China’s Zhejiang Radio and TV Group (ZRTG) has extended its relationship with digital audio specialist Jünger Audio, equipping its new 42-storey Zhejiang International TV Centre with a range of loudness control and audio processing solutions from the German manufacturer.
Owned by the local Government, ZRTV delivers more than 450 broadcast hours a day via 12 television channels and eight radio channels. Since 2011 the broadcaster has been using Jünger Audio products to ensure the quality of its broadcasts, particularly those such as the popular music show Sing! China that are transmitted in 5.1 surround sound. For this reason, Jünger Audio was an obvious choice for the new TV Centre in Hangzhou, which houses several TV studios along with additional studios for music and film production.
Among the units supplied by Jünger Audio are five D*AP8 MAP Edition surround monitoring audio processors; a D*AP8 TAP Edition television audio processor and a D*AP4 VAP Edition two-channel voice audio processor – all of which incorporate adaptive processing and employ the industry standard Ember+ remote protocol that allows integration with an increasingly wide range of compatible equipment. These have been installed in the Centre’s Post Production Studio 1, 5.1 Surround Sound, Final Mixing Room, Dialogue Recording Studio, Audition Studio and in two large television studios.
‘Jünger Audio is one of the few manufactures that supports all Dolby codec hardware solutions, along with specific voice processing and auto up/down mix features,’ says ZJTV Audio Department Director, Wu Xiao Dong. ‘The real benefit these units bring to our productions is the ability to tackle Dolby E encoding, Dolby metadata emulation, loudness and vocal voice processing.’
He adds that all the Jünger Audio D*AP units play an important role in ZRTV’s daily production and he appreciates the support he has received from the company over the years: ‘We are gradually moving forward with Dolby Atmos surround sound productions, so we have also invested in Jünger Audio’s J*AF LM by Flux – a software plug-in version of the company’s Level Magic loudness management algorithm that is specifically aimed at DAW users,’ he says. ‘This codec is ideal for ZRTV’s post production departments because it offers real-time and offline measurement and correction and supports all audio formats including Dolby Atmos.’
In addition to the D*AP and J*AF products installed at its new TV Centre, ZRTV has also ordered several D*AP8 MAP, D*AP TAP and D*AP VAP processors for its new Outside Broadcast vehicle, which is currently under construction in Europe.
‘Jünger Audio has been excellent at providing us with technical training, technical support and even product loans,’ Wu adds. ‘In the future I can see there being more demand for Jünger Audio products as 5.1 and Dolby Atmos surround sound programme production increases.’
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