Just in time for the 2024 NAB Show, the Frank Foti-led Telos Alliance has brought forth a software update for its Jünger flexAI platform.
The changes incorporate the AIXpressor and flexAIserver, the broadcast audio technology company shares, as “Version 2023-12r4” brings performance and convenience enhancements to its users.
V2023-12r4 brings an overhaul of AoIP integration, including full support for SMPTE ST 2110-30 and -31 Level A, B, and C as well as Livewire+ live streams, to AIXpressor. As Telos Alliance sees it, the product is an deal high channel-count AoIP interface. Support for NMOS IS-04 and IS-05 is also available, making both AIXpressor and flexAIserver more useful in ST 2110-based workflows. There is also integration with key industry orchestration systems.
On the production and processing front, an improved voice-over automixer ensures dialog is kept in proper balance with other program elements, while Jünger Audio’s latest generation upmixer brings center channel replacement technology to the table. In addition, two new channel strips are now available: A matrix mixer with up to 16 input and output channels to simplify copying and shuffling channels, and a multichannel delay with 16 individual channels and up to 20 seconds of total audio delay.
FM broadcasters may also find interest in Jünger Audio’s MPX and Pre-Emphasis Limiter, available on the flexAI platform as the new FM Conditioner. This feature provides transparent loudness management in the composite domain in regions adhering to the ITU-R BS.412 MPX Power regulations.
For television customers, support for the vendor-agnostic Serial ADM (S-ADM) professional metadata format comes to the flexAI product.
For broadcasters using MPEG-H, flexAI now offers the complete MPEG-H 3D Audio toolset from Fraunhofer IIS, including an immersive monitor controller.
Security enhancements include the option to use an HTTPS web interface with an integrated security certificate, password-protected login, and LDAP access control for users and groups.
Additional convenience features round out the V2023-12r4 upgrade. These include a convenient CPU meter for real-time monitoring of system performance and an integrated web-based console terminal, eliminating the need for administrators to initiate a separate terminal session during system setup and maintenance.
Finally, native browser-based audio monitoring now makes it possible to hear audio from any patch point in the audio processing chain.
