Volume 14
June 26, 2008
96.3fm WQXR, NY
“Feedback was positive and excitement brewed, as reporters, news gatherers, and engineers recognized the need for a software IP codec immediately,” Musicam USA/CCS President Alvin Sookoo reflects. “In fact, it was developed in response to numerous requests from our savvy clients, who want the convenience of Suprima’s IP performance combined with portable software, which are particularly beneficial for remotes, press conferences, and spot news coverage.
“In Asia, Musicam USA/CCS is second to none when it comes to audio codecs, but much of that is due to our fantastic base of clients and their insightful feedback. We look forward in maintaining our reputation for cutting-edge innovation and superior support, and helping clients seamlessly and fully transition into IP. Thanks to all who stopped by our booth! We’re already looking forward to next year’s show!
- Turn your laptop – or your reporters’ laptops - into a portable IP codec! It’s easy! Features include:
- Compatible with Windows 2000, 2003 Server, XP, and Vista
- User-friendly interface, just like Suprima!
- Supports algorithms: PCM, G722, Mpeg Layer II, and Mpeg4/AAC HE (optional)
- Audio streaming over any TCP/IP network, including 3G/EvDO and Wi-Fi
- CCS Nat Transversal protocol makes hotel and stadium remotes easier (make calls without router configuration)
- Automatic detection of encoding mode and independent encoder/decoder operation
- Easy configuration for optimizing low delay and jitter, plus it can be stored and restored for replication on many computers
Someone took the IP plunge…and loved it! Rodney Belizaire of WQXR in New York City exclusively broadcast the Metropolitan Opera’s Summer Concert: Live in Prospect Park and used four Suprimas (two at his station and two at remote sites) to direct the signal out of the park and over his airwaves and Internet stream. "All Mobile Video captured the video link and uplinked it to satellite and downlinked to the Jumbo-trons that were in the park," the Chief Engineer explained. "AMV has a downlink facility in Carteret, NJ and Manhattan. They sent our audio from the park on one of the satellite audio subchannels. We picked it up with both Suprimas for redundancy. We had a DSL circuit at the station and the other unit was on our company WAN for backup."
"We were excited since this was our first our IP remote, even though we’ve been using IP to feed Japan and AOL for years. However, up until now our remotes have been exclusively ISDN. We chose Suprimas for this because of all of the algorithms available, particularly the APT-X, as this was a music concert and quality of audio was top priority for the remote."
"I was a little hesitant at first to do IP, but we had a successful 2 1/2-hour continuous music remote that I believe was the first one ever done via IP in NYC. Other stations have broadcast talk and news content with breaks, but this was a music concert and it was The Met! Audio quality was so important, that at one point I had the buffers up to 8,000 milliseconds! But we had no dropouts and the sound was excellent!"
"I can’t say enough about the technical support at Musicam USA! I had a technician look over my shoulder and using the Suprima Web interface, he connected to mine, and made sure I had everything set correctly. That gave me the confidence to know this would be a successful broadcast. In fact, I don’t plan to add any ISDN lines the future. I’ll keep my existing ISDN lines, but from now on, I plan to use IP!"
Take advantage of our complimentary IP education! We’ll walk you through all of it, A to Z!
Call 1-732-739-5600, visit www.musicamusa.com or email info@musicamusa.com.
