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Headline	BE Introduces New Digital Automation Platform For Radio At 2008 Broadcast Asia Show, Stand 7G5-01
Article	AudioVAULT X advanced segue editor, interactive talent collaboration and sophisticated asset management are just a few new features benefiting today's radio operation Broadcast Electronics (BE) returns to the Broadcast Asia conference in Singapore this week with a new digital automation system that is streamlining workflow in the radio studio. BE's new AudioVAULT X platform, demonstrated at BE stand 7G5-01, takes advantage of the latest open automation model to bring advanced segue editing, interactive talent collaboration and sophisticated asset management to the studio. "Radio broadcasters are telling us that they want to do more – more programs, more localization, more of radio in general. But, at the same time, they have fewer studios and even fewer people in those studios. The new AudioVAULT X platform is designed to fill that gap," said Ray Miklius, BE VP of Studio Systems. New AudioVAULT X capabilities enable broadcasters to do more with less, while time-proven AudioVAULT programs at the application layer offer broadcasters consistent, reliable studio performance. BE's new AudioVAULT X includes: Advanced segue editor, for seamless voicetracking and localizing multiple stations from a centralized studio. AudioVAULT X handles complex segues, such as inserting "donut" tracks in the middle of a song, station ID or weathercast. It can even do double donuts – that is, drop in a voice or other segment in the middle of a song or jingle twice! Plus, talent can manipulate fades, audio levels and other characteristics of segues. Personalized studio setups that combine studio tools and applications from more than one source into a single workspace. Announcers and producers can profile workspaces unique to each show, workstyle or for operational continuity throughout the studio environment. AudioVAULT X lets users pick and choose task icons from a large pallet of operating functions, and define the number of decks, types of navigational lists, pane sizes, layout of functions and personalized "skins" of background and color scheme preferences. Sophisticated asset management. AudioVAULT X has a better, faster search engine and more tools to categorize and manage audio assets for personalizing and repurposing music libraries for new channels on the air and on the Web. Multi-thread engine for live, interactive workgroup collaboration. The AudioVAULT X multi-thread engine enables talent in separate studios to work collectively off the same log, in real-time. While Talent One of the morning show in progress is logging a fade-in in Studio One, Talent Two can be cueing up a voicetrack in Studio Two. Meanwhile, the show producer can be logging a new spot from traffic in yet another studio down the hall or across the network – all through the AudioVAULT X. All three are able to interact and view each others' updates in real-time over the network cloud through their AudioVAULT screens. Moreover, the station manager can access a moment-by-moment view of the show in progress through a network interface from his or her office. All application code is native to the AudioVAULT system, which is proven over an installed base of thousands of AudioVAULT users worldwide. India's SUN TV Ltd. has standardized on BE's AudioVAULT digital media system for all 45 of its FM radio stations licensed to India, for example. AudioVAULT is an established digital media system, yet is continually and progressively updated to create new content repurposing opportunities to go along with solid, reliable performance. BE's AudioVAULT X is a complete digital media system for live-assist or satellite operation. The new platform offers on-air studio operation as well as a full suite of scheduling and production modules for multi-track editing, music rotation and ad insertion.
Company	Broadcast Electronics
Date Published	19/6/2008