Press release from Quinto
Faced with the challenges of maintaining consistent audio levels across their programme content, the Ovation Channel has turned to local broadcast distributor, Quinto Communications to provide them with an Evertz Intelligain®,system designed to measure the perceived loudness of audio embedded within a digital video signal and then apply gain adjustments to maintain the signal's audio volume level within target limits.
The result is consistent audio loudness, avoiding over-level audio, or audio which is too quiet within and between programs. This ensures that Ovation's programme content will always be within an optimum range for the viewer without employing excessive audio compression, which could spoil the dynamics of an operatic or classical performance. It also eliminates unwanted drastic volume changes between programs and promos or commercials, for example.
According to Ovation's On-Air Services Manager, Charles Horry, "with the very diverse nature of our programming, maintaining consistent and appropriate audio levels had been a tricky issue. But we have been very pleased with Intelligain which "just works" for us to effectively and automatically manage our audio levels without requiring operator intervention.
"The Intelligain modules were a cost effective solution, which dropped into our existing digital video and embedded audio path quickly and easily, and we have been very pleased with the results".