US-based Wohler Technologies, a world leader in providing in-rack audio and video monitoring solutions for the broadcast, motion picture and professional audio/visual markets, has announced new products which it will showcase at the broadcast and production technology event BVE 2013 at Excel London in late February.

One of the products, the Wohler RadiantGrid New Media Automation Platform, offers a highly efficient solution for file-based creation, standards conversion, quality control, and distribution of media while integrating with and augmenting trafficking, rights management, linear automation, and business-process management systems.

At the heart of the platform is RadiantGrid’s TrueGrid, a robust media-transformation and parallel-processing engine coupled with an underlying content-management fabric that leverages intelligent media-processing functions to generate outstanding results at unrivalled speeds. Powered by this engine, RadiantGrid can manage everything from faster-than-real-time transcoding and standards conversion to more complex processing such as mixed-cadence correction, video optimisation, and audio-loudness conformance.

Another product, WohlerLoudness, is Wohler’s newest turnkey solution. Powered by RadiantGrid and leveraging Linear Acoustic’s industry-leading AERO.file technology, this platform provides a proven solution for file-based loudness correction with built-in upmix and downmix capabilities. Utilising file-based inspection/correction software, this new solution allows operators to identify and correct loudness issues at ingest before they become a problem. The platform performs multipass scaling, loudness range control, and upmixing and downmixing with support for Dolby Digital (AC-3) and Dolby E decoding and encoding, plus a host of codecs for other audio formats. WohlerLoudness also manages ancillary data and advanced audio-processing for channel remapping and insertion of new channels into the video/audio process, and is fully compliant with ITU-R BS.1770 and EBU R128.

Other new products include the Wohler AMP1-MADIe, which is a new in-rack portable MADI unit with Ethernet control and configuration. The new system, which is ideal for sports productions and other live broadcasts, can be connected in series with a 56- or 64-channel MADI stream for individual volume adjustment and audible monitoring of any eight selected MADI channels at once. Designed specifically for customers requiring unique functionality equivalent to a MADI audio hot-mic mixer, Wohler’s new AMP1-MADIe simplifies rapid selection and monitoring of MADI signals in fast-paced live-to-air production environments.

Wohler has also introduced three new additions to the DVM family of video monitors, including the new DVM-5210, a 5-RU system with two 10-inch screens; the DVM-4290, a 4-RU system with two nine-inch screens; and the DVM-3270, a 3-RU system with two seven-inch screens.