TC Electronic DB2: My CPU Is A Loudness Correction Processor; A Learning Computer

April 29, 2009
TC Electronic DB2

Digital Broadcasting hiply abbreviates with the TC Electronic DB2 Loudness Correction Processor, which tackles the important broadcast issues of loudness consistency and audio-to-picture sync. This little sibling of the DB4 and DB8 fits itself into a single rack unit while maintaining performance characteristics, preset compatibility and loudness corrections sans metadata dependence -- all recognizable traits of the DB2's older brothers. If you've seen loudness correction units that are dependent on metadata, they can be complete wrecks -- mugging honest, hard working loudness correction processors in allies while trying to score metadata when they don't have any, buggy-eyed and itchy, violent withdrawls -- not a pretty sight at all.

If you're new to broadcasting -- or if your applications aren't too needy -- the DB2 is the perfect choice. TC Electronic has pledged upgrades to higher DB models at only the cost of the price difference plus a small handling fee with the purchase of any DB2 or DB4.

The DB2, however, isn't a square (more of a rectangular prism). Though it's not dependent on metadata, it can dabble from time to time with metadata, for example, in the AC3 codec. We all know how unpredictable those codecs can be to deal with -- always wanting to use weird slang terms, paranoid that someone's spying on them -- but the DB2 is responsible enough to take on the extra workload and sporadic behavior of such codecs.

In either ingest or transmission, DB processors are part of a transparent loop crafted from open EBU and ITU standards to range from production through to delivery. Any brand compliant with the same standards (like TC's LM5D radar meter) will do for metring, producing predictable results across broadcast platforms.

Because of all of its skills and flexibility, the DB2 has all the right connections and will fit right into most of today's most popular broadcasting systems and red carpet events. Connections include a 24-bit AES3-id on BNC connectors and balanced analog on XLR connections with analog domain gain scaling. Both digital and analog connectors include hardware bypass

Fast Features:

  • Loudness correction as per ITU-R BS.1770
  • 5-band Level Optimization
  • On-line Delay adjustment
  • Adaptive Limiting
  • Emphasis Compensation
  • Filtering and EQ
  • Stereo Width Adjustment

J. Irving-Giles is a writer / editor for Gearwire


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