In an effort to support first-time and indie filmmakers through the height of the pandemic, DPA Microphones partnered with Rycote on a “Pay-it-Forward” giveaway in late 2020 from which three lucky winners acquired a full cinema mics kit from the brands. The contest’s prizes included DPA’s 4097 Micro Shotgun, 4017 Shotgun and 6060 CORE Subminiature microphonesalong with virtual mentoring sessions, an array of Rycote accessories and other equipment loaners. The recipients, Lijie Cheng of Singapore, Jacob Deming of the United States and Sergey Martynyuk of Austria, have been hard at work putting their new gear, and skills, to the test.

NUGEN Audio is shining a spotlight on its groundbreaking 3D-compatible convolution reverb, Paragon, for the broadcast/film audio market. Offering full control of the decay, room size and brightness via state-of-the-art re-synthesis modelled on 3D recordings of real spaces, Paragon provides an unprecedented level of tweak-ability, with zero time-stretchingmeaning no artifacts. The company is also calling attention to the latest updates for its Halo Downmix plug-in, which now increases the software’s compatibility to allow for greater flexibility and collaboration across a broad spectrum of project types.

For 15 years, Vaudeville Sound Group has been serving London as a premier global post-production house for TV, film, broadcast, gaming and documentary work. First opened in 2006, the company has expanded to locations in Los Angeles (circa 2013) and Vancouver (circa 2020), and recently completed its 35th sound studio. Today, Vaudeville has more than 60 creatives in various departments, including sound design and dialogue editing, as well as ADR and mixing. Its roster of clients spans the world with major networks and brands, such as BBC, Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Animal Planet and National Geographic, among many others.

Following the success of its 2019 world tour, TSL Products is now offering a virtual training program for its TallyMan Advanced Broadcast Control System to customers around the globe. TSL’s TallyMan brings complex systems under a single point of control and minimizes operational complexity, allowing staff to deliver high-quality outputs with minimal risk of error. This virtual training course aims to ensure that users are armed with the knowledge to unlock the full capabilities of the control system. TSL Products is also offering more targeted, broken-down sessions aimed towards key customers, including systems integrators.

IBC 2019 (Stand 8D.83). Following last year’s in-depth immersive release on their System T broadcast production platform, Solid State Logic (SSL) will be working with partners at IBC 2019 to present the realities of multi-format audio in action. With support for ATSC 3.0, Dolby Atmos, and MPEG-H, plus the recent Sennheiser AMBEO partnership, visitors can experience the benefits of NGA to enhance the broadcast experience.

Leading audio manufacturer Solid State Logic will showcase the release of their Dynamic Automation Software (DAS) for all System T broadcast production mixing consoles: S500, S300 and TCR.

HHB Communications Ltd. is readying announcements of major new advancements in broadcast audio technology for IBC 2014.

Located at the entrance of Audio Hall 8 on stand 8.D56, HHB and audio post subsidiary Scrub will be joined by co-exhibitors TC Electronic, Dynaudio, Mogami and Roland. Loudness experts TC Electronic will be launching several new additions to its successful production and broadcast product ranges.

Award winning French sound engineer Frederic de Ravignan has been working on a movie for French television called 'Les Fusill©s', directed by Phillippe Triboit using wireless systems by Lectrosonics. Based on a story of heroism and betrayal in the trenches of the first world war, the production by Tidal Films takes place in Gouzangrez, deep in the Val- d'Oise. The set is surrounded by fields of rapeseed, wheat and sugar beet, land decimated during the First World War. This setting will have served for five days of shooting, the other scenes of the film are shot in and around Meriel and Luzarches, two other towns in the Val d'Oise. The film is due be released this winter on France 3.

As China celebrates the start of a New Year, dynamics specialist Junger Audio is also marking an important event the culmination of its most successful sales year in the country.

UK designer and manufacturer of broadcast and professional audio products BCD Audio has launched new products coinciding with the opening of their new web shop.

BCD Audio managing director Mike Law said We were asked to create these products for the television studios at New Broadcasting House, and are delighted to make them available to other users as well.  All of these units are available from our new web shop, along with our Black Boxes and PAM audio monitor system. We hope customers will find the web shop a useful method of gathering information and placing purchases.