Introduction; Overview - Linear Acoustic AERO.10 User Manual

Chapter 1 : I ntroduction t o t he A ERO.10
1.1. Introduction
Congratulations o n y our p urchase o f t he L inear A coustic A ERO.10 D TV A udio
Processor! I t i s a s tate-­‐‑ o f-­‐‑ t he-­‐‑ a rt, a daptive, m ultiband, b roadcast a udio/loudness
processor.
This u ser g uide i s i ntended t o b e r ead w hile i n f ront o f a r unning A ERO.10 u nit. I t i s
most h elpful i f t he s ource(s) t hat w ill b e u sed i s a ctually c onnected t o t he A ERO.10.
Doing t his p rovides f eedback t o t he u ser, v ia t he m eters a nd I P a udio m onitoring,
about t he c onfiguration c hanges b eing m ade.
To m ake l earning y our w ay a round t he A ERO.10 a s u seful a nd r ewarding a s
possible, t here i s s ome i nformation t hat y ou s hould h ave a t h and a t y ou s tart:
• The I P a ddress a nd s ubnet m ask i ntended t o b e a ssigned t o t he A ERO.10.
• Any g ateway a nd D NS i nformation f or t he n etwork i t w ill b e a ttached t o.
• NTP s erver a ddress(s).
• The I P a ddress o f t he P C t hat w ill b e u sed t o c onnect t o t he A ERO.10.
• If u sing a n S DI I nput, w hich c hannels o f t he S DI i nput s tream c ontain t he
audio p rogram(s) t o b e p rocessed.
• If o utputting s ignals v ia t he S DI O utput, w hich c hannels o f t he S DI O utput
stream t he l oudness c ontrolled a udio p rogram(s) a re t o b e e mbedded i n.
Having t his i nformation w ill a llow y ou t o c onfigure t he u nit f or u se a s y ou l earn t o
navigate t he A ERO.10 u sing b oth t he f ront p anel a nd N fRemote.
1.2. Overview
The A ERO.10 c an a pply l oudness c ontrol a nd u pmixing t o t en i nput c hannels. I t
outputs 5 .1 p rocessed c hannels, a nd t wo s eparate t wo-­‐‑ c hannel p rograms. T he t wo
stereo o utput p rograms c an b e d ownmixes o f t he 5 .1, i ndependent s tereo p rograms,
or p aralleled o utputs o f t wo d ifferent s ingle c hannel s ources.
The A ERO.10 i ncludes t he f ollowing f eatures:
• Program c onfigurations: 5 .1+2+2 o r 2 +2+2 w ith s upport f or L ocal i nput o n
one o f t he 2 -­‐‑ c h i nputs
• AEROMAX m ultiband l oudness p rocessing, w hich p rovides A TSC, I TU a nd
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EBU c ompliance.
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