Linear Acoustic® AERO.enterprise DTV Audio Processing Software

AERO.enterprise Overview

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High-quality, compliant, Linear Acoustic® television audio processing and loudness control, now on your COTS hardware.

AERO.enterprise breaks our world-renowned Linear Acoustic® television processing and loudness control out of a dedicated hardware platform and brings it to your COTS server. The AERO.enterprise framework hosts our award-winning AEROMAX® processing instances in your choice of AMX5.1 (5.1+2+2), AMX2.0 (2+2+2), or AMX 5x2 (2+2+2+2+2) configurations plus upmixing/downmixing via our UPMAX®-II algorithm. 

As with our traditional AERO hardware solutions, support for SAP/DVS, EAS, local emergency audio, and local voiceover is included. CrowdControl™ for increased dialogue intelligibility and/or Audio Description (warble tone) are optionally available.   

ITU-R BS.1770 and selectable EBU R-128 or ATSC A/85 metering and logging (including True Peak) are provided for all program outputs. NfRemote software is included for remote configuration, control, and metering from either the host system or a different control PC over a standard network connection. A built-in HTTP server enables control of I/O, presets, individual processing parameters, and task macros using simple IP commands. 

Optional Dolby® Digital Plus transcoding decodes stereo and 5.1-channel Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus content to PCM audio for loudness processing and encodes/re-encodes it to Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus for transmission.

Additional software options include Nielsen® watermark encoding (N2, N6, and CBET) and  Verance® Aspect® watermark encoding. Kantar and Numeris watermark encoding options are expected later in 2025.

Standard I/O for AERO.enterprise is Audio over IP (AoIP), using AES67 in support of SMPTE ST 2110-30 (Level A) as well as Livewire+. Telos Alliance xNode2’s and the Telos Alliance SDI AoIP Node can be used to convert traditional analog, AES3, and SDI signals to/from AoIP.  

AERO.enterprise Features

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• Supports multiple AEROMAX processing engines in any combination of AMX5.1 (5.1+2+2), AMX2.0 (2+2+2), or AMX 5x2 (2+2+2+2+2) configurations

• Linear Acoustic® AEROMAX® loudness and dynamics control

• UPMAX®-II automatic upmixing and downmixing

• Support for SAP/DVS

• Logging of loudness and True Peak data

• Optional CrowdControl for increased dialog intelligibility

• Optional Dolby® Digital Plus transcoding for decoding of Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus content to PCM audio for loudness processing and encoding to Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus for transmission

• Optional Nielsen® watermark encoding

• Optional Verance® Aspect® watermark encoding

• Optional Kantar watermark encoding (Expected 2025)

• Optional Numeris watermark encoding (Expected 2025)

• AES67 for SMPTE ST 2110-30 (Level A) support plus Livewire+

• NfRemote for remote configuration and monitoring

• Built-in HTTP server for IP-based control

AERO.enterprise In-Depth

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AERO.enterprise offers our industry-standard, no-compromise, Linear Acoustic® television loudness control and UPMAX®-II upmixing/downmixing algorithm as a software platform to be run on customer-provided server-grade hardware.  

Multiple AEROMAX® processing engines are supported in each AERO.enterprise framework in your choice of AMX5.1 (5.1+2+2), AMX2.0 (2+2+2), or AMX 5x2 (2+2+2+2+2) configurations.*

ITU-R BS.1770 loudness metering and logging for EBU R-128 or ATSC A/85 is included, ensuring compliance with loudness standards and regulations around the world. Continuous active logging captures 24-hour, 48-hour, and 7.5-day rolling weekly reports as well as specific time slots controlled by start/stop commands. Loudness measurements with multiple integration times and True Peak measurements can be downloaded at any time.  

In addition to loudness control and upmixing/downmixing, AERO.enterprise offers optional transcoding and encoding of Dolby® Digital Plus (E-AC-3) and Dolby Digital (AC-3), in stereo and 5.1-channel configurations. Nielsen® watermark encoding and Verance® Aspect® watermark encoding modules are also optionally available. Optional Kantar and Numeris watermark modules will be available via a software update later in 2025. 

NfRemote, the primary remote application, can configure, control, and monitor all processing parameters. It can also deliver and record up to 5.1 channels of remote audio, link bandwidth permitting, to the user’s workstation so they can audition signal quality anywhere in the audio processing chain. An internal HTTP server is included for simple get/set control of all parameters, retrieval of status and loudness logs information, and configuration of task scripts (macros).  

* Variations in host system configuration and resources will affect how many AMX instances and software options can be run simultaneously.

AERO.enterprise Specifications

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Processing

• Multiple AMX processing instances in each AERO.enterprise framework in your choice of the following configurations:

  • • AMX5.1 (5.1+2+2)

    • AMX2.0 (2+2+2)

    • AMX 5x2 (2+2+2+2+2)

• AEROMAX Loudness Control

• Dual UPMAX-II two-channel to 5.1 channel upmixers per AMX5.1 instance plus main channel downmixing and automatic bypass of discrete content

Loudness Logging

• Continual active logging captures 24-hour, 48-hour, and 7.5-day rolling weekly reports as well as specific time slots controlled by start/stop. Loudness measurements with multiple integration times and True Peak measurements are also captured and available for download.

Audio Encoding / Decoding

• Optional Dolby® Digital Plus transcoding in stereo and 5.1-channel configurations for decoding of Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus content to PCM audio for loudness processing and encoding/re-encoding to Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus for transmission

• Optional Nielsen® watermark encoding, including N2, N6, and CBET

• Optional Verance® Aspect® watermark encoding

• Optional Kantar watermark encoding (Expected Q4 2025)

• Optional Numeris watermark encoding (Expected Q4 2025)

Sample Rate / Resolution / Frequency Response

• 48kHz, 24-bit

• 20Hz to 20kHz (+/- 0.1 dB below threshold)

Clock References

• PTP (IEEE-1588)

• Livewire clock

• NTP clock for watermark encoding

I/O

• AES67 in support of SMPTE ST 2110-30 (Level A) and Livewire+

Remote Control

• NfRemote, a Windows®-compatible TCP/IP remote control application, is included for full setup and control of the AERO.enterprise and AMX engines, including return audio for remote signal monitoring and recording (network speed permitting)

• SNMP Monitoring

• Internal HTTP server allows get/set control and task script configuration

• Ember+ control

• Livewire® GPIO protocol

Warranty

For the latest Telos Alliance warranty, visit https://telosalliance.com/warranty