Argosy Adds New Sonarae Audio Monitor to Product
Line Up
May 2, 2008
Source: Argosy
Argosy, a leading international
supplier of HD broadcast, cables and studio infrastructure
products, will add the recently introduced Sonarae audio monitoring
system to its product portfolio. Introduced at NAB last month,
Sonarae is the latest entry in Graham-Patten Systems line
of digital audio products for the professional video industry.
This system is specifically designed to meet the need of Non
Linear Editing (NLE) operators who critically monitor the
audio associated with a video edit session as a part of the
NLE process.
Sonarae offers an input mode selector for up to eight AES/EBU
data streams or 16 individual audio channels which allows
the user to switch from the main AES/EBU inputs to STEM recorder
preview inputs or to an external tone generator. A set-up,
learn, and clear function, along with 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1 Surround
Sound stereo mix-down selectors, allows the operator to store
custom stereo mix-down formats that are available for recall
at any time.
Options for monitoring include a master speaker level with
two dim settings and a mute switch, and a headphone amplifier
with separate level control. The system provides outputs of
pre- and post-level AES/EBU audio in addition to optional
pre- and post-level analogue audio. Operator-selectable delay,
adjustable from zero to 9.5 video frames in 0.5 frame steps,
is built into the unit to allow for compensation of picture
monitor latency.
"Sonarae is different from anything currently available
on the market, and we are seeing a surge of interest from
the post production houses," says Len Dole, President
of ISIS. "Sonarae provides a solution for audio engineers
who need to monitor audio in an NLE domain as it enables operator
to listen to the audio, without distortion and without changing
it in the process."
"As the master distributor for the ISIS Group and Graham
Patten products outside the US, we are delighted to include
Sonarae in our portfolio," said Mike Purnell, director
at Argosy. "This unique product fills a gap in the NLE
world and has received phenomenal acclaim in the market since
its launch."
The Sonarae audio monitoring system won the coveted Broadcast
Engineering "Pick Hit Award" at NAB 2008.
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