) It will also blow away any ideas you have about That's why we want to plant a Dynamax replacing your current cartridge machines with cart machine in your studio. Let you get your anything but the Dynamax'" CTR100" Series. hands on one, and put it through its paces. And that includes the highly -touted ETC 99B. It won't cost you a penny. Our CTR100 Series brings you more fea- We're doing this because, frankly, our tures and higher performance than any other experience has been, when we demonstrate the cartridge machine available. And at 2/3 the cost Dynamax CTR100, we sell the Dynamax CTR100. of the other guy's top -of -the -line model. It's that straight -forward. But, just talking about performance Call today, on the TOLL FREE number isn't enough. listed below to qualify for a demonstration.

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Circle 214 on Reader Service Card er lights on the faders allow the opera- wasn't even at the show. A representa- distributed processing technology and tor to move them back to preset tive one -channel strip of the Calreccontrolled by a keyboard built into the position. Another feature is "limited UA8000 was on -hand, however, toconsole. The system operates in any free grouping," meaning that certain illustrate the board's capabilities. De-time code or foot/frames standard, but inputs can be designated as stereo signed for TV production, high -end re- cue points may also be designated by groups as needed, further reducing the cording studios, and film scoring, the key words, allowing the operator to ig- size of the board and eliminating the UA8000 featuresfullautomation, nore time code numbers. Also need for dedicated groups. along with four -band parametric EQ, interfacing with the Studio Computer is Another company entering the exter- compressor/limiter/expander, and fil- the new programmable equalizer pack- nal automation fray was Harrison, tering on each channel. Although theage, which provides two channels of which introduced hard -disk automation console is available in standard config- three -band parametric EQ and stereo for its automated PP -1 console, a film urations of 32 or 48 inputs, the compa- panning, controlled by a console - and video post -production workhorse ny is more than willing to customizemounted panel. for the past five years. The automation and has sold two 56 -input models. SSL's biggest console news, howev- system, which Dave Harrison says has Calrec was also featuring a new dig- er, was its introduction of the brand- received "rave reviews" from film itallyassignable TV production new SL 5000 M Series, an innovative people, has 13 functions on each console with ITR (instantaneous total console providing the ultimate in sys- module. Besides level and mute, the reset) of every control on the board tem flexibility. Designed specifically VCA-based system controls group as- from up to 30 memories. Controls are for live stereo and MTS audio produc- signment, EQ in/out, insert patch point resettable within seconds, according to tion, the 5000 can have as few as eight in/out, input select, input gain, high- Audio & Design. Another unusual fea- or as many as 64 input channels in any pass and low-pass filter in/out, input ture is that the console addresses its au- desired combination of mono and pad, input phase control, and reassign dio racks through a fiberoptic link, stereo mic and line inputs. Other fea- source. It is hard disk -based and resets allowing up to three control units to tures include up to 12 stereo mix buses all functions. Harrison asserts, "To my timeshare the audio racks. plus main stereo program output and 10 knowledge, this is the most automated Automation pioneer Rupert Neve auxiliary sends, eight of which may post -productionconsolepresently showed NECAM 96, the latest version serve as stereo aux sends with individu- available." of its powerful moving fader automa- al stereo level and panning controls. In Harrison also reports "tremendous tion system, to NAB for the first time. addition, the console's totally electron- activity" in company's 4 and 7 Series(The system was described but notic digital switching matrix can be consoles, which can handle a variety of shown last year.) Shown installed in a controlled by SSL's new Instant Reset needs from local radio to network5116/36 console, NECAM 96 features computer, which stores all switching teleproduction, as well as in the recent- up to 128 fader position "scene sets" details in on -board RAM and instantly ly introduced TV -3 board. with automatic or manual crossfade be- recalls and resets them when activated. Massenburg and Audio Kinetics au- tween sets, comprehensive muting, and Despite the increasing popularity of tomation are available as factory - labelling and events function switch-automation, the nonautomated televi- installed options for the new Eliteing. Color monitoring and a simple, sion console continues to be an industry console from Neotek, which takes an plain English keyboard make the sys- staple. One of the leaders in this field, unusual "dual -channel" design stance tem straightforward to use and keep the Ward -Beck Systems, introduced a pair that makes it essentially two consoles operator posted on the status of the mix. of new true stereo TV consoles, the superimposed one on the other. Neither As the name implies, the system will 24 -channel ST2442 and the 36 -channel a split monitoring nor an in -line moni- control up to 96 moving faders, enough ST3642. Both boards have 12 stereo toring console, the Elite has entirelyforallbut the most mammothline input channels, four stereo separate signal paths for fader channels installations. submasters, two stereo masters, and and monitor channels. Other Neve consoles on display in- two independent mono masters; the The new MX -P3000 studio mixing cluded a new model in the 81 Series, ST2442 has 12 mono mic/line inputs console from Sony Professional Audio, the 8128TV, with four stereo buses and while the ST3642 has 24. unveiled at NAB, is described by the 24 tracks. The 51 Series teleproduction According to Ward -Beck, the con- company as its "ready -for -digital" and post -production boards were also soles incorporate a completely new analog console. Advanced design tech- shown. In addition, the company intro- family of modular components devel- niques used in the board include linear - duced optional VCA automation for its oped especially for sophisticated stereo crystal, oxygen -free copper audio cable542 Series video post -production con- consoles. Input, submaster, master, throughout, low -noise hybrid technolo- soles. and monitor modules are all under gy in all appropriate signal processing Of course, no discussion of consolemicroprocessor control, as are on -air areas, and unipoint grounding meth- automation is complete without refer-logic and tally, machine remote con- ods. The board incorporates a frame- ence to Solid State Logic, which con-trol, and input routing switcher control/ accurate hard disk automation system tinues to refine the dynamic mixingdisplay functions.All balanced employing addressable faders. A wire- automation and mix editing capabilitiescircuitry is employed. The optional ma- less infrared keyboard on the front of of its sophisticated SSL Studio Com-chine remote control is provided per the console transmits fader assignment puter System. This year's additions in-customer specificationsforeach and fader commands to the automation cluded a new integral synchronizer andconsole and can control such functions system, which stores the data on hard master transportselector,plusa as tape, cart, cassette, and TT. A varied disk. programmable equalizer. The former isrange of options allows for customiza- The new automated console at the a five -machine synchronizer, for ATRs tion to user requirements. Audio & Design booth was so new it and/or VTRs, combining central and Another maker of high -end televi-

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Circle 215 on Reader Service Card sion consoles, ADM, has come out need to cross -plug, repatch, or parallel with an "economy" line designed es- outputs when the 65 Series is used with pecially for stereo television, with a multitrack recorder. models ranging in price from $25,000 Studer Revox highlighted its Series :ff111111111111. to $45,000. According to Rich Hajdu, 900 production console, which is avail- ADM has not compromised on con- able in frame sizes from 12 inputs to struction or electrical quality in these over 50. The 900 offers a high degree of !Pgi77rif7TAiiip,""ii boards. The display model at NAB, the customization, with many choices of S/TV-24, was on its way to WTVO- metering modules, monitor options, faders, subgroups, and interfaces to New Graham -Patten AFV post -production ATRs and video switchers. Basic input modules feature three- or four -band mixer withEQ. EQ, mic/line inputs, five pre/post-fade with the KEY-MEM effects memory auxiliary sends, and channel overload system and a Model 100 switcher. The indicators, plus a variety of options. device is designed for three applica- Automation -compatible VCA groups tions, three categories of use: to provide are available. an audio companion to the Model 100 Graham -Patten Systems introduced in small master control situations; as an two companions toits previously audio companion to the Model 100 ADM's S/TV-2424 -input stereo TV shown 612 ESAM post -production au- when used with simple editing systems console. dio mixer. Models 616 and 620, with offering contact closure control; and for TV, Rockford, IL, after the show 16 and 20 inputs respectively, offer ad- more sophisticated post -production in closed. The S/TV comes in 16- and ditional monitor controls, expanded ex- which the editing system addresses the 24 -inputs sizes and features in -line EQ ternal control capabilities, and a tone AMX-100 and the Model 100 individu- or preselect, fully stereo line inputs, input. First developed for ABC for the ally. In the first two cases, the subs, and masters, plus a mono master 1984 Winter Olympics, the 600 Series AMX-100 can be tied to the Model 100; for SAP. It has machine control and boards are designed to operate in ain the third, audio follow becomes a AFV capabilities. preset/transition-to-programmanner, function of the editor. The device has Also new from ADM was the Post - similar to a video switcher. They may line output (to transmitter or recorder) Pro 12 post -production console, which be operated manually, in AFV mode, and monitor output for audition inde- interfaces with CMX, ISC, Paltex, or fully integrated with an editing pendent of other inputs. All inputs are Ampex, and other video editors and is system. balanced, high impedance; outputs are controllable from the editor through a Graham -Patten also introduced the balanced, low impedance. built-in parallel interface. The board 700 Series programmable equalizer Quantum Audio again showed its 22 can have eight to 12 inputs and features systems and the 500 Series peak pro- Series console, available with eight to optional in -line EQ, stereo monitoring, gram meters. 28 inputs. Nineteen of these boards and VCA control. Prices range from Another switchermanufacturer, were supplied to ABC last summer for $9500 to $15,000 for a fully loaded Grass Valley Group, introduced the the Olympics; according to a Quantum console with EQ. AMX-100 stereo audio system, shown Audio spokesman, their failure rate New from Wheatstone was the as part of a post -production package was zero. TV -80 production console, a modular design in which the input modules mix down to stereo subgroups, which mix down to master L and R out, and finally to derived mono (L-R mono sum) and Intelligent Intercoms and SAP. Designed for TV stereo, the board has VCA subgrouping and input RF Systems Speed preselect switching. It is available with 12 to 50 inputs, four send buses, and as many monitor modules as desired. The Communications VCA subgrouping has provisions forDigital intercom systems that provide ous audio channels, all carried by a external ports, allowing the console toflexibility and expansive capacity made single coaxial loop within the system. be controlled by an external editor or a strong showing this year. The key fac- There is also a fiberoptic link option. switcher. In addition, the upper portion tor is programmability, the ability to Sixty interactive stations can be supple- of the console can include built-in sig-accomplish almost any activity from mented with an equivalent number of nal processing. any station, and such systems should "listen -only" stations for a maximum Trident also introduced a new find acceptance in applications such as of 120 terminals. Any outstation can be console aimed at both the video post - talk shows, which have a heavy need programmed to receive all the others, production and multitrack recording for communications management. and interactive stations can be pro- markets. A special feature of the 65 Three companies introduced fully - grammed to speak to all others. Series, "Group Assign," effectively digital intercom systems. British -based Also fully digital is McCurdy's CS turns the four- or eight -output board Audix Ltd. featured Access, an all - 9400 Digital Intercom which features into a true eight- or 16 -track mixer. The digitaltalkback/communicationsys- solid-state switching, and uses ad- Group Assign button, located on each tem. Time division multiplexing and vanced digital and microprocessor ar- output/monitor module, eliminates the digital audio allows up to 60 simultane- chitecture to provide instantaneous

BM/EJUNE, 1985 131 access between stations. The systemequipment. The Sennheiser SK The new Cetec Vega T-84 handheld can be custom -configured in sizes up to 2012-TVH wireless pocket transmitter wireless microphone transmitter, with 480x480. System accessories include is powered by a AAA battery or a dcBeyer M 500 ribbon microphone ele- standard and custom keypanels, head- converter. There is a choice of UHF orment,isunidirectional,with sets, microphones, speakers and auxil- VHF signal, and its cost is $930. To go hypercardiod pickup. It also features a iaryequipment,includingIFB along with the wireless transmitter, the Dynex II audio processor. The Cetec connections. EK 2012-TVH receiver is a two - Vega T-87 handheld transmitter with Southlake Technologies, formerly channel wireless receiver, with adjusta-Shure SM87 condenser element is a Datatronix, introduced the digital Intel- ble audio level and a dc converter, andnew, highly directional mic with ligent Intercom System, an expandable it costs $1000. supercardiod polar pattern which also central matrix system totally software - Also from Sennheiser, the handheld features the Dynex II audio processor. configured from a master console. The wireless RF mic SK 4031 is for use with Also new from Cetec Vega the 192E system combines point-to-point inter- UHF and VHF frequencies. It has a uni-wireless ENG kit contains the Model phone, party line intercom and IFB form cardiod directional pattern, comes66A/DII wireless receiver, the Model functions. It also interfaces with two- with a dc converter, and costs $830. 77/DII wireless bodypack transmitter, way radio and other outside lines. And two new Sennheiser receivers, theModel 114 mic/XLR-to-transmitter Not a new product, but present at the EM 1001-9H, a basic single -channelLEMO adapter cable, with room for show was the Ward Beck Minicom, a wireless, and a narrowband, operate inone more of each, and a canvas bag for microprocessor -based matrix intercom ac or dc with three -color RF LED. They the receiver. Also included are a lava- system. sell for $800. The EM 2003-9H, a lier mic and accessories, batteries, an- narrowband VHF diversity with diver-tennas and extra compartments in a sity antenna, has two antennas. Acompact case. switcher selects the stronger signal of Micron Audio introduced several the two. Its cost is $1190. new products, all available with its Marti's new AR -10 portable or mo- complementary noisesuppression bile repeat receiver replaces its previ-featuring 115 dB s/n ratio. The new ous base -station RR -50 models, with CTR 501 mobile wireless system in- better specs and compact design. Costcluding compact TX -501 pocket trans- is $1045 for the single -channel, $1075 mitter and MR -510 mobile receiver, for dual -channel. has a multipin input for use with any Also new from Marti are the RPT-25mic, antenna, and two LEDs allowing UHF and RPT-40 VHF RPU wirelessvisual adjustment of levels. Cost is Audix Access 60 -channel all -digital transmitters, each with four audio in-$2580 for the system with noise sup- intercom IFBsystem. puts, and mixing -like controls. pression included. In the area of intercoms and wireless Coherent Communications has new HM Electronics' new System 87 is a equipment, Telex had many new offer- RF mics, plus a frame, one rack -unit -handheld wireless mic with Shure SM ings this year. The Telex IC-2M/A two - high, that holds six receivers. Also in- 87 Element. It is similar to HME's sys- channel master station intercom will be troduced was a small receiver for field tem 85, and features Dynamic Expan- available in late August. There is also a applications,in single- and dual - sion II and mute capability. The new two -channel master station with built- channel, and a diversity receiver, along System 820, a wireless mic for ENG/ in IFB offering two -channel flexibility with a UHF transmitter the size of a cig- EFP and film, has a battery -operated in a single line. Two additional new arette pack. receiver, and a flat pac receiver with products introduced by Telex were a Nady introduced an infrared wireless detachable belt clip. two -channel belt -pack, IC -2A, for use monitor, a system for the studio, with Swintek also had several new wire- with the two -channel station, and a the strength of an infrared signal. The less products. The company introduced two -channel binaural, IC -2B, offering system includes IRT-200 M(master) S the Mark QDC wireless pocket -sized one channel in each earphone. (slave)stereotransmitters,and VHF receiver for minicam. It can be New Telex headsets include the IRT-210 M, and a headset receiver with mounted to a camera or worn, and PH -1 new single muff with mic, PH -2 antenna IRT-210 M. The headset has comes with minimized interference dual muff headset with muff, PH -3 bin- volume controls, and any number of possibility, low or high level audio out- aural dual muff with mic, and HS -6A slave units can be connected to the mas- put, and headset monitoring plug. It is telephone handset. ter unit. The infrared monitor requires battery -or power pack -powered, and is Telex also introduced a new wireless line of site, and the system is priced at $780. mic system which includes the FMR-50 operational up to 35 feet. The new Swintek Mark 200D wire- receiver, and WT -50 belt pack trans- Cetec Vega showed its new R -31A less intercom system converts any mitter. It operates in TV channel 7 and Dynex II wireless receiver, with dy- wired base station to wireless, and in- 8, and sells for under $1000 with anamic noise reduction expansion. It terfaces with Clear Com, RTS, and choice of three types of new mics. The features front panel LED bargraphs, ROH. It has a high -band UHF/VHF new wireless mics are the WLM-50 and a rear panel XLR connector with a frequency. The complete system in- lavalier, $875; the WHM-410 dynamic mic/line audio output switch. Also new cludes two Mark 200D wireless element transmitter handheld mic, is the T-37 Dynex II wireless micro- transceivers, and costs $1995. $875; and the WHM-500 condenser phone transmitter, with advanced audio Also new from Swintek is the Mark transmitter and handheld mic, $980. processor for low noise and improved 2L/RFSD Diversity receiver, where a Sennheiser also had new product in- dynamic range. It has an LED readout, switch selects one of two antennas to introductions in the area of wirelessand uses a 9 V battery. sure the strongest signal.

132 BM/E JUNE, 1985 A distinctive voice remains as size or applications. The MCE5 is available in various important to a successful broad- In broadcast, Beyer's concept of terminations for the widest range of cast announcer as a recognizable "accuracy" means the difference be- broadcast applications including wire- visual presence. Microphones are tween a microphone that can focus in less. Underscoring our longterm com- the critical first step in the broadcast on a specific voice and produce a mitment to the broadcast industry, the audio chain. Acting as a highly accu- totally realistic, professionally ac- MCE5 is one of a family of reliable rate sound "lens;' they must be sen- ceptable performance, and a mic Beyer broadcast products designed for sitive enough to faithfully transmit that simulates a performance by ENG, EFP and Film/Radio/Video stu- all of the subtle personal nuances and only capturing the bare outline or dio production. It has been widely inflections that distinguish one an- "silhouette" of an announcer's voice. adopted by discerning broadcast nouncer's voice from another. We've dedicated the most complex engineers in the U.S. and Europe. Today's sophisticated broadcast pro- and sophisticated technology in For those engineers who feel that ductions demand more from micro- existence to reinforce the truth of announcers' voices should be as recog- phones. Differences in relative mic this basic premise. nizable as their faces, the Beyer MCE5 performance are more readily appar- Sensitive and natural -sounding, proves that this level of accuracy exists ent, and an inferior microphone the MCE5 picks up the "whole truth" in a lavalier design. stands out like the proverbial sore of audio broadcast sound because of Beyer Dynamic Inc., 5-05 Burns thumb. an unusually wide frequency range Avenue, Hicksville, NY 11801. In the most basic sense, any mi- (20Hz to 20kHz) and exceptionally crophone need only capture the fast transient response for any mic, let sound source exactly and convert alone one that is virtually invisible on it to electrical energy - no more, camera. Because the MCE5 has a uni- no less. Obviously, microphones nec- form omnidirectional pickup pattern, essarily have different characteristics mic placement is not critical and the based on differing transduction tech- announcer's head can move without nologies and designs. But at Beyer, wegoing "off mic:' Handling noise is kept believe that the superiority of a micro- to an absolute minimum so the MCE5 phone is in large part based on how picks up the voice, not the rustling accurately it transduces the source sounds of the announcer's expensive material - with no excuses based on silk tie. Circle 216 on Reader Service Card

ACCURACY IN AUDIO beyerbroadcastE Clear Com also introduced new panels. A portable DA, the same as the stations. All packages include party wireless equipment, including head- others only portable, with its own pow- line with user belt packs, IFB circuits, sets. The CC -25 comes with and the er supply, can put two in a rack. two-way radiointerface,shipping CC-25NS without in -line ON/OFF RTS introduced the Model 810 mas-charges and 25 pairs of cable for station switch. These lightweight headsets fea- ter station, a multipurpose user stationto matrix interface. All systems are ture dynamic mic, no headband, and which features four different modes ofexpandable. are worn behind the ear. There is a sep- operation. All lines are balanced line Also from Farrtronics are IFB pack- arate enclosure for the locking mic ON/ level, operating in a full -duplex mode. ages,standaloneorintercom OFF switch in a plastic belt enclosure. Four configurations include the 810 integratable. The Model M-85-IFB-8 There is also a thin, inconspicuous 10x10 point-to-point, 810 -AA 10x10 has eight IFB circuits, and is priced at voice tube. The headsets connect to a matrixintercom,810 -CL with$7900. The Model M-85-IFB-12, with Clear Corn main or remote station. 10 -channel conference line intercom, 12 IFB circuits, costs $8900. Both in- Prices are: CC -25 $185, CC-25NS and 810-5CTL five -channel conference clude four control stations, rack frame $125. line intercom. and necessary modules, redundant Also from Clear Corn are several im- Also from RTS is the new 17 Series power supplies and individual program provements to existing products, in- low-cost intercom system. Simple and sound select for each IFB circuit. Cus- cluding a four -channelmain lightweight, it uses telephone modulartom IFB systems are also available. switchboard station, the SB-412A, cable assemblies with flat wire cable Normex introduced the Telnox L -O, which now features stage announce, and pinch plugs. It's small and lighta digital telephone interface, which is all -page, and balanced input. Special enough to fit into a shirt pocket. microprocessor -basedwith plug-in functions include ISO and IFB, and the Gentner showed its production mod- cards. It features 10 -line capacity, eight price is $1400. Clear Corn is also el of the IC -20 Intercom System, de- lines conference, with expansion capa- featuring an improved version of its signedforradio.Itfeaturesbilitiesanda "smart," self - four -channel speaker intercom main simultaneous, independent capability, programmable console. Other features station, the MS -400A. It has versatile and conferencing and party line. It is include priority designation, auto -hold, channel access arrangement, its regu- expandable to 20 stations. recorded answers, line level adjust, au- lated power supply operates up to 100 R -Columbia introduced two -channel tomatic on -air with no operator needed, belt pack or 20 speaker stations, and it FM wireless intercom headphones. The or skip, which blocks the call from air. is priced at $800. An improved version TR-50/PRO, features two-way com- The system is completely modular. of the four -channel remote speaker sta- munication over 150 yards, channel se- Symetrix also had a microprocessor- tionisthe RM-400A. Itfeatures lection of two noninterfering networks, based telephone interface, the Model versatile channel access arrangement, built-in receiver transmitter, antenna 108, in prototype at the show. Produc- and talk/listen and mic line auxiliary in- and 9 V battery supply. Five channels tion is scheduled for August. The Mod- put. Cost is $600. are available for operations. Cost isel 108 allows connection of on -air $497. mixing consoles to up to eight incom- Comprehensive Video Supply has aing lines for talk shows. It's a new booster for carbon intercom head- standalone system, with modular con- sets. The CHA-1 Booster One reduces nectors, FCC -approved. Included are a ambient noise, allowing incoming sig- rackmount controller and a remote nals to be heard eight times louder. desk module, with a second desk mod- There's a multifunction talk switch, in-ule possible. dependent volumecontrol,no Comrex has a new line of telephone batteries, and a metal belt clip. The couplers,all FCC -registered. The more boosters added to a carbon sys- TCB-2A Auto -answer coupler for lis- tem, the more the overall levels will in- ten lines has modular jacks and XLR increase. Cost is $79. put. Calls are answered on the first ring RF Technologyintroducedits and connected to the program source Two -channel remote station for Clear -Corn TX -100, a new 950 MHz RF mic trans- until caller hangs up. Price is $195. The intercom. mitter, with three diversity matingTCB-1A Broadcast coupler, a compact receivers. manual coupler powered by the phone ROH's new products include Sampson Music Products showed line, is for sending or receiving live or 302-01, a one -channel intercom, two - theTH-1body packwireless taped material, and costs $99. channel party line, which costs $780, transmitter. Also from Comrex are a complete and the 303 -TM portable speaker sta- For the first time, Farrtronics is of- line of frequency extenders, encode/ tion without mic or headset, which fering its standalone IFB system in decode systems which restore the low costs $520. packages, instead of concentrating only frequency response of phone lines, mi- Also new from ROH are audio line on large, custom -designed systems. crowaves and satellites and reduce low monitors, the 192 dual -channel, and Four packages are designed for one stu- frequency noises such as hums, clicks 191 single -channel, with VU and PPM dio control room, master control and and pops by shifting frequencies. meters. Extended range from -50 to related areas, and custom systems can ITC -3M introduced the FB-1 Tele- + 30 dB. Also, the audio distribution be engineered. The Mini Package of- phone Interface.It provides "answer amplifiers (DA) in the system have fers total communications between fiveonly" access by connecting callers to a been upgraded. ROH will design a DA stations; Package One between 11 sta- cart machine, then starting a prerecord- system customized to particular appli- tions, Package Two between 14 sta-ed tape. When the message is over, it cations, including switching and patch tions and Package Three between 22 hangs up and recues the tape. It does

134 BM/E JUNE, 1985 Our customers toldusfindinganaudio distribution amplifierto match the excellence ofourvideowastough

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Leitch Video Limited Leitch Video of America Lic Leitch Video of America Inc 10 Dyas Rai Don Mi14 Ontario 825k Greenbrier Circle 12520 Loma Rica Drive P. 0 Bar 1985 LEITCH Canada M3B 1 V5 Cherapeaka VA 23320 Grass Valley, CA 95945 (416) 445-9640 (804) 424-7920 (916) 273-7541 Circle 217 on Reader Service Card not answer if there is no cart in the ma- broadcasts through frequency exten- audio is being sent from the other end. chine or if the tape is running. A modu-sion, restoring low frequencies lost on There are connections for mic/mic mix- lar plug connects to the phone line, andphone lines. The Aphex XBH-1 feature er, mic or line input, headset or headset the interface is ideal for sponsoredrestores high frequencies. It can be amp and an LED level indicator. promos. used with two separate lines, or a single Finally, Russco introduced a new GentnerEngineering'snew line for both transmit and receive. The dial -up remote amplifier with two mic EFT -1000 Extended Frequency Trans- transceiver sets itself up in the correct channels and one high-level channel, ceiver improves the quality of remote mode by determining whether encoded all powered from a phone line. The Disappearing Microphone, New Modular Equipment Dominate Audio Production Ultra -mini lavaliers and an abundance of the acoustic principle of boundary Sony's new line of lavaliers all fea- of surface mount mics were introduced effect, allowing mics to offer as much ture black satin or nickel -plated finish. by a number of well-known companies as 6 dB higher sensitivity and about 3 The smallest ECM -77 has up to 20k fre- whose primary concern seems to bedB greater rejection of background quency range, is omnidirectional, and making the omnipresent microphone noise. These, too, seem directed at Sony claims it's the smallest mic in ex- less obtrusive than ever. Sony and making mics appear invisible in both istence.It costs $290. The Sony Sennheiser seemed to be having a battle live and televised settings. ECM -66 unidirectionalisslightly of "who's got the smallest mic?" with Meanwhile, when it comes to amps larger, has 16k response, and a fre- similarlookingmini-lavaliers. and preamps, the word is modular, with quency range of 70 to 14,000 Hz. It has Sennheiser's looked smaller but stated an eye toward easier add-on of features an LED showing battery condition and dimensions show that Sony's is actual- and expandable systems, as well as battery on/off switch and costs $275. ly .3 mm smaller in diameter. time and cost savings in maintenance The ECM -55 mic is an update to the Surface mount mics take advantage and repair. widely used ECM -50 and fits ECM -30

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Circle 218 on Reader Service Card 136 BM/E JUNE, 1985 Out of 4600 stations, 1900 choseour antennas.

CELWAVE FM antennas were purchased for more applications from 10 watt educational to high power 25 kw class C stations.

We believe no one else member, only CELWAVE even comes close to that antenna elements are fab- record, and no wonder. ricated of hard drawn, high Performance is the over- conductivity copper. riding reason. Our antennas Whatever your needs are less susceptible to cor- may be, we can probably ona. You get proper phase meet them with a range of relationship between the 25 different types from vertical and horizontal com- which to choose; low power, ponents. They are available high power or super high with any combination of null power. Use an element as a fill and beam tilt. And, re- single bay antenna for limited coverage or use multi- element arrays. We also have circularly and horizon- tally polarized stainless steel educational antennas. Directional couplers and low pass filters complete the line. Whichever model you choose, your CELWAVE antenna arrives complete, ready for installation, with a tunable input transformer to march the antenna to the location. Deicer kits and radomes are optional. Write, telephone or TWX for Catalog 779 with all the details: CELWAVE, Route 79, Marlboro, NJ 07746, (201) 462-1880, TWX: 710-722-3861.

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Circle 219 on Reader Service Card hardware. It features improved con- single form or double when a backup profile and features low distortion, and struction, a frequency range of 30 to mic is desired. a high clipping level preamp unit con- 18,000 Hz, can be battery- or phantom - In surface mount mics, Crown intro- taining a low frequency cutoff switch. powered, and costs $235. duced the PCC-160, a phase coherent Both are available with a matte black Sony also has new condenser mics cardioid desktop that cuts lows and finish for $300 each. for multimic reading of musical instru- shifts the frequency at which comb Also new from Shure is the SM98 ments. The unidirectional slim body filtersoccur.Directandreflected mini unidirectional condenser mic. De- C -535P is for on -axis sound pickup. sounds reach the mic's diaphragm in - signed for instrument and amplifier The C -536P pencil condenser's axial phase. There is a bass -tilt switch for miking, it comes with a windscreen, pattern mic is designed for minimum low -end response tailoring and the cost preamp, and swivel adaptor for use clearance and right angle pickup. is $249. Sennheiser's smallest mic, the Shure also showed two surface MKE-2,likeSony's,isalso mountmics,theSM- 9 0 omnidirectional with a frequency range omnidirectional and SM91 unidirec- of 20 kHz. A tie clip is available, in tional condenser mics. Each has a low

Standard Shure SM90 surface -mount microphone. with many types of stands, and costs $250. Shure also has two new headset Setter mics, the SM-1 and SM-2, with all - metal headbands and mic booms. The mic itself is a close -talking unidirectional dynamic with frequency response of 50 to 15,000 Hz, tailored for voice. Detachable cables allow the headsets to be used with various types of equipment. The SM-1 has one ear pad, while the SM-2 has two. Other new products shown by Shure included the FP -16 Field Production Distribution Amplifier with one input, The Standard -Setting Telephone Interface a six -output compact distribution amp (Modestly Improved) for routing multiple audio feeds. Also It's no secret. Studer has become the acknowledged leader in high quality the FP -11 mic-to-line amp, for TV telephone interfacing equipment. The Studer Telephone Hybrid - already se- sports and radio, which boosts the gain lected by hundreds of U.S. broadcasters, including all three major networks - up to 84 dB so mic and auxiliary levels has been praised for its straightforward design, long-term reliability, and con- can be boosted to line levels. It can be sistently outstanding performance. used with phone lines or for ENG. At the heart of the Studer Telephone Hybrid is an auto -balancing hybrid circuit which automatically matches phone line impedance while isolating Finally, the Shure FP -12 headphone send and receive signals for maximum sidetone attenuation. A built-in limiter bridging amp accepts mic or line level prevents sudden overloads, and bandpass filters shape the voice signals for signal, bridges it, and produces a signal optimum clarity and system protection. The new updated Studer Hybrid in- powerful enough to drive headphones cludes additional noise suppression circuitry to eliminate unwanted noise at loud levels. and crosstalk while still preserving true 2 -way hybrid operation. Countryman introduceda new Now the Studer Telephone Hybrid is also available as part of a complete headset -mounted mic as well, and also Telephone System. Designed to operate independent of the studio console, announced that gooseneck versions and the self-contained Telephone System includes a microphone input plus a wireless transmitter versions of all palm -sized remote module (on a 30' cable) with VU meter for line level, Countrymanmicrophonesare headphone output, and level controls for microphone, headphone, and telephone receive. available. The time -tested Studer interfaces. Improved for even better performance. The new Countryman Isomax Expanded for more flexible operation. And built to set the quality standard headset -mounted mic (without ear- for years to come. Call today for the location of your nearest Studer dealer. phones) features hi -fidelity response, and noise cancelling aimed at traffic - STUDER watch helicopters and sports applications. It's cost is $225. Studer Revox America Audio Technica had four new studio 1425 Elm Hill Pike Nashville, TN 37210 (615) 254-5651 headphones.TheATH-M7/250, closed -back 250 ohm model reproduces sound over 20-20,000 Hz has a Circle 220 on Reader Service Card self-supporting voice coil and coiled

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Circle 221 on Reader Se-wce Card midsection cord and costs $47. TheDynaphase 30M single -sided head- cluding phono-only with electronic company's ATH-V7/250 open -backphone which is available in three ver- balancing and XLR-type output con- 250 ohm dynamic headphone costssions, all three in 100 ohm or 600 ohm nectors, also as an unbalanced unit with $42. A similar model, the ATH-V7, is versions. either XLR or RCA outputs. Bryston an eight ohm open -back costing $36. In preamps, Logitek introduced the will also have a preamp with more ex- And the ATH-M2/150 is an open -back, BPA-200, a balanced input phono tensive switching capabilities. 150 ohm model with a straight cord forpreamp which eliminates hum and RFI. ROH showed several new products $29.95. It features passive equalization for in the area of audio line monitors and Also new from Audio Technica were clean transient response and switch - distribution amplifiers. two XFMR-isolated direct boxes, al- selectable input capacitance for accu- The ROH Model 192 dual -channel lowing direct connection of musical in- rate cartridge matching. and Model 191 single -channel audio struments to mixing consoles. The Harrison Systems showed its M-8 line monitors both have VU and PPM AT8512 features ground lift, and themic preamp system, the latest in the 8 meters, while the Model 190 single - AT8511 is an active direct box whichSeries line of 19 -inch rackmount prod- channel audio line monitor has a large uses either batteries or phantom power. ucts. The system's modular construc- extended range VU meter, -50 to +30 Another new headset mic, this onetion can accommodate up to 10 mic dB. For each monitor, the line signal is from Beyer, was introduced at theinput cards and each card has two mic passed through upgraded audio distri- show. Beyer showed its new HM 560inputs selectable by a front panel A -B bution amplifiers. headset mic, a broadcast -quality ribbonswitch. The preamp is transformerless ROH also showed a new portable mic with headband. It is also availableand it can handle a maximum input lev- DA, which is the same as its previous without headband as the M 560 boom. el of 30 dB. Front panel controls in- models only portable and designed so R -Columbia introduced SB-700 andclude ground -lift, active phase reverse, that two can fit in a single rack mount. SB-700/2 single- or double -ear head- phantom switch and rotary gain control Also rack -mountable is the new phones with an ultra -small noisepot and there is also a four -step LED. Marti MA 25-25 Dual -Channel Audio cancelling electret mic, stainless boom, Bryston has a new model 0.5B Amplifier, a stereo amp which drives and headband. Both feature foam earpreamp, a more compact and lower cost two speakers to monitor stereo pro- cushions, XLR connection, lock -onpreamp designed to conserve on rack gramming. It can fit into 1 3/4 -inch stan- feature and belt clip. The cost isspace. It's a stereo phono preamp in a dard rack mounting. The construction $199.95 for the single ear, $249.95 fornew 1.75 -inch rackmount package. The of the new amp is especially durable for the double. new broadcast model preamp is availa- a rugged radio station environment, Stanton Magnetics introduced theble in a variety of configurations, in- with metal casing and input and output

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Circle 222 on Reader Service Card 140 BM/E JUNE, 1985 ORBAN OPTIMOD-AM 9100A The choice for voice. 010

From coast to coast, people are talking through OPTIMOD- AM Model 9100A-and dominating the lucrative adult demo- graphics with full -service news and talk formats in mono or AM stereo. OPTIMOD-AM has literally no competition when it comes to creating crisp, intelligible, authoritative voice quality on the air. Its six -band limiter with steep -slope crossovers pulls poor -quality actualities or phone calls "out of the mud" automatically in real time. And its adjustable, statistically -designed receiver equalizer pre -emphasizes high frequencies to assure comfortably intelligible sound from even the worst of the narrowband radios. Loud, clean, crisp, and consistent-OPTIMOD-AM's natural, low -fatigue sound captures the adult audience like no other processor. And the choice for voice sounds great on music, too! Your Orban broadcast products dealer can tell you more about the adult processor that brings out the best in all your program material. Or call us direct in San Francisco. Orban Associates Inc. 645 Bryant St., San Francisco, CA 94107 Toll Free: (800) 227-4498In Calif. (415) 957-1067 Telex: 17-1480 orban ORBAN PROCESSING KEEPS YOU COMPETITIVE

Circle 223 on Reader Service Card filters to keep out RF interference, plustry 100EL powered monitor system, a of distribution amplifiers, a family of separate channel gain controls, all at amonitor speaker that provides its own modular, self -powered units which can cost of $349. power with a 50 W amp in a single, be arranged in a variety of rack- More compact design was in evi-compact, rack -mountable package. mountable positions. Each unit has a dence at the RTS booth, where the Lenco also has a new power amplifi- front panel LED level and status company showed its 2500 Series higher. The PPA-100 stereo power amp de- indicators. performance audio amplifiers designed livers 100 W per channel into eight ohm Farrtronics, long noted for large, to fit into a space -saving card frameloads up to 200 kHz. The output will custom -designed systems, introduced package. They are modular plug-in am- drive speaker loads of four ohms im- distribution amps in packages. The plifiers with high -density circuitry. pedance or above. M-76-24 is a 24 -DA package, while the There were a few new audio moni- Leitch, a manufacturer of quality M-76-48 is a 48 -DA package. Both are tors introduced at the show. Panasonic video products, showed the new ADA prewired and connectorized with one- showed two high -power Ramsa speak- 860, an audio distribution amplifier of- day installation. ers. The Ramsa WS -A70 is a near -field fering a 100 dB S/N ratio and low dis- Also new from Farrtronics are audio studio monitor with built-in auto gain tortion level. It features a six -output DA patch fields in many new formats, and control, balanced sound at low and high and a modular design which allows the mini jacks with steel (not cast) frames volumes, and sharp mic input repro- system to be customized. introduced into prewired mini patch duction. Anti -magnetic devices guard Ward -Beck had its M600 Series line fields. against magnetic leakage, and the cost is $250. The Ramsa WS -A200 is a compact, high -power twin-Bessel-horn speaker for larger applications that has a wide frequency range of 70 to 20,000 Audio Processing Strives Hz. Maximum allowable continuous power input is 250 W, and the cost is for Perfection $475. Time base correction is fast making in- video but they do more. Many are start- Tascam also had new audio moni- roads into the audio processing arena. ing to address the quality of the sound tors. The company introduced its As one company spokesman pointed of stereo through mono equipment. At CM -10 monitors featuring three-way out, "Soon, when you talk about first glance, the demand for such equip- control for $149. TBCs, you'll have to specify audio or ment seems small, but NAB figures re- And Electro-Voice showed its Sen- video." Audio TBCs process audio forport that as much as 60 percent of all Simplyawesome. NEW: The RS -1616 Programmable "all call" output over -ride Three year warranty with suggested list Switcher. Router, Amplifier and Mixer. - Unlimited input mixing to any outputs starting as low as $1249. - No crosspoint overload - - 80dB Call today, toll free (800) 821-2545 for fur- The most powerful combination of flexibil- crosstalk - .0023% distortion - ther information and the name of your ity and performance available today and Response, DC-500kHz - - 90dB S/N. nearest dealer or Rep. with features that won't be found in any In addition, the means of control are other system. Expandable from 8 in X 2 out limited only by your imagination (BCD, to 128 in X 64 out. Stereo & Mono - Indi- 3 wire party line, personal computers,

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142 BM/E JUNE, 1985 Circle 224 on Reader Service Card It's no wonder 5 out of 6 cartridge tapes sound bad. Phase Fixer makes them sound good.

E%en the best tape machines... even the finest cartridge tapes fall prey to sound -robbing phase error and flutter. Carts are dropped. Pressure rollers wear. Play- back heads get dirty. But now the revolutionary Harris Phase Fixer audio time base corrector virtually eliminates phase error What's in it for you and flutter. The Phase Fixer The Phase Fixer dramatically cleans up is a twin pilot tone system your as sound, eliminates annoying can- employing high quality cellation drop -outs and retrieves missing 16 -bit digital audio. musical notes. In fact, your source mate- is acceptable one day can rial can sound five to ten times better. Why mechanical solutions be made a dud the next... And you can use existing cart record and have failed simply by being dropped. playback equipment-as well as existing Extremely critical tolerances carts-without modification. Just one essential to keep phase error in check. How I'hase Fixer works Harris Phase Fixer system can accommo- Visualize your cart playback head ,eing The Harris Phase Fixer consists of two date all the tape source machines at your expanded to 300 feet high-as to compact rack -mounted units. The first, a station. football field is long. Even on this greatly pilot encoder, injects an inaudible pilot exaggerated scale, tape path errors of as signal on the audio as it is recorded onto Take charge little as two inches will cause signal tape. The second unit is the time base Don't accept substandard performance as cancellation within the audio passband corrector. When an encoded tape is played, the inevitabletrade-off of cartridge for the mono listeners of your stereo the time base corrector is automatically tapes. Eliminate it with a Harris Phase programming! Obviously, these close enabled, electronically reducing stereo Fixer audio time base corrector. Contact tolerances in the tape heads and moving phase error and flutter to insignificant Harris Corporation, Studio Division, tape paths cannot be maintained levels. Tapes that are not encoded will P.O. Box 4290, Quincy, Illinois 62305. mechanically. And a tape cartridge that play normally. 2171222-8200. -M HARRIS

141418g FAER BAD For your information, BAD r --BAD UOOD our name is Harris. BAD C !tie 225 an Reader Service Card stereo sound is listened to in mono, a corrector for audio. It corrects the time $1250 in mono or $2450 in stereo. number which rises when AM stereo delay that causes stereo phase error, To address completely different pro- and TV stereo, for which there are still wow and flutter, and also alleviates loss cessing needs, Eventide introduced the few receivers, are included. of high frequencies when the stereo H-969 Harmonizer which changes the Processing for mono to stereo and sound is listened to in mono. It features pitch of a signal yet maintains clean stereo to mono seems to be more availa- 16 -bit digital audio delay for low -noise sound results. The Harmonizer brings ble than ever. In the area of special ef- and high-fidelity audio time base cor- out sound in either a higher or lower fects, fuller sounds and more complex rection. Each stereo track is encoded pitch, and can be used for time com- effects have been added to digital with a precision 19 kHz pilot tone that pression, to change the pitch so "fast- processors, changes which are simply generates the delay control signal to er" doesn't sound "higher."It accomplished with software additions. make the time corrections. On tapes features delay settings of up to three In many cases, the line between audio without a pilot tone, the decoder passes seconds and delay presets, and also re- the signal through with no action or de- moves companding, replacing it with lay. The Phase Fixer costs $5475; the 16 -bit audio for cleaner sound. The encoder is $875. H-969 sells for $4500. Harris also featured a new compres- Eventide also added several new fea- sor/limiter, the Ulti-Mate 91 tri-band tures toitsdigital processor, the AGC, with a dynamic range of 110 dB, SP -2016 "audio computer." New a wide compression range (up to 40 Generation II software customizes ef- dB), and true linear VCA gain control fects that already exist, including digi- for consistent sound. Front panel bar - tal reverb, and adds many new kinds of The Phase Fixer "audio TBC" from Harris. graph meters show the amount of com- reverb, loop editing, and flanging-all sound effects and music processing has pression and limiting in each of three for $9500. been blurred, with companies ad-audio bands, while two-color LEDs From Ursa Major comes the new dressing both markets simultaneously display input and output overload. The MSP-126 Multitap Stereo Processor, a and newer processors serving many setup controls are contained in a sliding stereo -tapped digital delay line with varied functions. drawer mechanism for easy mainte- 20 kHz bandwidth and eight prepro- In one innovative processing devel- nance and repair. The Ulti-Mate 91 can grammed processing modes that cre- opment, Harris aroused quite a bit of in- function as a final broadband limiter, or ates a range of new effects. The unit is terest with its new Phase Fixer, a be used in front of other processing sys- switchable to accommodate mono or patented, exclusive audio time base tems for sound improvement. It costs stereo applications. Some examples of

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Ihenewest of Roscor's Elite Fleet" of Television Remote Trucks to hit the road is the Clearwater "Performer". This 45 foot television supertruck is a marvel of aesthetic and electrical engineering. Roscor Corporation, a leader in the design and fabrication of video systems, built the unit to Clearwater's exacting specifications, using quality Ikegami products, and delivered it on schedule. This striking remote faclity features Ikegami HK-357AT microprocessor controlled cameras, and Ikegami HL-79EAL's, the industry's finest EFP camera. Ikegami high -resolution color monitors were used triroughout at critical monitoring positions. Like every vehicle in Roscor's Elite Fleet, the Performer received careful attention in the areas of human engineering, power regu- lation and distribution, heating and ventilation and air-conditioning, signal distribution, and interconnect flexibility. "The Performer" is engineered to live up to its name. So when you're ready to hit the road, do it with the tops in the industry-Ikegami and Roscor. Ikegami

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Circle 232 on Reader Service Card its effects are forward and backwards Also from Lexicon is new software discrete repetitions, comb filter stereo for the 224 XL digital reverb machine, synthesis, delay based panning, delay and Model 200, which creates room clusters, and new room sizes, and itsimulation. The new software makes carries a price of $2500. both units more accurate and allows the Ursa Major also updated its Stargate "freezing- of room tone or ambience. 626 with reverb and three new roomA single control varies the room size, sizes, plus five new effects, including and upgrades to existing models are of- reverse reverb, and digital delay. fered. The additions to the 224 XL cost Orban Associates, highlighting its $95, and to the Model 200, $240. Updated Lexicon timecompression/ new Optimod stereo TV generator also Although the company didn't intro- expansion system. had the 9100A Optimod-AM mono or duce new products at this year's show, stereo, and 8100A Optimod-FM with Dolby Laboratories continues to do The compressor part of the processor six -band limiter and XT upgrade along well with its noise reduction systems divides the audio signal into four with the 111B Dual -Spring Reverb, for Sony and Ampex C -format one - bands, and filters maintain the signal's and 245F stereo synthesizer. inch VTRs. Included in this line are the quality while increasing loudness. The Lexicon showed its new 1200CCN 226 for Ampex VPR-2, the CN unit has two switches, one for stereo time compressor, an upgrade to221B for Sony BVH 1000/1100, and wideband/multiband and one for limit/ existing 1200 stereo units, with new the CN 234 for Sony BVH 2000. Dolby compress and it costs $2250. software for better long-term accuracy. is also doing well with the rest of its Audio Engineering Associates also It automatically controls the speed ofnoise reduction products such as the SP had new stereo processing products at playback equipment and preserves Series for multitrack recording and the its booth. One item on display was the broadcast -quality audio, with im- 360 Single-track Series for other out- AES-MS 38 stereo box with MS stereo, proved machine control for on -air ap-board applications. XXY stereo and dimension variable plications. The system consists of two In the realm of stereo processing, control. Also at the AEA booth, Studio 1200 Cs with matrix interface cable,CRL introduced the SEP 800 Stereo Technologies introduced the SMPL and at $9500, it costs less than buyingSpectral Energy Processor to replace low-cost sync system and showed its two single units for the same results. the mono SEP 400. The new model is a AN -2 Stereo Simulator, which synthe- Lexicon is offering a retrofit to existing multiband processor which can be used sizes stereo sound from mono sources. 1200s. with other CRL processing equipment. The stereo signal produced from the

It's no secret: Some of the greatest singers and announcers in the world habitually have problems with Anew way their "esses". And small sibilance problems can turn into big ones when extra compression, equalization, and other signal processing is used. to stamp out a Now Orban, the de-essing expert, introduces the new Model 536A-a two -channel line -level de-esser with fast, simple setup, and the same unsurpassed performance as our popular single -channel 526A. All at nass tyhabit. less cost -per -channel. Orban's control techniques offer accurate de-essing of voice tracks regardless of input levels. Accordingly, the 536A lets you EQ without compromise and record tight -to -the mike without fear-you're protected from excessive sibilance energy which might otherwise overload tape, disk, cassette, or optical film. Call or write today for details on the new Orban 536A De -Esser. And help control a nasssty habit. Orban Associates Inc.,645 Bryant Street San Francisco,CA 94107 (415) 957-1067 orbanTLX: 17-1480 Circle 228 on Reader Service Card 146 BM EJUNE, 1985 If there's anOWE'on your mast, it'llnever be hit*

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Circle 229 on Reader Service Card AN -2 is completely mono -compatible, sic production and voice synthesis, the and a filtering process eliminates the Fairlight Computer Musical Instru- harshness that can result from stereo ment. The CMI Series III provides 16 simulation with delay lines. simultaneous channels of audio, each A large number of audio processing with independent and grouped outputs. products could actually fall under the It contains 12 microprocessors and of- heading"intelligent,"but two fers state of the art digital sound quali- companies which actually called their ty with a 16 -bit random access processors "intelligent" are Aphex waveform storage and converters. and Audio&Design/Calrec. There are 16 output channels to which Aphex introduced the Dominator, an any of 16 voices can be routed, and off- intelligent multiband audio processor, line synthesis is another available and the Compellor, Model 301, a feature. single -channel version of the Corn- There were some of the more tradi- pellor. Also new at NAB was the tional forms of processing present at the Aphex Model 9001 aural exciter, a dbx show as well. Valley People showed its rack modular version of its existing au- Model 440 limiter/compresser/de- ral exciter. esser, a single -channel processor with Audio&Design/Calrec introduced the company's exclusive Linear Inte- Filmex, an intelligent noise expansion gration Detector inthelimiter/ system to eliminate noise in audio compresser section, which has been tracks of old movies at TV station film downward expanded to compensate for islands or videocassette duplicators. "heavy " compression. Although designed to handle problems Electronic Systems Laboratories that are prevalent with old films, the made its first showing at this year's new machine is not actually limited to NAB with two audio processing prod- film applications. With four -band pro- ucts from other manufacturers. From Continental's cessing, it cleans up the speech track Geise Electronic, ESL featured the 5 kW AM Power Rock: and also increases separation of fore- ADR Taker 1000, a dialog replacement a sound winner that's ground against background noise on device. And from Barth, the company ready for AM stereo. ENG and other tapes. showed the Dynaset U311 compressor. In the area of digital delay pro- It features two thresholds, one for up- The Power Rock is designed to give cessing, McCurdy introduced the per band and a second for lower band you the very best audio. Listen to the ADU-10 Audio digital delay, a 16 -bit functions. One of its key functions is loud, clear signal, and you know you linear audio -to -digital conversion. The better differentiation from background have a winner. The Fbwer Rock is delay is adjustable from zero to seven noise. ready for AM Stereo and accepts seconds in one millisecond steps up to a sophisticated audio. Another processor designed to help Owners and managers likeFbwer half second, and 10 millisecond steps differentiate foreground from back- Rock's superior performance and up to seven seconds. An LED readout ground noise is the BBE 202 Series outstanding on -air performance. shows delay and there is a bargraph from Barcus Berry. It's a multiband, Program directors like the crisp, monitor. The machine can be expanded program -controlled signal processor, clean signal and compatibility with for stereo capability. with high-speed dynamic gain control the most sophisticated audio Roland, meanwhile, introduced the circuitry to add brightness and pres- processors. SDE-2500 Digital Delay, an MIDI- ence. The BBE 202 also increases Engineers like the proven design compatible machine which produces a voice intelligibility for both mono and and conservative components: a delay of up to 750 ohms. Up to 64 front stereo signals. safety margin for steady, reliable on -air performance. panel programs can be assigned to any Rounding out the diverse field of au- of 128 MIDI program locations through dioprocessing equipment was the machine, and effects such as Connectronics, which introduced the flanging, chorus, doubling and echo Accessit, a compressor and noise gate. can be accurately produced. It's cost is The compressor maintains a constant $795. volume, and the noise gate shuts down Also new from Roland is the JX-8P open mics or can be used to create ef- Left: Photo shows excellent dynamic response synthesizer, which acts as an MIDI fects. Stereo sweep equalizer and mini- of Continental's 5 kW AM transmitter at 20Hz modulation. Right: photo of modulation wave master controller and an analog/digital ature reverb unit are also part of the form shows effect of Instantaneous Peak Limiter hybrid synthesizer to create sounds system which has mic and line level

For a copy of our brochure on the 315R based on complex waveforms, even connections. 5 kW AM Power Rock, call 12141381-7161. cross -modulated sounds. It's cost is And new in processing equipment Continental Electronics Mfg. Co. $1695. Roland also showed the new from White Instruments was the Model Box 270879 Dallas, TX 75227. TR-707 Rhythm Composer which of- 4500, an active1/2 -octave graphic C- 1982 Continental Electronics mfg. co. /5101 fers digital sounds, and digital display equalizer which was shown along with in a percussion producing instrument the company's line of active and for $595. passive equalizers, audio real-time ana- And from Fairlight comes a new lyzers, crossover networks and filters Circle 230 on Reader Service Card product aimed towards electronic mu- for audio applications.

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Another highlight at the RCA exhibit was the new OPTO-SX "switchless" system for mode switching of parallel INDUSTRY -WIDE VHF transmitters. There are no vacuum capacitors in the system and no DEVELOPMENTS metal -to -metal contacts in the RF path. Four hybrid couplers and two variable phase shifters are the primary compo- New Suppliers Emerge to nents in the system. A coaxial changeover systemfor radio was highlighted by Bayly. The unit Fill Broadcast Airwaves switched not only the antenna but In one sense, NAB '85 was the year of AEG's presence was felt via its Canadi- controlled transmitters as well. the transmitter import. With the dollaran associate, Bayly Engineering. The main feature at Philips was a so high in value, both European and In TV transmitters, two trends were brand-new UHF transmitter, the LDM Japanese descended on NAB with vigor obvious. First was the capability of 1791. Using the latest Amperex (Phil- hoping to penetrate the American trans- transmitting multichannel sound; sec- ips Valvo) external cavity klystron, the mitter market. NEC, for one, was muchond was the smaller size of transmit- YK 1265 (shown last year at NAB), the more aggressive having recently re-ters. Comark, Harris, ITS, Larcan, transmitter boasted not only high effi- vamped its marketing organization.Philips, RCA and Townsend as re- ciency (a super pulser beam controller Toshiba, for the first time, brought aported elsewhere in this report all reduces beam power 25 percent) but transmitter to the show. And Marconi'sstressed stereo. The reduced size of volume reduction of 60 percent over its alliance with Comark put it in a strongtransmitters was particularly noticeable predecessor. Incorporating a late model position for the first time in years. Piherin the UHF band, whenever one high - exciter, the transmitter can handle MTS Electronics of Spain (Pesa) made anpower tube replaced two lower power sound with "minimal" distortion. impressive showing simply by having atypes. Immediately power supplies NEC's new PCN-1400 Series trans- remarkably large exhibit that included were halved in size. It is no longer pos- mitters which are MTS ready (Japan VHF transmitters and translators.sible to report a "trend" to higher has been broadcasting stereo since Itelco, making inroads in Latin Ameri-efficiency-as it is now a fact with 1977) reflected some new designs. Its 35 ca from its Florida office (TV exciters,specs pushing the theoretical physical kW model boasted an all -solid-state au- transmitters and translators), turned itslimits. Last year the big news was high - ral section (the visual has a single RCA attention north. Rohde & Schwarz gavepower (and high efficiency) five -cavity 8984 grounded -grid triode). Special over more of its booth to transmittersklystrons with RCA showing a 100 kW hybrid integrated circuits are used ex- (TV and FM). Thomson-CSF came onmodel and Harris 60 kW units. This tensively. High -power transistor am- more aggressively than before (in theyear RCA added a 60 kW version, the plifiers reduce the number of stages high -power area) and Philips, whichTTG-60U, to its line using the Varian (using broadband strip line circuits) to a has had a good foothold in the U.S.,"efficiency -tuned" S Series minimum. An all -new exciter is a solid- had two exhibits this year-one in the(VKP-7553S) that boosts efficiency by state frequency synthesized type. A TV area, another in the radio area. another 10 percent. distortion corrector is built-in.

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NEC's UHF line, the PCU-900, was Nautel 50 kW solid-state AMtransmitter. described as a fourth generation design incorporating latest technology fea- to 1.0 percent, and intermoiiulation to category, an 816R 20 kW was tures, including hybrid ICs. Amperex, 1.5 percent for 95 percent modulation demonstrating both stereo and SCA EEV or NEC klystrons can be used. as a result of "enhancements" to its with the latter operating at both 67 kHz EEV, incidentally, broadened its line, patented Polyphase Pulse Duration and 92 kHz. introducing the K3672BCD to compete Modulation (PPDM) System. The new Claiming absolute reliability through with the YK1265, rated to 60 kW. SX line also features an Automatic "solid-state technology coupled with Toshiba's point of distinction was Multipower Switching Option for day- classical vacuum tube design" was all -solid-state design. Although it dis- time operators on a tiered power level Elcom Bauer with six FM transmitters played only a single unit, a 5 kW UHF schedule. While Harris's 50 kW biggie on display along with several AMs. type, literature and pictures were on is still a tube type, the MW -50C3 Among the first -time -shown radio hand showing a 30 kW UHF solid-state boasts a new solid-state MOSFET transmitter products at NAB '85 were a transmitter made up of 1 kW PAs, a 50 modulator driver stage which has low- new Model X FM exciter with five kW VHF s -s transmitter using 1.5 kW ered its distortion specs to 2.4 percent, subcarrier inputs from Wilkinsonn 1C, PAs and a 50 kW s -s AM radio trans- a feat not claimed by other power trans- an exciter/transmitter from Rohde & mitter made up of 24 3 kW PAs. Need- mitter manufacturers. Schwarz that included a stereocoder less to say, solid-state transmitters are Continental had the distinction ofoption for both traffic radio and SCA not as compact as the tube types men- having the largest number of transmit- signals, a 25 kW AMer from CSI, and a tioned earlier. ters on the floor-all of them tube types 30 kW FM amplifier from QEI. A new Actually exhibiting a 50 kW solid- including the1 kW AM "PowerCCA Electronics, headquartered in state AM radio was Nautel. But solid- Rock." In view of the confirmation at Fairburn, GA, (exhibiting in Singer state by itself did not steal the show. the show that Varian is purchasing Broadcast's booth), boasted new AM Having the lowest distortion transmit- Continental, one can not predict the de- (stereo) and FM exciters. ters on the market was Harris's claimmise of tube transmitters any time In some respects, NAB '85 looked for its new SX (solid-state) Soundstarsoon. All of Continental's AM trans- like an LPTV show. Practically all of AM line. Harmonic distortion is down mitters were "stereo ready"; in the FM theimporters,andparticulary

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Other newceive site(s) quickly through the use of entries were a 160 W TWT for Ku -band a thumb wheel adjustment and remains uplink transmitters and a 3.35 kW klys- locked to it regardless of helicopter ac- tron for 6 GHz uplinks, the TH 563. tivity through the use of Loran signals. As reported in the story on enormousNurad's Logic Track also uses Loran -C TV stereo activity, both M/A Corn andto calculate correct rotation of the trans- Harris showed STL microwave capablemit antenna as a function of the helicop- of handling stereo subcarriers. Harrister heading. BMS reports 180 -mile units, known as MICROSTAR sys-transmissions have been achieved be- tems, are available in 2, 7 and 13 GHzcause of easier tracking. models. New portable equipment in the Some dual -band antennas for opera- 2 GHz band was shown by Harris, M/Ation in the 2-2.5 and 7 GHz band were ITS linear exciter for stereo TV. Com, Nurad and RF Technology. Eachintroduced by M/A Com and BMS. boasts compactness, high performance Thomson-CSF, featured low -power Fiberoptic systems models. Add to that list Acrodyne, Em- At least four NAB exhibitors were cee, ITS, TTC and Townsend plus attesting to the increased interest in Comwave, which came with MDS fiberoptics. Artel demonstrated for the gear. Emcee introduced several new first time a single optical fiber that products in the 2.5-2.7 GHz (MDS) transmitted video and two wideband band-a 10 W GaAsFET repeater and a aural and data channels over 20 miles 100 W amplifier. Acrodyne had a new exceeding RS -250B short haul stan- low -power unit and, in effect, intro- dards. Single mode fibers minimize op- duced itself as a new company now tical dispersion, thereby increasing owned and operated by its current bandwidth. Belden, a cable supplier, management. said the demand is enormous. Grass While apparently little was new in Valley Group's Wavelink Fiberoptics TV antennas, Andrew Corp. high- operation showed some five systems lighted several transmission line ad- approaches for short and long hauls vances including a bellows -type inner plus wideband (20 MHz) links. Optical conductor to handle contraction and ex- cables are a natural replacement for mi- pansion without metal wear and circu- crowave links for covering sporting lar waveguides with 90 degree bends. events said Telemet, which exhibited In the STL-TSL category of prod- BMS helicopter -mounted microwave the Model 4201-C1 transmission ucts, Itelco showed an FM type with antenna. system. considerable range; Micro Controls showed a new TSL MCI 2001 Series with intercom, fire and burglar alarm inputs. Horizon International, a first time exhibitor from Phoenix, showed a Sophistication Becomes new transmitter diagnostic and remote - control system. The unit can monitor Standard in Audio and over 300 points. Harris introduced the Sentinel 16 as a versatile remote - Video Routing control unit with features normally found only in higher priced units. The Always essential to broadcast opera- Utah Scientific introduced a new unit is programmable so that power lev- tions, the routing switcher has movedrouting switcher, the AVS-1B, archi- els are automatically adjusted when from a fairly simple piece of equipmenttecturally similar to the company's readings exceed limits. Any change in into the realm of computer control.AVS-1 but a totally new design, offer- status can initiate operation of a control Top -of -the -line units offer sophistica- ing eight individually addressable function. ted control of potentially thousands ofswitching levels with sizes to 320 in- While the number of tube suppliers crosspoints, with an array of featuresputs by unlimited outputs per level. Be- remains the same, the offerings in- that present broadcasters with somesides excellent specs, the AVS-1B crease. Thomson-CSF, RCA, Varian, real choices in designing a routingsys- features control panels that are and Varian/EIMAC (as well as EEV al- tem.The importance of routing wasreprogrammable from a simple com- ready mentioned) added a number of emphasized by several significant de-puter terminal with no system or panel tubes. Among the Varian/EIMAC of- velopments at NAB '85. downtime. Control circuitry is redun-

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Circle 171 on Reader Service Card dant with automatic switchover. The in lab for as long as 12 hours, according They incorporate self -powered, at- switcher's 60 MHz video bandwidthto a spokesperson. In addition, the tached power cords and illuminated, will accommodate digital televisionprice has been made "more attract- relegendable, momentary pushbuttons. and MAC technologies. ive." A companion unit is the Ten -XT Each standalone switcher can be Utah also supplemented its PLMC-1 monitoring station, which combines supplied with three units in a one RU party line machine control system withthe XL's capabilities with the frame or 10 units in a three RU frame. the introduction of a new SMPTE stan-Tektronix 1740 or 1750 waveform/ The video switcher offers vertical inter- dard MC system. The new system usesvector monitors, as well as the 528 and val switching; the audio unit boasts a redundant microprocessors with auto- 1420. wide dynamic range and a headphone matic failure detection and switchover. monitoring jack on the front panel. Control panel interconnection is by Also new in the Hedline Series is the four high-speed coaxial loops, with SAA-320 six -output audio DA, a self - connection to controlled machines by powered, self-contained unit with bal- either parallel interfaces or standard anced outputs. SMPTE protocol. Dynair, meanwhile, continues to Stereo television systems got a boost Grass Valley's new TEN -XT router mounted make advances with its modular with Bosch's introduction of the with Tek waveform/vector display. routing switcher/DA, which can be set MCS-2000 master control switcher, up for both small- and large-scale oper- which can be added onto an existing GVG also announced a new range ofations, or interfaced with Dynair's Sys- TVS/TAS-2000 housedistribution video and audio DAs, the 8500 Series. tem 23 machine control system as the switcher or configured with its own New from 3M is a two -level audiobasis for a station automation package. switching matrix. The MCS-2000 can switcher with stereo capability, intro-New control panel options were shown be used with up to four audio levels for duced as a companion to the state of the at NAB, complementing the CRT - a second stereo feed or SAP feed. Key art H Series. Like the Model 128x32based master controller which forms audio parameters are metered for quali- which it is designed to complement, thethe hub of the microprocessor - ty performance. The switcher can be new stereo, audio -only switcher usescontrolled switching. used with the Bosch TCS-1 machine hybrid circuit technology. The compact control system; at the show, it wasunit provides up to 160 inputs by 32 demonstrated with the DDC BIAS au- outputs with two levels of audio in 19 tomation system. 1/4 inches of rack space and offers the Bosch also introduced a range of new same features and specifications as the control panels for its TVS-TAS-1000 audio channel of the Model 128x32. It and 2000 distribution switcher line, can also function as a standalone audio ranging from single -bus 10 -key control switching system. panels to full matrix microprocessor - 3M also featured its Model 6600 based panels. microprocessor -based routing switcher GrassValley Group'sfield - controller, which allows the customer The IMS large -frame "intelligent" audio programmable Horizon switcher line to use alphanumeric data entered from routing system. had some interesting new wrinkles thispanels or from a terminal. It uses a new year. The HX-16 is a 16x16 switcherManchester encoded data addressing Two new series of intelligent audio with two levels for audio and one ofsystem with a data rate of 62,500 bits switchers were introduced by Inte- video in a single box containing con-per second, and will handle 128 panels grated Media Systems (IMS) at the troller, changeover, and redundant show. The Smart Switcher 200, ideal controller, plus redundant power sup- for ENG mobile applications as well as plies. This is made possible in part by a studios, can contain up to 256 summing new smaller power supply that allows crosspoints configured in groups of both power supplies to fit in the same eight. It features four on -board memo- box, keeping the unit compact. Also ries, with local or remote X -Y or new are a video status display, control- destination -oriented control panels lable from any UCP (universal control available in up to 32 remote locations panel); a new GPI that allows user to via a party line control system. control Horizon from any personal The 200's big brother is the 400 computer (demonstrated at NAB with Series Smart Switcher, which can com- an IBM PC); and a new eight -bus HEDCO Hedline modular routing switcher. prise 256 to 16,000 crosspoints. Be- multibus controller that stores up to 10 sides its audio routing applications, it four -level breakaway events. for switching control. Available con- can be used as a large electronic patch Also new was the Ten -XL, antrol panels include a 16 -pushbutton bay, an expansion router for add-on updated version of GVG's economical unit, one with 64 pushbuttons, and a stereo applications, a multilevel router, Ten -X routing system, with two chan- universal alphanumeric control panel. or an automatable summing audio dis- nels of audio and one of video in a one HEDCO premiered a pair of new tribution switcher. Power supplies are rack unit system. Circuit boards are routing switchers in its Hedline Series, modular and redundant. The 400 costs removable through the front of the the SVS-340 4x1 video switcher and $11,900 and up. rack for easy maintenance. The XL's the SAS -341 4x1 audio switcher. Both Another intelligent routing system built-in nonvolatile crosspoint memory featureelectroniclatching,active was introduced by Amherst Electronic is guaranteed for one hour, but has held circuitry with broadcast -quality specs. Instruments. The IDAC Series (for In -

158 BM/E JUNE, 1985 EIGHT QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK WHEN BUYING WEATHER RADAR.

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Circle 174 on Reader ServiceCard telligent Distribution Amplifier Con- tions. The switcher can be programmed console systems. A variety of user- troller) is an 8088 microprocessor - with a variety of I/O devices, including friendly control interfaces will be of- based device that controls up to three microcomputers, and can be config- fered, using SMPTE serial bus control. interchangeable DA modules, eachured to handle any audio, video, or Deliveries are slated for this month. with eight outputs. The video DA mod- AFV requirements from 8x8 to Two useful audio routing items from ule can display video levels on a com- 256x256. It boasts excellent specs with Logitek are the PRE -10 input expander puter CRT, perform cable equalization, no signal degradation. and the MON-10 multisource meter/ and interactively reroute inputs and The newest item from Image Video monitor. The PRE -10 is a passive outputs. It can also perform some of the was the Model 9600 high -density routing switcher that feeds any of 10 functions of a proc amp. Amherst also routing switcher, based not on hybrids mono inputs to either of two outputs introduced the IDAC-BBDA, an intel- but using a monolithic chip for the and is designed for situations where au- ligent device that automatically adjusts crosspoint. According to the company, dio sources outnumber available in- subcarrier phase, horizontal phase, and this structure gives the compact unit puts. The MON-10 feeds any of 10 video level gain on up to five genlocked greater reliability and stability and su- stereo inputs into a single stereo output, video products. It is available in manu-perior specifications. A 40x40 video and also feeds the selected input to a al and automatic versions. system with two channels of audio multirange meter, a 6 W speaker, and a Central Dynamics featured its SDS-2 takes up 16 rack units; 80x80 video and front -panel headphone jack. signal distribution system, which packs two audio channels fit in 48 units. The Ramko showed a production model 2048 crosspoints into only eight rack switcher is completely compatible with of its RS -1616 router/switcher control units. The system is field -expandable existing Image Video control panels system, shown last year as an engineer- from 32x32 up to 512x512. It uses hy- and operates in conjunction with the ing prototype. The system, which pro- brid circuits for all video crosspoints, company's 10K control system. Also vides switching, amplifying, routing, and all audio processing is fully bal- and mixing with paging/call override, anced. A standard feature is CDL's has new remote controls and an im- MicroPatch software, which includes proved memory. Part of Ramko's Pri- breakaway, status display, I/O locks, mus Series, the RS -1616 can be and real-time salvos. configured from eight mono/four stereo McCurdy introduced a line of 10x1 in by two out to 128 mono/64 stereo by A/V switchers, one rack unit -high, of- 64. A special feature in the output sec- fering one level of video and two of au- tion allows the user to switch the output dio with breakaway. Also new was a to another source for paging or program override; removal of this command compact 64x64 audio/video switcher Leitch AVS-48 I audio/video router. using 8x8 video modules and 16x8 au- causes the output to revert automatical- dio modules, offered with a full range new was the 6030 10x1 broadcast ly to the previously selected source. of control panels. routing switcher with full three -level Gentner Engineering introduced two As part of a new line of vertical inter- breakaway. audio switchers, a 10x2 stereo and a val switching devices, Leitch Video in- New from Di -Tech was the SE high- 20x1 mono. These passive routing troduced the AVS-481 audio/videospeed serial control system, which al- switchers use dependable magnetic switcher, intended for demanding ap- lows Di -Tech control panels and latching relays for routing of sources, plications such as program monitoring, routing switchers to be connected with and may be used for control voltages as picture matching, and test signal coax or twisted pair. The system con- well as sources. They cost $849 each. switching. The one RU mounting troller requires one RU of space and can Dynair highlighted its established frame houses one 8x1 video switching be up to 100 feet from the switcher. The System 21 matrix routing switcher and matrix, one or two 8x1 audio switching SE constantly sends tally status to all the 25 Series video and audio switching matrices, and one power supply. Re-control panels and checks for new systems, introduced two years ago and mote control is available via a three - switch requests. It also does an auto - built with hybrid technology and conductor cable; multiple controlconfigure on power up to locate all microprocessor -controlledcircuitry. panels, all providing active crosspoint connected control panels to provide The 20x20 system is expandable to indication, are allowed. Also featuredoptimum speed. 1000x1000. was the ADA-860 audio DA, a very The SE is compatible with Di-Tech's Graham -Patten, which unveiled a low noise unit boasting virtually trans- new 5850 AFV switching system, new audio mixer at this year's show parent operation. field -expandable with up to three levels (see section on TV consoles), an- In designing its new modular routingof audio per input. Frame capacity is nounced that it has completed shipment switcher system, BSM Broadcast Sys-40x20. It can operate with parallel of a 160 -channel, remotely -controlled tems built an entirely new system fromBCD or serial -type control panels. audio DA system to the NBC Televi- the ground up. Modular features com-Computer control can be serial or sion Network in New York. plete total shielding of all componentsparallel. Key Video featured its established and signal traces; direct coupled signal Console manufacturer Harrison Sys- line of custom-built medium to large paths to eliminate dc restorationtems introduced the ARS-9 intelligent, routing switchers, the AVS-100 Series, circuitry and associated dc offset ad-microprocessor -controlledaudio based typically on a 20 -input module. justments; four independent effectivityrouting switcher system available in Designed for the high -quality broadcast levels for all possible combinations offrom 64x32 to 256x256 crosspoints. market, the system features ease of ex- video and audio switching; andAccording to Harrison, the ARS-9 is pansion and on -air maintenance. effectivity "jumpers" that permit thethe only audio routing system with au- Several companies brought new programming of special configura-dio signal specs equal to its range of DAs, including ESE, which introduced

BM/E JUNE, 1985 163 the ES 208 lx12 video DA, economical eight outputs per amplifier and looped- and insertion loss of less than 15 dB. at only $300. Also new were the 720 through differential inputs. Microsonics, Inc., also showed a Series programmable comparators. Allen Avionics introducedthe line of discrete delay lines boasting Omicron Video unveiled the Model VAR256 video delay line, which fea- wide bandwidth and excellent phase 200/210 universal video/data DA,a tures infinitely small delay adjustments characteristics. They are compact, low- modular, self -powered design with (from 0 to 256 ns), no video distortion, power, and temperature stable.

specially designed delivery service for Ku -band Hits the Road and satellite newsgathering throughout the continental U.S. a New Buzzword is Born Wold transmission services will be on the RCA "K-2" satellite scheduled Satellite Newsgathering (SNG) was three flight cases when configured for to be launched in December. NBC not actually born at NAB'85, but it cer- conventionalanalogtransmission. Television Network is to use K-2 to de- tainly was baptized. Hubbard Commu- A new entry in the truck -based SNG liver network programming to its nications' HUBCOM NewStar linkedwas Dalsat, which introduced the affiliates. to the birds through Conus was joined SNG-25 transportable uplink in a self- Microdyne's side of the coin is by a host of other SNG backers, all contained 28 -foot -long vehicle. It fea- QuickLink, a new Ku -band transporta- using Ku -band systems. tures a collapsible dish antenna (4.5 Thus, within a year the concept ofmeters), on -site editing capabilities, taking a dish out into the field and using satellite -linkedinterruptfeedback the previously suspect Ku -band to(IFB),anddirecttelephone bounce signals back to a station or sta- communications. tions has become an accepted tech- Ittransmits through the GTE nique. Little wonder there's now more Spacenet Satellite System. Two signals competition on the SNG roads. Notcan be transmitted simultaneously only are the satellite equipment and sat- through any one of four GTE satellites, ellite service companies joining the pa- providing up to eight channels for Part of extensive satellite system from rade, but the established ENG trucktransmission. A fifth bird providing Microdyne. designers are hitching a ride. two additional channels is set to be ble uplink. You don't fly QuickLink There are still some unresolved is- launched early next year. and you don't drive it-you tow it. sues. These include: the optimum size Each mobile unit features two Dalsat QuickLink, a self-contained unit, is de- of the dish, wind load capability, proprietarysingle -channel -per -carrier signed to be hooked to the back of an sidelobe performance, foldable anten- (SCPC) circuits, which allows station - existing ENG truck, making it possible na or not, best means of intercommuni- based producers to give off -air to keep present ENG equipment and get cations,and assemble -disassemble instructions to crews in the field using the benefits of SNG. The system is de- times (you get some tricky quotes on IFB. One of the SCPC circuits can also signed to make it easy for an ENG crew this point). Operating costs is another to set up the satellite feed. A key feature hazy issue at this point. Competitors is completely automatic acquisition of are already bad-mouthing each other's the desired satellite using a calibrated pricing statements. satellite location memory which is on One of the SNG pioneers at NAB did targetin10 minutes. Moreover, not have a truck. GEC McMichael un- QuickLink has a two-way voice -grade veiled its NewsHawk satellite earth ter- communications link with Wold's minal which is designed to fly away 24 -hour network operations center via rather than drive away. First shown at SCPC. the International Broadcast Convention Clearly, the Ku -bandwagon is roll- inBrighton,U.K.,lastfall, ing. MicroLink Systems introduced its NewsHawk features a 2m x lm elliptic- Sky -Pack from GEC/McMichael. SNG Series mobile, self-contained ve- al antenna which has a transmit gain of hicle. It's equipped with a 2.3 -meter 45 dBi and a receive gain of 43.5 dBi.be used by a news anchor to interact parabolic antenna and a 600 W TWT The antenna complies with the 29-25 with a field reporter during a live re- amplifier. loge sidelobe specifications. mote. The SCPC permits two-way A synthesized video exciter allows The antenna is the key element of the field -to -station communications via frequency selection of allsatellite GEC McMichael system. It had to be satellite, eliminating the need for con- transponder plans, including all full small enough to be carried in a light air- ventionalsurface -leveltelephone and half transponder formats. An audio craft such as a Lear jet or station wag- service. subcarrier modulator is included, with on, but large enough to provide an At a joint press conference, Wold room to add more. aperture able to comply with two - Communications and Microdyne both A much larger transportable rig was degree satellite spacing. According to announced that they were going into shown by VideoStar, which also pro- McMichael, the ellipticalaperture Ku -band efforts, each in its own way. duces transportable C -band equipment. meets these two requirements. Wold will have full operation of an The Ku SNG units feature five -meter The entire system can be packed in SNG system by March, 1986. It is a folding antennas that can be set up in 30

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Circle 175 on Reader Service Card minutes by a one -person crew. Tektronix and Videotek respectively. connection above for the satellite ser- VideoStar also maintains an inventory LB Telesystems is making an SNG vice and the HUBCOM connection be- of satellite time. truck for Comsat General, which will low for reliable vehicle service to keep As mentioned above, the mobile be leased. It has both a 2.4 -meter dish NewStar ahead. And it is also the rea- broadcast truck suppliers are getting and a microwave mast for terrestrial son that Dutcher is already predicting a into the SNG act too. Midwest has the communications. It can be configuredshakeout among the would-be SNG S-20 Ku uplink system with a from simple newsgathering to full pro- suppliers. 3.5 -meter antenna mounted on a duction with on -board editing and pro- SNG was not the only news at 22 -foot trailer that also has a controlduction switching. NAB'85. One new development since room. The antenna, low noise convert- What about Hubbard's NewStar? It the last NAB was the name Vertex at er, video receiver full and halfhas not been sitting in the garage. The the Harris booth. Vertex, in the words transponder, and video filter full andkey to winning in SNG, says Charles of one of its executives, is a new old half transponder are all from Harris. Dutcher, vice president and general company. The roots of Vertex go back The Varian 300 TWT amplifier is used. manager for Conus, will be service. toRadio MechanicalStructures, Test and monitoring equipment is from That's why he is banking on the Conus founded in 1973 and acquired by Harris in 1977 to become Harris Antenna Op- erations. Last December, the original RMS team purchased the Harris Anten- na Operations and set up shop in Kilgore, TX. Vertex is off to a running start since it has nearly 700 C -band satellite earth station antennas and about 400 Ku - "- -- __-J --/j

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Smart Way. With ALEX dish line ranges from 3.5 meters all the the Alexander way to 32 meters. Design and redesign Smart Charger as well as manufacture are done in How smart is it? This smart. The Alexander Texas. Smart Charger utilizes a unique micro- Alf 4 .. processor to sense the full charge point of A wider -known name, Scientific- anickel -cadmium battery. Then itgoes to Atlanta, was at NAB with a wide range trickle. Ordinary chargers operate on a of satellite equipment. Featured was timer and continue to charge even when the DAT-32 digital audio terminal de- the job is done. And that's dumb. signed for the reception of media infor- The Alexander Triplex Smart Charger will mation broadcast via satellite using work with up to three packs in the 12-14.4 volt range. Each pack is brought to full digital data techniques. The system has charge in less than two hours. Automatic- ASKFOR THE NAME OF YOUR digital program audio channels (15 kHz ally. Without monitoring. Andthat's ALEXANDERBATTERY DISTRIBUTOR or 7.5 kHz), voice cue channel (32 smart. kb/s) and data channels (32 kb/s). DE Not overlooking Ku -band, S -A had 'III ALEXari i the RFT-1200 Ku -band integrated RF AlexanderMfg. Co.,Box1645, Mason City, IA 50401 515-423-8955 terminal. It is flexible enough to accommodate a wide range of satellite

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:Arc* 177 on Reader Service Cara communications needs. The RFT-1200 dBi for Ku and from 44.2 dBi at 4 GHz console or rack mounted mount can be configured for redundant or to 43.8 dBi for C. controls. nonredundant, transmit/receive, trans- Available in either C- or Ku -band, C -band transportables were still in mit -only, or receive -only operation. but not in dual -band, was the Miralite evidence, though not as dominant as Another very flexible satellite design five -meter clear aperture antenna. last year. Starshooter, a 48 -foot -long was the 4.5 -meter receive -only earth Sidelobe improvement is achieved rig, was a quite -noticeable participant. station antenna from Andrew. This unit through use of the clear aperture and The trailer has a modified Andrew is available for C-, Ku- and dual C/Ku- advanced corrugated feed designs 4.5 -meter antenna with electric drive band operation, in manual and motor- ranges from 15 dB to 30 dB, in which (hydraulics is out for reliability rea- ized versions. Also available with this the 15 dB refers to improvement in the sons) and Scientific-Atlanta 600 Series antenna is a motorized mount with re- first sidelobe level and 30 dB refers to a receivers. mote microprocessor controller. Ac- majority of the wide angle lobes. cording to Andrew specs, there is a On -hand' in the Pinzone entourage Satellite components slight drop in gain in the dual -band was the Comtech five -meter C -band As networkingviasatellite has mode from 55.3 dBi at 12 GHz to 52.2 antenna. It has programmable remote, grown, so has the concern with matching the uplink components with the downlink? components. That is the approach that Modulation Associates is taking. In its line is N -SAT, a new SCPC receiver specifically designed Eliminate for affiliates of national radio networks. "Because the MA modulators and audio processors are used by virtually all national satellite FM SCPC ra- dionetworks,thecompanion ModulationAssociatesreceive demodulators and audio processors in the new N -SAT receiver are precisely problems matched to the network uplink- insuring national network affiliates the highest possible audio quality, and the with the flick N -SAT demodulator is plug-in compatible with over2200downlinks currently in operation," a Modulation Associ- ofa switch ates spokesperson explains. Thesystemistwo -channel

switchable including remote, is fre- - quency agile and includes multiplex port and loss of carrier alarm. MA also had the T -Series frequency -agile SCPC IT'S SIMPLE.Add the"REGEN" option to Cipher Digital's Model demodulator designed to interface with 710A Time -Code Reader/Character Inserter and a majority of editing its multichannel MC -SAT receiver glitches are gone forever. shelf. It will also plug into other radio WHY? Most computer editing glitches relate to the quality of the network systems, including those of Time -Code provided to the system. The Model 710A with the Mutual Broadcasting System and The "REGEN" option provides the edit system with perfect, re -timed and Associated Press. MA also had its new re -synced code, irrespective of the original code quality. SR -13 fully synthesized, frequency - Even non -synchronous, free running code will edit correctly. agile satellite subcarrier demodulator Cipher Digital has even solved the "No -Code" problem. Supplied system for stereo TV sound distribution. with control -track pulses, the Model 710A will continue to output Digital audio by satellite is a hot error -free Time -Code without reading incoming data. topic for Dolby, since the company introduced Adaptive Delta Modulation Think of the edit time these two features alone could salvage. But the 710A offers much more. (ADM). Dolby claims that delta modulation, an old concept now in a new For detailed information or demonstration of this remarkable garb, has superior qualities when com- product, contact our Sales Department: pared with PCM. In the ADM concept, the complex circuitry is designed into the encoder while the decoder at the croher cicital receivingendissimpleand inexpensive. Sales/Marketing Headquarters: Featured by Microdyne were its 10 Kearny Road, Suite 21 Needham, MA 02194 Tel: (617) 449-7546 Telex 940536 frequency -agile SCPC demodulator Superior Time -Code Products and an LNC-type satellite receiver for C -band and Ku -band. Harris returned with the 9134 and 9135 satellite control 168 BM EJUNE, 1985 Circle178 on Reader Service Card GEC McMICHAEL a sr/ Walk 1111111111r AIR IN affa iglu& 11111.1111 /PM INNIMIA/ miM mar al mbar wokNY/ 11611/ AIM 1111611 1111 Mom

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The entire FLY -AWAY Each of the three shock -mounted containers which make up the SNG system measures system is compact and 27" x 24" x 21". The total system including uplink/receive electronics, antenna and portable generator weigh no more than 500 pounds total. The one-piece offset gregorian- lightweight enough to fed antenna measures 2 x 1 x .5 meters and weighs 90 lbs packaged. In order to ensure be flown to remote lo- quick set-up time and retain critical surface tolerance enroute and during operation, the antenna reflector will remain in one piece. cations in a private plane as well as by reg- The McMichael Ku band antenna expertise in Ku band transportable is the heart of the FLY -AWAY system terminals, ACE standards conver- ularly scheduled air- since it allows real-time transmission sion equipment and video bandwidth lines. from anywhere in the world compression teleconferencing In the event of signal loss due to equipment. The SNG terminal equipment is severe weather conditions or poor packaged in three shock -mounted footprint locations, the GEC To date, there is absolutely no aircraft enclosures. The majority of McMichael CODEC makes it possi- better way to beat the competition whichweighno more than80 ble for the operator to reduce the to the scene than with the new FLY- pounds. Since the weight and size bandwidth. As a result, the system AWAY Satellite News Data Gather of the system are so attractive, it can permits live video transmissions from into System. For more information easily fit into an econoline-type van, any global location under practically about this exciting live remote allowing rapid deployment for live any weather conditions. transmission breakthrough, satellite coverage of local events. GEC McMichael, a leader in Ku please contact GEC McMichael Designed for portability and quick, band satellite transportable technol- 8250 East Raintree Drive, efficient set-up, the FLY -AWAY is ogy in the United Kingdom and Scottsdale, Arizona 85260. Phone: composed of GEC-McMichael's Europe for over 6 years, just recently 602/948-7255 TLX: 6502246202 unique elliptical Ku band antenna, introduced its line of broadcast prod- uplink Ku band electronics and ucts to the United States. The de- McMichael's own video compression velopment of the portable SNG sys- McM1CHAEL bandwidth electronics. tem resulted from the company's Sar

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While broadcasters assessing NAB '85 plant. Got your component video test might recall such trends as stereo for gear all set? TV, component video, or digital The point is that test gear today has to ATRs, they would probably be hard- be every bit as sophisticated as the pressed to think of anything as dramatic "show stoppers." Take the Tektronix Tek 1750 simultaneous -display waveform/ in test and measurement. Yet what sta- booth, for example. You find an en- vector readings. tion or facility could operate without hancement tothe1750 Series testing and monitoring? Waveform/Vector Monitor-a new si- time.Withthesesimultaneous Once again the NAB witnessedmultaneous waveform and vectordisplays, system timing and color T&M companies straining to keep updisplay mode plus a dual -filter mode. frame matching will be simplified. with the rush of developments in theThis was an extremely difficult func- In another portion of the Tek display equipment to be tested and/or moni- tion to design, but the end result is an was the prototype of "Lightning," a tored. Sure, stereo TV will be great foreasier -to -use instrument. In addition, component analog waveform monitor the station. How ya gonna measure thethe simultaneous display mode will al- that can simultaneously display all signal? Component video is an elegant low the user to also have the SCH phase three CAV signals. Named for the way to handle the signal around theindicator on the screen at the same display that looks like a lightning bolt,

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Circle 181 on Reader Service Card BM,EJUNE, 1985 171 it takes the two color components and with T&M, is stepping forward in this externally via RS232 and IEEE -488 in- displays them against the luminancemarket with the introduction of its 100 terfaces. The 5500 measures signal lev- component, allowing the operator toSeries Extended Range Audio Line el to over 100 V ( + 40 dBm) noise to measure and monitor the relative am- Monitor in a 5.25 -inch -high, half -rack below -120 dBM, total harmonic dis- plitude and timing of the three. Again,chassis. The self -powered instruments tortion to as low as 0.003 percent (-90 a rather complex design task done toare designed to measure audio input dB) and, optionally, intermodulation make the user's life easier. levels over an 80 dB range fromone distortion. A Tek instrument designed to makecontinuous -actioncontrolandto Featured by Sound Technology was the user's life even easier is the 1710Bdisplay audio signals on a choice of the 3000 Series transmission/audio waveform monitor. At $1890, the test VU, VU/PPM or dual VU meters. In system. Aside from being "self- 1710B provides system timing in an in- programmable," a key feature of the strument that nontechnical operators 3000 is that the generator and analyzer can use. It features burst phasing capa- are separate units that could function at bility as well. separate locations. Depending on the As another example of how T&M needs of the station, the system can be companies are quietly keeping up with ordered in one mainframe (3000A)or the times, you could have checked out inseparate mainframes (3100A Audio Precision's System One. It is a comprehensive audio test system programmable audio generator and The new Model 102two -channel audio line 3200A programmable transmission/ linked to an IBM PC or compatible per- monitor from ROH. audio analyzer). Supported bya 64K sonal computer to provide all the data memory, the internal microprocessor manipulation, graphics, and procedure addition, electronic switching circuitry handles 40 steps per sequence, 10se- storage functions. The idea behind allows the monitors to accommodate quences per minute. Similarly designed using the IBM PC is to avoid building a range sensitivity from -50 dBm to + 30was the 2000A programmable distor- dedicated computer into the test gear dBm, in 2 dB steps, for a "zero" metertion measurement system which can be when the processing can be done less reading. It's priced under $2500. split into the 2100A signal generator expensively by a standard personal Amber had its new Model 5500and the 2200A distortion analyzer. computer. And the personal computer Programmable Distortion and Noise New at Potomac Instruments was the can be used for other engineering tasks Measuring System. It can be controlled QuantAural QA100 audio program an- when not running the test system. using the 10 nonvolatile user -definedalyzer designed to provide a quantita- ROH, a name not often associated instrument setups, the front panel, ortive analysis of the entirebroadcast Thankyou Jim Stanley... for using a MARTI STL-10Dual System as the microwave link in the AM STEREO SYSTEMyou engineered for KRAM in Las Vegas during the1985 NAB. It wasa winning combination of equipment: Motorola C-QUAM R AM StereoExciter & Modulation Monitor CRL AM -4S Audio Processor

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Circle 184 on Reader Service Card audio signal. The audio input signaltor to listen to either the left, right or red; + 2 dB to + 11 dB are yellow, with may be mono or stereo; from a receiver, both channels simultaneously via the + 12 dB to + 14 dB above reference in- tape recorder, modulation monitor, internal three inch by five inch speaker dicated with red LEDs. production studio output, or audio pro- or stereo headphone. Left and right Torpey had a new audio multiburst cessing equipment. The measure-channel VU levels are shown on hori- device that continuously cycles through ments, displayed on a meter and on fourzontal LED displays for accurate, effi- six audio tones, while displaying their multifunction LED bargraphs, include cient observation of the input signals, frequency on the accompanying video the maximum peak level, overall audio and either of two display sensitivity test signal. It selects frequencies of 100 processing effectiveness, tightness of Hz, 400 Hz, 1 kHz, 5 kHz, 10 kHz and sound and processing control (peak 15 kHz, staying on each for about 2.2 density), tonal balance and consisten- seconds so that the entire sequence is cy, stereo image width (L -R to L + R completed in under 15 seconds. Torpey ratio), preemphasis, and the punch or 01111111111111111111111 also introduced the PC -18 analog clock

"special aural intensity." DOUIOUGAII LOWE% 11111M11 with digital temperature display. It runs Getting ready for stereo on TV, from a master clock and is good for ra- Belar introduced the TVM-100 Modu- dio stations to display time and lation Monitor which may be used for temperature. current mono monitoring, as well as The innovative audio peak meter from Johnson Electronics unveiled the providing a demodulated composite Dorrough. STS -2 synthesized front end test set for signal to the TVM-200 Stereo Monitor antennas, 67 kHz switchable to 92 kHz. and TVM-300 SAP/PRO Monitor. Theranges may be selected. Price is $493. Mark Electronics added a new radio monitors offer automatic modulation Lighting up the Dorrough booth was monitoring system and mini master calibration for mono and stereo modes,the Model 40-A Program Level Meter. control system to its line of rack PPM and standard semi -peak metering It consists of 40 LEDs mounted in a equipment. characteristics, split and quasi -parallel single arched scale, easily related to ex- Seiko's Sound Producer, a precise RF inputs and a digital deviationisting metering forms. Starting from digital timer, was unveiled for timing display. the left side of the meter, levels -25 dB recordings. Also ready to talk stereo TV wasto -12 dB below reference level are dis- The major new entry into the large Videotek, and its talk was about theplayed by green LEDs; -11 dB to -2 dB Rohde & Schwarz lineup was the Video APM-2RS stereo audio program moni-are displayed by yellow LEDs; -1 Analyzer UVF. The UVF is suitable for tor. The APM-2RS permits the opera-through 0 to + 1 dB are displayed in all standard insertion test signal meas-

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miCircle 185 on Reader Service Card urements. It is small and lightweight, side by side to simplify channel to making it suitable for mobile vehicle channel amplitude comparisons. Total use. Interfaced to a printer, the UVF In Asaka/Shibasoku's broad line produces a quasi -analog print out ofthere was the TG/7 video test signal measured values along with a limit generator with seven interchangeable scale. modules to provide up to 48 different "At $3950 it's a giant," saystest signals. Also shown was the Radio Marconi Instruments about its new TG91A6 high -definition TV test signal 2022 signal generator with a frequency generator for use with 1125 -scan sys- range from 10 kHz to 1 GHz. It storestems.Itproduces zoneplate, up to 100 measurement settings and ismultiburst, stairstep, ramp, sine and Recall. fully programmable. The instrumentbar, crosshatch and color bars for measures six inches high by 10 1/4 HDTV. inches wide and weighs 16.5 pounds. Philips brought along an NTSC video test signal generator, the PM5570M, which generates a wide variety of test signals necessary for measuring system parameters of all kinds of video transmission equipment. The generator has its own standard SPG built-in, which can be genlocked to an external composite video or black burst signal. Featuring 32 selectable signals available on two independent, buffered outputs, the Digital Video Systems' DPS-185 test generator attracted a lot FromRohde & Schwarz, the UVF of attention. Other features: Seven aux- automatic video analyzer. iliary outputs, genlockable, one dedicated color black output. The auxiliary Marconi also debuted the 2923 tele-outputs are composite blanking, com- vision signal generator inserter, theposite sync, composite burst flag, hori- 2914A insertion signal analyzer and thezontal and vertical drive, subcarriers, 2955 mobile radio communications test and black burst. The Dictaphone 5600 VeritracTM voice set. Not to be overlooked, Fortel had the communication recording system is There were many new items Digitest digital test signal generator for a complete broadcast recording - emanating from the Leader booth. Theaudio and video applications. retrieval system that lets your radio company entered the digital storage os- Waveform monitorsand station keep its entire broadcast day cilloscope market with the introduction on the record. In one dependable vectorscopes were prominent again this unit you get around -the -clock ver- of the LBO -5825, a 35 MHz, two- year. Videotek had its TSM-5A half - ification that you're running your channel unit. It's equipped with a 2 Kbrack waveform monitor and VSM-5A advertiser's spots on schedule and memory, has a 5 MHz maximumhalf -rack vectorscope designed to be meeting all your FCC requirements. sampling rate and pretrigger view mounted side -by -side on a 19 -inch So if they ask for proof, you've got capability. rack. Both are available in NTSC, PAL it all there on tape, ready for quick retrieval and replay. Tune into the Dictaphone 5600 Veritrac logger. And never get your signals crossed again.

r For more information, fill in theQBME-65 coupon or call toll -free: 1-800-431-1708 (Except in Hawaii and Alaska) In New York call 1-914-967-2249 Or mail to: Dictaphone Corporation, 120 Old Post Road, Rye, NY 10580 Name Title Phone Company Videotek's APM-2RS stereo audio program monitor. Address City State 743 Leader also introduced the LCG-420 and PAL -M standards. DICTAPHONE' and Veritrac are trademarks of Dictaphone Corp., Rye, N.Y.1985 Dictaphone Corp. test pattern/signal generator and the Philips Test & Measurement had the L a LAG -126S low distortion audio signal PM5565 waveform monitor and the generator. In addition, there was the PM5567 vectorscope which come ei- 00 Dictaphone LB0-552BH1stereoscopewhich ther 19 -inch rack -mountable side by A Pitney Bowes Company displays left and right channel traces side or in table cabinets. Standard fea-

176 BM/E JUNE, 1985Circle 186 on Reader Service Card a Satellite News Gathering becomes earth terminal which is small enough to be a reality v, ith NewsHawk fr 3111 dE p oyed rapidly, and two flight cases (or GEC VI:V. chael. Television --Iews three if video compression codec is used) with ints:antaneous live transmissions containing the electronics package may be from remote and inaccessible locations easily transported to any of the environ- to all comers of the globe. ments and conditions that give rise to a GEC McMichaels' um -vaned expertise NewsHawk situation. in advanced antenna design capabilities The antenna has an elliptical aperture has made this breakthrough in technologywhich fully complies with the 29-25 log 0 possible. sidelobe specifications, but is sufficiently A complete satellite broadcast system small to be easily transported. consst ng of a compact lightweight satellite Land anywhere, any land.SarMcM1CHAEL For fLrther details contact: GEC McMichael Limited, Sefton Park, Bells Hill, Stoke Poge% Slough. England SL2 4HD. Telephone: (02816) 2777. Telex: 849212. US Off ire: 8260 East Rai ntree Drive, Scottsdale, Arizona i3S260. Telephone 602 2246202.

Circle 187 on Reader Service Card tures include two inputs selectable by source of time for any broadcast facility shooting system, its multimeters got as front panelswitch, two fixed and will automatically update its timemuch attention. Included in the line are sensitivities plus variable sensitivity, from a central standard. The main out-the 70 Series featuring analog and digi- luminance/chrominance/differential put of the unit is time coded to SMPTEtal displays, and the rugged 20 Series gain modes (5565), and internal illumi- Time Code Standards which consists ofdesigned for extremes in environment. nated graticules. a serial bit stream repeated 30 times per Was Porta-Pattern at NAB'85? The The Electronic Visuals EV4061 second or once per video frame. This is test chart company was not only there, combination waveform/vector monitor a balanced 600 ohm output that pro- it came loaded with new art. Featured was on display at the Broadcast Video vides hours, minutes, seconds, and an was the BBC Line Zone Plate test pat- Systems launch site. The display isarbitrary frame count acceptable totern image available as a nine inch by switchable between waveform andmost clocks including the above - 12 inch chart and as an eight inch by 10 vector modes. It's half -rack width, 5 1/4 - mentioned digital analog clock. inch transparency. inches high. EV also has Waveform New from True Time Instruments Minolta had its TV Color Analyzer II EV4041 and Vector EV4021 forwas a universal clock driver featuring and a line of luminance meters and seperate, side by side configurations. several different analog and digitalchroma meters. Among the Lenco lines were a pair ofdisplays. Beaveronics introduced new The feature in the QSI booth was the videoscopes, PVS-435 NTSC andtiming products from Favag, includingcontinuation of its established lineup of PVS-435P for PAL. The 435 measuresthe 2QMS-2 dual master clock system color bar generators with source IDs. the SC/H condition of any standard vid- with automatic pulse sensing and Introduced were the BG-308, PSF-777, eo signal and displays the results, hori-changeover and the PR -80 seven-day and VSID-1611V. zontal timing and subcarrier phase, on amicroprocessor -controlledprogram- Tentel told attendees of three ways to monochrome or color monitor. The vis- mer. gauge video recorders-with three of ual display occupies the lower half of PESA's ASC-4652-B digital colorits products, of course. These are the the CRT. The upper half shows the ref-sync analyzer is a microprocessor - HPG Series head protrusion and eccen- erence or compare video, depending oncontrolled instrument designed to mon- tricity gauge, T2 Series tape tension the mode of operation. itor each of the sync parameters,gauges,andthe TSHSeries A different concept in clocks was un-including number of lines, field period, videocassette spindle height gauges. veiled by Leitch Video with thehorizontal sync width, number of verti- Sigma Electronics induced the CSD-5300N clock system driver andcal sync pulses, and burst start time. SCH-385 sch phase meter. And a new the DAC-5012N digital analog clock. Although Fluke once again demon- sch phase meter made its debut at the The driver is designed to be a central strateditsmicroprocessortrouble- Evertz Microsystems booth as well.

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Circle 188 on Reader Service Card Meanwhile,HoladayIndustries Improved versions of Ikegami's 9 showed its isotropic broadband fieldSeries color monitors were introduced PNEUMATICALLY strength meters featuring fiberoptic at NAB. The 14 -inch and 20 -inch sizes links. have higher resolution than previous OPERATED Monitors models plus the 20 -inch has greater brightness. These use in -line gun News on the video monitor frontshadow -mask picture tubes. TELESCOPIC came in the form of a Barco Industries Philips, which also uses the "u" in announcement that the Belgian compa-color, brought to these shores the new ny would begin selling its products di-20 -inch color monitor, the LDK 7020. MASTS rectly on the American market. Its U.S. It uses a dot -type shadow mask tube office is in Charlotte, NC, with saleswith a dot -type black matrix, in -line and service offices in California andgun and self -converging system. Also Convenient New Hampshire. (First thing they havein the Philips line are the 14 -inch LDH Compact to do is take the "u" out of color in6200 and 20 -inch LDH 6220. their American literature.) Shibasoku has a complete range of Portable At NAB, Barco showed standard andmonitors including the new CM65A/ high -definition monitors. Featured wasCM22A high -definition models. These the CM 22/AKB nine -inch high -models, 26 -inch and 20 -inch respec- resolution monitor. The AKB standstively, are designed for displaying im- for Automatic Kinescope Biasing,ages of 1125 -scan high -definition which results in improvement in the op-television. Its video input operating tical black level and color temperaturemode handles R, G and B inputs. As an stability as a function of time and tem-option, Y, CW and CN inputs are also perature changes, short warmup time, acceptable. and reduction in aging effects. The XM-900 nine -inch color moni- Sony demonstrated a prototype of ator was introduced by Sharp as part of means to save time in broadcast moni- its extensive line. It's intended for stu- tor setup. The new device calibratesdio or field use and can be rack - white balance, and has an eight -inch mounted with a rack adaptor. color monitor for ENG/EFP applica- In the now -popular -size13 -inch tions. The unit features a new black line, Panasonic (Matsushita) had the face high -resolution Trinitron(R)CT -130V self-contained VCR and CRT with super fine pitch of 0.25 mmmonitor TV. The front -loading VCR and a luminance resolution of 400 TVcomes with a10 -function wired ENG lines. remote -control keypad and a locking Fixed or Mobile Radio In the muted light of the Conracfront panel cover for tamper -free Communications booth could be seen the 6200 Series 19 - operation. and 13 -inch color monitors featuring Electrohome had both color and Field Strength NTSC/RGB switchable inputs andmonochrome monitors. The ECD Measurements Conrac's proprietary phosphors. Also Series 19- and 25 -inch color units fea- Camera or Micro- on -hand was the QQA Series high - ture plug-in modules that allow the user phone Support resolution picture monitors designed to custom -design the monitors to meet for both television and computer image their own specific requirements. Mod- Noise Level applications. These15-,17- andules to accept RGBRS170, NTSC/ Measurements 21 -inchunits have three switch - RGB RS170 switchable and IBMPC Temporary Flood- selectable preset line rates, from 500 to will be available. lighting 1225 lines internally adjustable. On the audio side, Westlake Audio Videotek introduced a new 17 -inch introduced the BBSM-4 and BBSM-5 Environmental professional rackmount color monitor, for small -sized stations and facilities. Sensors the VM-17PRO. Users can select from They feature a combination of drivers, Sizes Available: three composite video input sources. In crossover, and mounting configura- addition, the monitor features preset tionswhich combinedprovide Retracted 5.5 to 15 ft. control for chroma, phase, brightness, unusually fine performance with a co- Extended 20 to 92 ft. contrast,individual R -G -B gun herent wavefront even as close as 18 switches, switchable internal/external inches. Prices range from $495 to For details contact sync, tally light, pulse cross, underscan $695. Alen Osborne Associates and color/monochrome mode, all Other speaker monitors were heard selectable via front panel pushbutton coming from the booths of Anchor Sys- 756 Lakefield Rd., Building J switches. tems (new Anchor 101); Studer (Studio West Lake Village, CA 91361 The Videotek HR -130 high - 3 compact, two-way, close reference (805) 495-8420 resolution color monitor features a pre- monitor); Yamaha (S3208H Sound Re- TWX: 910-494-1710 cision in -line gun, dot matrix CRT with inforcement Speaker); Electro-Voice U.S. Distributor for 0.311 dot pitch. Horizontal resolution (SentrySeries);andLogitek Hilomast Ltd., Essex, England is better than 600 lines. (Monitor -10 line). Circle 189 on Reader Service Card BM/E JUNE, 1985 179 At JBL, the major announcement was that Ron Means will now become president of a newly -formed professional products division. JBL Profes- sional, one of four new units formed because of JBL's overall growth, will be responsible for development of new JBL professional products, as well as UREI products. Mobile Vehicleson New Routes

New technology is changing the shape, content and mission of mobile vans and NAB'85 was a showcase for these changes. The first trend of note was the near -gridlock of satellite newsgathering trucks parked in and out of the Convention Center. (See Satellite section for particulars.) Whereas there was just one SNG truck a year ago, the Conus/Hubbard Newstar, this year a half -dozen more joined the caravan. Another change was the obvious new emphasis on audio in the big television production rigs typified by the Colonial Williamsburg double trucks supplied by Midwest. And who could not notice that AF Associates, known for its big trucks, was showing the broadcast We did it right. proves gain -before -feedback, For maximum flexibility, folks through a "Mini Mobile." reduces unwanted room the PCC-160 features an ex- noise and rejects sounds clusive three-way "bass tilt" A favorite buzzword in the mobile from the rear. switch which allows you to world is modular, usually preceded by It's no surprise that when For stage reinforcement, tailor, up or down, the low - versatile, or perhaps versatile modified the key engineers of our podiums, news desks, or for end response for special ap- by modular. There was a lot of versatile PZM° microphone technologyhiding in sets, the PCC-160 plications or unusual bound- set their sights on combining offers superior performance. ary sizes. and/or modular talk at NAB. For in- the benefits of the boundary And because the micro- Due to its low profile and stance, Centro showed off its versatility effect with unidirectionality, phone is mounted on a "go away gray" finish, the by displaying one of two ENG trucks the fruits of their efforts wouldboundary, direct and reflect- PCC-160 microphone be- be nothing less than superior. ed sounds arrive at the comes nearly invisible in specially designed for NBC as a com- After all, Crown has been diaphragm in -phase. The use, making it ideal for the munication system and its own closely leading the way in boundary result...wide, smooth fre- stage, newsroom or lectern related ENP (Electronic News Produc- technology longer than any- quency response free of top. one in the industry. And, like tonal coloration or unnatural But beneath its cloak of tion) version for in -field editing and the PZM project, our commit- sound which can occur with dark gray, the PCC-160 is transmission of news and public affairs ment to developing the conventional microphones. protected by a heavy -gauge, events. Both have the same basic vehi- "premiere" unidirectional, Self-contained electronics all -steel body, tough enough surface -mounted microphone eliminate the need for a to stand up to even the cle specifications with a 10 -foot custom rings true. sometimes awkward in -line most severe abuse. body carrying a 460 -cubic -inch V-8 en- Introducing the PCCTM.1 60 preamp box. The PCC-160 The PCC-160. A gine and the usual heavy duty engine Phase Coherent CardioidtM can be powered directly microphone meeting the from Crown. from the console or other needs of today's sound pro- and transmission cooling, suspension Designed for easy mount- remote power source. Or if fessional with today's most and alternator packages. Both also have ing on a boundary surface, battery power is convenient, advanced technology. the same microwave transmitter with the PCC-160 utilizes a sub- a battery supply unit can be We did it right. the Nurad Silhouette antenna sitting miniature supercardioid mic inserted anywhere in the Call or write for more in- capsule to create a direc- mike line...right up to the formation and complete atop a 42 -foot pneumatic mast system. tional pattern which im- console or mixer. specifications. "Put an end to ENG replacement worries with the Omega Van Model No. 10-20," touted Shook at its NAB indoor location. The unit features an in- crown. terchangeable housing (read modular) Crown International, 1718 W Mishawaka Rd Elkhart, IN 46517 (219) 294-8000. and thus permits continuous use of the

Circle 190 on Reader Service Card ENG shell. Chyron VP2 character generator is the antenna off the top of the station For AFA to make a Mini -Mobile isoptional. wagon and walk or crawl to the news like Boeing coming out with a two- The B-2 is a two- to four-camera EFP site if necessary. To keep things small, seater. But there it was at NAB, some- unit built into a Wolf Coach 23 -foot the company uses the new Shure porta- thing of a new direction for the video body on an Iveco chassis with dieselen- ble mixer as well. systems company. On the show floorgine. The A-2 ENG/EFP two-camera TelevisionEngineeringCorp.'s was the C-2 EFP/ENG unit, a 22 -footsystem is a 19 -foot supervan-type Wolf ENG van, Model 119, is a one -camera Gerstenslager vehicle configured forCoach design. The basic mobilevan is (Ikegami HL -79D), one -VTR (Sony the medium -scale user. It's a two- priced under $250,000, accordingto BVU- It 10) unit. The usual 42 -foot mast camera vehicle with a choice ofAFA. is provided and a pan tilt unit is provid- Ikegami HL 79 or HL95 or ITC -730 or Wolf Coach, meanwhile, has put its ed with remote control. Sharp XC-800 or XC-900. Also includ- toe (or paw) into the SNG water. The There were no tires to kick at the ed is a Grass Valley 100 video switch- company has worked out a couple of Gerstenslager booth, but there was a vehicle designs to accommodate different satellite dish and voice communications configurations.DalSat (see Satellite section) is a possible customer for these trucks. More down to earth, Wolf Coach featured its VC20 IN supervan which provides the user a long list of components from which to choose in a kind of One of do-it-yourselfequipmentprocess. new NBC News mobile fleet built by Midwest -built audio/video production Centro. Starting with the basic Ford E 350 vehicle, the user can pick a wide variety of vehicle for Multimedia. er. It will hold two videotape recorderscomponents to design the van. detailed description of a new mini - either 3/4- or one -inch, plus color and For broadcasters determined to get a mobile TV van. Based on a Chevrolet, monochrome monitors. There is anews team almost anywhere, ENG the overall dimensions of the vehicle Yamaha stereo audio console, timeCorp. had two small vehicles. They would be 21 feet by 7 feet 6 inches by 9 base correctors, Tektronix test gear,featured a backpack monitor and trans- feet 10 inches. At the other end of the GVG distribution and RTS intercom. Amitter option so that the team can take scale, Gerstenslager also had plans for A SIGHT BETACAM Cases FOR SORE EARS. ,.y 1*'

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Call or writeus for all the facts K and H Products, Ltd. and prices. Box 246, North Bennington SONEX is manufactured by Vermont 05257 (802)442-9118 AlphaAudio. Illbruck and distributed 2049 West Broad Street exclusively to the pro sound Richmond, Virginia 23220 (804) 358-3852 industry by Alpha Audio. Acoustic Products for the Audio Industry Circle 191 on Reader Service Card Circle 192 on Reader Service Card BM'EJUNE, 1985 181 asemi -trailer -styleunitwith expandable side. Another smaller sized mobile was featured by MZB & Associates. The MZB/ENG-4X4 is built on a panel truck but has many features of a larger vehicle such as three roof -mounted antennas. The larger of the two models has a shooting platform as well. HUBCOM is not solely an SNG van builder. It introduced a new ENG Mo- Bryston's 2B -LP bile News Bureau van designed to in- Bryston has been known and respected for years as the manufacturer of a line of amplifiers which combine the clude a work space with typewriter or transparency and near -perfect musical accuracy of the finest audiophile equipment, with the ruggedness, reliaoility computer terminal for a field reporter. and useful features of the best professional gear. Thus, Bryston amplifiers (and preamplifiers) can be considered a statement of purpose to represent the best of both worlds - musical accuracy and professional reliability to the It has a 42 -foot pneumatic mast and two absolute best of our more than 20 years' experience in the manufacture of high -quality electronics. 59 -inch racks for monitors and other The 2B -LP is the newest model in Bryston's line, and delivers 50 watts of continuous power per channel from a package designed to save space in such applications as broadcast monitor, mobile sound trucks, headphone feed, equipment inside a Ford E-350 Super cue, and any installation where quality must not be limited by size constraints. As with all Bryston amplifiers, Van. heatsinking is substantial, eliminating the requirement for forced -air cooling in the great majority of installations. This is backed up by very high peak current capability (24 amperes per channel) and low distortion without limiting, No NAB would be complete without regardless of type and phase angle of load. In short, the 2B -LP is more than the functional equivalent of our original 2B the big mobile production trucks. At in spite of the fact that it occupies only half the volume, and will fit into a single 1.75" rack -space. the Midwest booth was a sight similar to The usefulness of the 2B -LP is extended by a long list of standard features, including: Balanced inputs; female XLR input jacks; dual level -controls: isolated headphone jack; and individual two-colour pilot-light/clipping indicator LEDs two whales mating. But in fact, it was for each channel. In addition, the channels may be withdrawn from the front of the amplifier while it is in the rack, vastly the unique two -trailer production units facilitating any requirement for field -service, including fuse -replacement. Of course, in keeping with Bryston's tradition of providing for special requirements, the 2B -LP can be modified or assembled by Midwest for Colonial adapted to your wishes on reasonably short notice, and at nominal cost. Willamsburg. One truck was designed Best of all, however, the 2B -LP is a Bryston. Thus the sonic quality is unsurpassed. The difference is immediately obvious, even to the uninitiated. for video production and post - Other amplifiers in Bryston's hne include the model 3B. at 100 watts per channel, and the model 48. production and the other for audio pro- at 200 watts per channel. All ratings continuous power al 8 ohms at lees than 01% IM or THD. duction such as concerts. The two can be used independently (the video trailer IN THE UNITED STATES IN CANADA has audio capability) or can be linked :1 -,k_it_INERMONT ii LMARKETING LTD RFD.4, Berlin, Montpelier, Vermont 05502 57 Dittexciale011i(lr10, Canada M9V 3Y6 side -by -side to form a super audio - video production and editing facility. Circle 194 on Reader Service Card Midwest's other big truck was the Multimedia Entertainment 47 -footer, Eagle 1. It's loaded with five Ikegami AM BROADCASTING HIGH FIDELITY HK-357AT automatic color cameras Are these terms mutually exclusive? with Triax and Canon 40:1 lenses; two OYES ONO ODON'T KNOW Ikegami HL-79EAL handhelds with Canon 13:1lenses; Grass Valley Suprisingly, many broadcasters may not know that the correct 300/3A production switcher; four answer to this question is no. Large sums of money are spent each Ampex VPR-2B one -inch VTRs; a year to purchase new transmitters, new studio equipment, new Sony BVU-8003/4-inch VTR with Slo- audio processing equipment and to modify antenna systems for Mo; a Beta VTR; a Harris HDE-200 improved AM sound. Unfortunately, until now, there has been no digital effects system; an Adda ESP II such thing as a professional quality AM monitor receiver. As a still store; Chyron 4100 graphics gener- result, the perceived fidelity of an AM signal has been severely ator; and two Adda VW2 frame syn- restricted by receiver performance. chronizers. Stereo -ready, the Eagle 1 has the Auditronics 36 -input stereo au- Potomac has developed the SMR-11 Synthesized Monitor dio console. (An erroneously captioned Receiver which will let you hear and measure the quality of your photo of the audio compartment of this transmitted AM signal...perhaps for the first time. Features truck appeared in BMIE, April 1985, p. include: Crystal Stability; 60 dB Signal to Noise Ratio; Audio 54-bottom picture.) Frequency Response ±0.5 dB, 20 Hz to 8 kHz; Total Harmonic Another "supertruck," the Roscor Distortion less than 0.2% (95% Modulation) at audio frequencies Elite Fleet TV -45, was on display. This above 40 Hz...please write for complete descriptive remote production vehicle, dubbed brochure. "The Performer," was designed for Clearwater Teleproductions. It's divid- THIS DIAL WILL TUNE YOU IN TO THE ed into five work areas: Production, Audio Room, Video Shading, NEW SOUND OF AM BROADCASTING Graphics/Font Room and Videotape Room. The idea is to eliminate so- called dead space created by hallways 932 PHILADELPHIA AVE. in the traditional walk-through trucks. SILVE R SPRING, MD. 20910 Equipment aboardincludesfour STOMAC INSTRUMENTS1301)589-2662 Ikegami HK-357AT cameras, three

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By Harry Cole, FCC Counsel cutoff list pf applications against which would-be applicants could file their own applications, the Commission Docket No. 80-90 has struck again. Dormant for approxi- was setting up the first applicants (i.e., the ones on the mately four months, the five -year -old proceeding surged cutoff list) as sitting ducks for everybody else. Increasing- back to life in April, when the Commission took yet an- ly, as cutoff dates would arrive, the Commission found other step aimed at implementing new technical standards more and more competing applications being filed. This governing the allocation of FM channels. Having already tended to slow down the processing line and seemed, in established the new technical standards and adopted al- some senses, to be unfair to the first applicant to file for most 700 new channel allocations pursuant to those stan- any given channel. This appearance of unfairness was in- dards, the Commission's recent action focused primarily creased by the fact that, in a number of instances, it ap- on the application process. peared that some of the later -filed applications may have The changes already effected in connection with Dock- been filed not with the intention of prosecuting the appli- et No. 80-90 have been chronicled in these pages-for ex- cation, but with the intention of entering into a settlement ample, in the October, 1984, May, 1984 and September, agreement pursuant to which some other applicant (in- 1983 issues of BM/E. The changes include the creation of cluding the first applicant to file) would pay the late- new classes of FM stations and new minimum mileage comer a premium to go away. separations, all intended to permit the FCC to "shoe -horn In view of these factors-and particularly in view of the in" new FM allocations which would not have been pos- fact that a virtually unregulated flood of applications sible under the old rules. The prospect of some 700 new could wreak havoc with the Commission's orderly stations has in turn given rise to much interest in the possi- processes-the FCC decided to revise its applications bility of obtaining a new FM station in one of several process. reasonably -sized markets. This growing interest has in The new process substitutes a "window" process for turn given rise to speculation that as many as 100 or more the former cutoff system. We discussed the "window" applications may be filed for each newly -available chan- approach in the November, 1984 issue of BM/E, when it nel. With that spectre looming in the not -too -distant fu- was first proposed by the Commission. It is important to ture, the Commission has now taken steps in an effort to note that each window will apply to one or more channels, reduce the chaos that could easily result from such a mas- and not to specific allocations. Thus, for example, the sive filing. Commission has proposed to allocate Channel 223 to 17 different communities; by contrast, the Commission has The window approach proposed to allocate Channels 244, 252, 257, 265, 280 Previously, once an FM channel was included in the and 296 each to only one community. Thus, anyone inter- Table of Allotments (i.e., the table in the FCC's rules ested in filing for a specific community should be sure to which lists all FM channel allocations by city and state), double-check which (if any) channels have been allocated anybody could simply file an application for it at any to that community. time. Once an application was filed for a given channel in One interesting aspect of the "window" approach is a given community, the Commission would give notice of that, if no applications for a particular allocation are re- its acceptance of that application and, at the same time, ceived by the applicable "window" date, then the first would designate a cutoff date by which any applications acceptable application filed after that "window" date mutually exclusive with that application would have to be will be accepted and (if no problems with the application filed. Anyone who filed an acceptable application on or are found) granted without affording to others the oppor- before the cutoff date was entitled to consideration in a tunity to file competing applications. The theory, of comparative hearing. course, is that anyone who might have been interested in The trouble with this approach was that, by issuing a filing for the allocation had an opportunity to do so when

186 BM/E JUNE, 1985 the "window" was opened, and thus no one will beun- operators, and has decided that daytimers should be re- fairly prejudiced. warded for their dedication and hard work. Hence, the FCC has decided to accord them a "daytime preference." Hearing or no hearing In order to qualify for the "daytimer preference," a One of the more persistent rumors swirling around the daytime -only licensee must have owned the AM station FCC's Docket No. 80-90 deliberations was that the FCC for at least three years before its FM application is desig- was set to adopt a lottery mechanism, similar to that used nated for comparative hearing. The proposed FM station must be located in the AM station's city of license, and the with respect to low -power television applications, tore- solve situations involving multiple, mutually exclusive licensee must propose to be integrated into the day-to-day applications. The theories underlying the rumor were operation of the FM station. Finally, the applicant must clear: it is expected that many, many competing applica- agree to divest itself of the AM station within three years tions will be filed; full comparative hearings with respect of commencement of program test operation on the FM. to all such applications would be an administrative night- If an applicant can, by meeting these standards, dem- mare; faced with a similar situation in connection with onstrate that it is qualified for a "daytimer preference," it cellular telephone applications, the Commission chose a will receive a substantial boost in a comparative hearing lottery mechanism over a comparative hearing approach. as against other competing applicants. That boost would be the equivalent of the comparative preference presently The rumor proved to be wrong (at least temporarily). awarded for minority ownership of an applicant. It is not The Commission has decided to process the initial series clear what, if any, preference would be awarded to of FM applications pursuant to the traditional process, which calls for a full comparative hearing between or daytime -only licensees in the context of a lottery if FM licenses are ultimately awarded in that manner. among the various competing applicants. Although the Commission did not articulate this rationale, a number of observers believe that, in taking this approach, the Com- Disincentives against filing mission was hoping to discourage frivolous applications As indicated, the Commission is extremely concerned filed solely for the purpose of securing a seat. The think- about the possibility that an outrageously high number of ing is that, if a lottery mechanism had been adopted, the applications may be filed_ Because of that, the Commis- Commission may have feared that many applicants would sion has changed some of its other rules and policies in an be willing to spend the $1000 or so to file an application, effort to discourage "frivolous" filings which might knowing that the filing of the application would secure otherwise frustrate the application process. Those them at least a chance at securing a station; if an applicant changes include the following steps: might have to go through a full comparative hearing, Applicants will be required to certify specifically however, the applicant might be less willing to file in the that they have reasonable assurance that the transmitter first place. site they are proposing is available. This will, in theory, While the Commission has passed on the lottery option discourage applicants from simply picking a site off a map for the time being, it has not permanently foreclosed that (or from someone else's application) without doing any- option. Recognizing the possibility of hundreds (or thou- thing to assure that the site is actually available: sands) of applications, the FCC acknowledged that some Applicants will be limited in the number of applica- alternative system, including possibly a lottery system, tions they will be permitted to prosecute at any one time. might ultimately be adopted. However, the Commission The limit will be derived from the existing limitation of 12 was clear to state that potential applicants would be FM stations which can be owned or controlled by a single notified as to whether applications for a particular channel entity. will be granted on the basis of a hearing or a lottery before Construction permits will be strictly enforced, applications for that channel are filed. There is, however, which means that a failure to construct within the desig- no absolute assurance that the Commission will in fact nated time frame (usually one year) could result in loss of provide that kind of notice and, on the basis of past experi- the permit (absent some reasonably compelling showing ence with respect to cellular telephone applications, it is that the failure was beyond the applicant's control). entirely possible that no such notice will be provided. The final chapter in the Docket No. 80-90 saga has not The daytimer preference yet been written. It remains to be seen how many applications are filed, how they will be processed, and precisely On the assumption that it would be utilizing compara- what criteria will be applied in assessing their various tive hearings, the Commission also addressed the comparative strengths and weaknesses. If you are inter- "daytimer" question. Normally in a comparative pro- ested in any of the Docket No. 80-90 allocations, you ceeding, an incumbent daytime -only AM licensee would should be sure to obtain advice from reputable communi- have been entitled to little if any preference based on its cations counsel before you take any steps. Too often ill- past broadcast experience, and only if it agreed to divest advised (or nonadvised) applicants jeopardize their own itself of its AM license before commencing operation" of chances by failing to secure, in advance, the expert advice the FM station. The Commission is, however, sensitive to which is usually necessary to avoid the pitfalls lurking for the difficulties historically encountered by daytime -only the unwary in the FCC's processes. BM/E

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