Cobalt and Linear Acoustic Form Tech Partnership to Provide Loudness Processing Over IP

Cobalt Digital, manufacturer of award-winning 3G/HD/SD conversion gear, and Linear Acoustic®, the leader in television audio control, have partnered to deliver the world’s first non-destructive transport stream loudness measurement and management solution.

Demonstrations of the groundbreaking technology were conducted at the IBC show on the Cobalt stand (8.A94) and the Linear Acoustic stand (8.D29). This technology will provide the answer to cost-effective, multichannel loudness management within the openGear® frame and via stand-alone products.

"The technology partnership between Linear Acoustic and Cobalt Digital is resulting in a true end-to-end solution for loudness measurement and control in the transport stream domain (MPEG over IP – MPEG over ASI). Uniquely, the patent-pending technologies enable control of audio loudness to be accomplished in a completely non-destructive and selectively reversible manner," explained Tim Carroll, founder of Linear Acoustic and Kevin Moore, Cobalt Digital’s VP of Engineering.

“Unlike any other system or technology available today, loudness is controlled both within and between programs and interstitials, and the original content is preserved.”