4/28/2011 - Doubles MicroPrecision delay time to 20 seconds and adds preset capability
Today, Eventide announced new software for its flagship Broadcast Profanity Delays, the BD600 and BD600E. The new software upgrade will be a free download for all registered BD600 and BD600E owners and will be available in May. The new upgrade will extend the MicroPrecision Delay™ mode maximum delay time from its current maximum of 10 seconds to a maximum of 20 seconds, and will allow the storage of four different MPD delay values. They can be selected from the front panel, remotely by RS232, or by GPIO in the BD600E. Software Version1.8 will also add a new RS232 command to ramp to a given delay value in either MicroPrecision Delay mode or Profanity Delay mode. Also a blinking confidence light has been added to the front panel for units at facilities where they are left on in continuous operation.
Eventide’s industry standard BD600 Broadcast Delay offers 80 seconds of Profanity Delay protection. In MicroPrecision Delay mode, the BD600 offers HD broadcasters subsample synchronization between digital and analog signal transmission in order to maintain a seamless user experience. The BD600 MicroPrecision Delay™ mode with the new V1.8 upgrade will provide up to a 20 second delay with a superfine delay adjustable in real time in 100 nanosecond increments for synchronizing analog and digital signals for HD radio installations or anywhere sub-sample synchronization is required.
The BD600E offers 16 bipolar opto-isolated inputs which may be configured to drive many BD600E functions or as general-purpose delay inputs. 16 open-collector outputs may be configured to display BD600E status or to pass through delayed versions of the inputs, and an RS232 output provides a delayed version of theserial data input, useful for driving a time display or for other control purposes.
The BD600E, like the BD600, features improved audio performance, and expanded obscenity delay capabilities up to 80 seconds - twice the delay protection of any other broadcast delay - to give maximum protection for live show feeds. Other features include the exclusive PANIC function which stores a .WAV file on a compact flash card to be played when the PANIC button is pressed. While the file, which may be a jingle or station ID or any other message, is playing, the delay buffer is rebuilding, allowing programming to continue in safety as soon as the jingle has completed.
With all the enhancements, the operation of the unit remains completely familiar to any broadcast engineer. Included are indispensable Eventide functions, such as the SNEEZE function, which prevents throat clearing, coughing or other extraneous noises from going out over the air; REBUILD, which seamlessly rebuilds the delay buffer after a portion of audio has been removed; and RAMP-TO-ZERO, which gradually backs you out of the delay buffer at the end of the program.
Providing broadcast stations with a state-of-the-art solution for monitoring and applying broadcast delays, Eventide today introduced the new BD600E Broadcast Obscenity Delay at NAB 2006. Ideal for today's automated stations, the BD600E features new control capabilities that allow further integration into automated systems.
The BD600E offers 16 bipolar opto-isolated inputs which may be configured to drive many BD600E functions or as general-purpose delay inputs; 16 open-collector outputs that may be configured to display BD600E status indicators or to pass through delayed versions of the inputs; and an RS232 output provides a delayed version of the input, useful for driving a time display or for other control purposes. Any BD600 can be upgraded to a BD600E when the product becomes available at the end of June.
The BD600E, like the BD600, features improved audio performance, and expanded obscenity delay capabilities up to 80 seconds - twice the delay protection of any other broadcast delay - to give maximum protection for live show feeds. Other features include the exclusive PANIC function which stores a .WAV file on a compact flash card to be played when the PANIC button is pressed. While the file, which may be a jingle or station ID or any other message, is played, the delay buffer is rebuilding, allowing programming to continue in safety as soon as the jingle has completed.
With all the enhancements, the operation of the unit remains completely familiar to any broadcast engineer. Included are indispensable Eventide functions, such as the SNEEZE function, which prevents throat clearing, coughing or other extraneous noises from going out over the air; REBUILD, which seamlessly rebuilds the delay buffer after a portion of audio has been removed; and RAMP-TO-ZERO, which gradually backs you out of the delay buffer at the end of the program.