Overview
Quality first Audio Automation
AudioTools Server automates the most sophisticated audio tasks and offers a wide variety of processing, specifically created for use in cable, satellite, OTT, terrestrial and IPTV, radio, and post-production facilities. As a pure software platform running on commodity hardware, including VM or cloud deployment, AudioTools Server is flexible and customizable, allowing for new workflows as requirements inevitably change.
State-of-the-art audio processing
Customized, efficient file-based workflows
Unrivaled loudness tools
Compliance to broadcast standards
Interoperability with major environments
Modular, scalable platform
Leader in Loudness
Loudness Control is a significant use case for AudioTools Server, using Linear Acoustic® APTO® loudness processing. Our loudness-normalization processes fully preserve the existing audio and only apply a gain change combined with optional peak limiting. Other use cases require changing the dynamic range and more complex parameters of the audio content, such as dialog intelligibility. Advanced Loudness Adaptation is a collection of intelligent loudness profiles designed to adapt a theatrical audio mix for broadcast to create the best possible audio experience for all modern platforms such as OTT/web, mobile/ handheld, and VOD/SVOD.
Modular Design
Modular architecture allows AudioTools Server to always be state-of-the-art, but the real power of this approach is using workflows to combine module functions in a sequential or highly conditional profile. AudioTools Server provides a modern REST API to connect the system to any industry-standard Workflow Automation or Media Asset Management system. AudioTools Server is also a VST plug-in host, enabling third-party plug-ins as part of an overall AudioTools Server workflow.
File-Based Workflow and Next Generation Audio Support
With the requirements for broadcasters’ talent and editorial staff getting more and more difficult, automating as many file-based audio processes as possible makes good business sense. Broadcasters will need to support Dolby Atmos® and MPEG-H content—as well as your existing deliverables requirements—but tools that can do it all are scarce. AudioTools Server meets broadcasters’ existing needs to automate workflows for file-based loudness management, encoding/decoding, QC, and more, as well as easily adding Next Generation Audio support to those workflows.
Features
Loudness Measurement & Adjustment
State-of-the-art loudness control based on international standards and practices. Advanced Loudness Adaptation profiles for improved and compliant dialog intelligibility in high-dynamic-range content.
Audio Adaptation
Automated adaptation of audio content to specific output specifications, including upmix, downmix, channel management, and frame-rate conversion.
Automate Immersive Audio Workflows
Upmix audio to up to 9.1.6 channel configuration, and automate Dolby Atmos® encoding or MPEG-H pre-processing tasks.
Dolby Automation
Automated Dolby encoding and decoding, including metadata handling. AudioTools Server includes Dolby E quality control, with optional correction.
Quality Control
Audio-specific quality control of audio files or container formats, including channel assignment detection and correlation check
Enhanced Workflows and License Management
AudioTools Workflow Control is the command and control for AudioTools Server that enables standalone operation along with support for threaded multiple concurrent processes, load-balancing, and dynamic reconfiguration of workflows on the fly. AudioTools Server can deploy floating licenses through a license server, offering a scalable system for small businesses or enterprise-class facilities. AudioTools Server is internally driven from tailored XML profiles. An operator can call up preset workflows easily and edit them through the AudioTools Operator App, while Queue Control provides an overview with detailed access to all running processes.
