flexAI S-ADM Authoring

Authoring features:

• • Channel Configuration, Names and Labels: Setting the combination of bed or multiple channel-based mixes, such as 5.1.4, 5.1 and 2.0, and optional objects. General routing between all processors and input/output interfaces is handled in a central routing. This also allows routing of an SMPTE ST 2110-31 S-ADM input to an ST 2110-41 output. Additionally, the Authoring processor allows input channel assignments. Beds, objects, and presentations can all be named and have editable language labels assigned.

• • Loudness Leveling: The S-ADM Authoring processor includes the configurable Level Magic Algorithm. It can level all elements (bed and objects on an individual basis) to a chosen Loudness Target. This allows control over the resulting loudness of presentations on renderer side. As an example, the sound engineer may use the bed in two different presentations mixed with different objects but cannot actively control the resulting mixes at the same time to ensure a stable loudness. If all components, including the bed and objects, are automatically leveled, an offset in loudness target can be set to ensure that the bed and object work together. This also applies to the mix with the second object, as it is known to be leveled as well.

• • Peak Meter and Loudness Measurement: Loudness measurement (Short-Term, Integrated) of all audio elements separately and of the presentations. Level meter bar graphs show peak information for all 16 audio channels.

• • S-ADM XML Import/Export to allow S-ADM configuration exchange with for example the encoder for fallback purposes.