NAB 2011: Axon Products Preview

2011 NAB Show Preview
Axon
Booth N3024

Axon develops, manufactures and markets high quality broadcast equipment for the conversion, processing and compliance recording of audio and video signals, integrating advanced signal processing techniques, innovative engineering and modular flexibility.

Cortex ultra compact monitoring and control system—This software-based solution has been enhanced with additional features, a hardware control panel (CCP1601) and client (redundant) server option. Cortex is supplied to Synapse users free of charge.

Synapse—Among the key new Synapse products will be the GRB100 — a 3Gb/s HD and SD 48×16 channel shuffler — re-embedder. With this new unit, the source audio channels used for embedding into the output SDI can be derived from two individual 3Gb/s HD or SD inputs and from the 32 channels that are available in the quad speed multiplexing audio ADD-ON bus.

This card sees the output embedding 16 channels and the source for this audio can be derived from both SDI input 1 (which normally also carries the video) or from SDI input 2. Input two can be connected to a second SDI source that is exclusively used for carrying audio (the two SDI streams need to be clock locked). The unit is also available in an HD/SD version, which can be future upgraded to handle 3Gb/s-signals.

Other key product developments with Axon’s Synapse module family that will be debuted at NAB include:

• Several audio shufflers:

o   8-channel 2-group embedded audio processing card with presets (HAS05M)

o   8-channel 2-group embedded audio processing card with local AES/EBU inputs (HAS05E)

o   16-channel 4-group embedded audio shuffler card with presets (HAS05S)

• 3Gb/s, HD, SD dual channel multi-viewer and monitoring card with 4 SDI inputs (GMW200)
• 3Gb/s, HD, SD embedded domain Dolby E to Dolby Digital (plus) transcoder with audio shuffler and audio description processor (GED130)
• Quad-Speed Dolby E decoder + Multi channel Dolby Digital (plus) encoder (DDP94)
• Quad-Speed Multi channel Dolby Digital (plus) encoder (DDP24)
• Quad-Speed Dolby E decoder (DBD18)
• 8, 4 and 2 channel watermarking encoder based on Civolution® encryption technology (DAW88)

SynView 3D multiviewer—The Synapse-powered SynView multiview product line has been enhanced with 3D multiviewing. Set-up of the 3D multivewer is done through Cortex. Two multiview inputs are locked to each other and displayed side-by-side. Stereoscopic displays will then output a 3D image. Also tallies, borders and UMD information will be processed for 3D display.

TRACS—video logging and compliance recording system for SD and HD signals.

Cortex monitoring and control software system —hardware control panels.