Products from the Floor

Digigram LX1616ES
PCI network sound card
Booth 624
The LX1616ES can transmit and receive up to 16 Ethersound channels, thus connecting computer-based audio applications to a 100Mb/s Ethersound network via a single CAT5 cable. The LX1616ES is the perfect choice for direct-to-disc applications that don’t necessarily require as many as 64 channels, but still require maximum flexibility to play and/or record selected ES-100 audio channels using just a single CAT5 cable. A scaled-down version of the LX6464ES, LX1616ES offers an ideal starting point for price-sensitive applications, particularly since it can be upgraded on the fly from a 16/16 channel count to 32/32, 48/48 up to 64/64 through simple firmware updates. In a live sound environment, the combination of a PC equipped with an LX1616ES soundcard and an Ethersound-enabled digital mixing console results in an extremely powerful, high quality and extraordinarily cost-effective multitrack recorder.

Broadcast ElectronicsFXi 60/250esp
Digital exciter
Booth 301
The FXi 60/250esp exciter is the BE's latest FM exciter with direct-to-channel FM carrier generation. It includes features such as digital adaptive correction, dual RF outputs for redundancy, Ethernet IP control and more. Broadcast Electronics' new exciter, available in 60W and 250W versions, will come standard in its FMi T and FMi HD Radio transmitter lines and as an upgrade option for its FM T, C and S Series transmitters. New features and functions of the FXi 60/250esp exciter include: New ESP digital adaptive correction provides for greater efficiency and overall best RF output mask compliance. ESP corrects any linear and nonlinear distortions for the transmission system, providing adaptive correction for FM + HD and HD Radio, and corrects for group delay in a multi-station, combined antenna application. Dual RF outputs – one exciter can drive two transmitters, a separate HD Radio transmitter and an FM transmitter or a backup and main transmitter. Plus, the new FXi 60/250esp offers dual AES/EBU inputs with True Silence Sense for primary and backup audio inputs.

Vorsis AP2000
Signal Processor
Booth 413
The AP2000 is the successor to the Vorsis AP1000 31-band audio processor. Essentially a complete redesign of the original product, the AP2000 hardware is equipped with 30 percent more DSP horsepower, a completely overhauled five-band AGC, new voice distortion management technologies and a new, high-performance distortion managed clipper. The five-band AGC now incorporates Sweet Spot Technology (SST), a Vorsis exclusive, which manages the behavior of the five-band AGC in real time to ensure that it always operates within its ‘Sweet Spot’. Unlike broadband AGC algorithms of the past, SST is a completely new way to manage the five-band dynamics controller to maximize the consistency of the station's on-air presentation, no matter what the source material or audio levels from source to program source.