Loudness processing and optimization is a requirement in broadcast services - radio and TV - but also in streaming services, from OTT to music streaming platforms. Typically, loudness monitoring is complemented with loudness optimization handled at the source file level and performed by a team of highly trained audio engineers, working 24/7 on powerful servers and workstation... Right? Angry Audio, the problem-solving company knows that's not the case and designed the Audio Chameleon C4 Livestream Audio Processor.
"Radio engineers are stretched so thin these days," says Angry Audio founder Michael “Catfish” Dosch. "Many tell us they don’t have time to tune and tweak their audio processing. Believe it or not, we’ve got a gadget for that: the world’s first audio processor with ‘autopilot’!"
The software in Chameleon was created by Cornelius “Corny” Gould, a world renowned expert in broadcast audio. The processor’s unique architecture combines four intelligent compression bands with a precision loudness controller, all orchestrated by an advanced form of artificial intelligence (AI) unsigned highly trained models for optimal real time adjustments of any type of signals. The system continually monitors incoming audio and adjusts its parameters dynamically to fit.
"Chameleon delivers clear, clean, punchy audio with consistent loudness, independent of format. Rock, talk, jazz, oldies: no matter the content, streams sound fantastic. We are eliminating the cost and complexity that prohibit many stations from processing their streams and HD channels," Catfish explains. "Our new Audio Chameleon C4 instantly makes your streams sound amazing. Plug it in, flip a few switches, and it will sound like you spent weeks dialing it in. Don’t worry, we won’t tell."
Loudness standards are a hot topic for everyone now, especially live streamers. Major platforms like Apple, Amazon and YouTube are demanding adherence to their own loudness criteria. If companies don’t comply, they don’t get carried. The Chameleon C4 processor solves this problem with a unique loudness controller that lets users set a target anywhere between -24 LUFS and -14 LUFS according to the required destination specifications. It even supports the proposed AES loudness standard.
As Angry Audio details, the Audio Chameleon processor features an RFI-immune steel enclosure and internal AC power supply, a four-position processing density control, output level calibration, integrated high-performance headphone amp with 1/4" and 1/8" jacks, and balanced analog and AES/EBU digital audio connections using StudioHub+ connectors. Analog XLR connectors are also provided.
"We’re shipping Chameleon C4 now. Everyone who hears it is blown away!" says Catfish. "And since deployment is as easy as opening the box and making a few connections, even the most overworked engineers can easily upgrade all of their streams and still have time for lunch."
Headquartered in Music City, USA (Nashville, Tennessee), Angry Audio makes gadgets and gizmos that solve difficult studio problems for broadcasters and content creators. The Audio Chameleon C4 Livestream Audio Processor carries a US MSRP of just $989.
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July 12 2022, 00:45
Loudness processing and optimization is a requirement in broadcast services - radio and TV - but also in streaming services, from OTT to music streaming platforms. Typically, loudness monitoring is complemented with loudness optimization handled at the source file level and performed by a team of highly trained audio engineers, working 24/7 on powerful servers and workstation... Right? Angry Audio, the problem-solving company knows that's not the case and designed the Audio Chameleon C4 Livestream Audio Processor.
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